The is a Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in March and serves as a major trial race for the Satsuki Sho, which is run over the same distance in April. Yayoi means "March" in ancient Japanese calendar.
It was first run in 1964 as the . The race was run at Tokyo Racecourse in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 and 1988. Among the winners of the race have been Mr. C. B., Symboli Rudolf, Special Week, Agnes Tachyon, Deep Impact, Admire Moon and Victoire Pisa.
In October 2019, JRA decided to change the name to Yayoi Sho (Deep Impact Kinen) in memory of the late Deep Impact..
Winners since 1995 Year Winner Jockey TrainerOwner Time 1995 Fuji Kiseki Koichi Tsunoda Sakae WatanabeYomoji Saito 2:03.7 1996 Dance in the Dark Yutaka Take Kojiro HashiguchiShadai Race Horse 2:02.7 1997 Running Gale Yutaka Take Tadashi KayoHidemasa Takahashi 2:02.2 1998 Special Week Yutaka Take Toshiaki ShiraiHiroyoshi Usuda 2:01.8 1999 Narita Top Road Kunihiko Watanabe Yoshio OkiHidenori Yamaji 2:03.5 2000 Fusaichi Zenon Shinji Fujita Seiki TabaraFusao Sekiguchi 2:02.3 2001 Agnes Tachyon Hiroshi Kawachi Hiroyuki NagahamaTakao Watanabe 2:05.7 2002 Balance of Game Katsuharu Tanaka Munakata Yoshitada Hiroyuki Sonobe 2:02.0 2003 Eishin Champ Yuichi Fukunaga Tsutomu SetoguchiToyomitsu Hirai 2:02.3 2004 Cosmo Bulk Fuyuki Igarashi Kazunori TabeMisako Okada 2:00.5 2005 Deep Impact Yutaka Take Yasuo IkeeMakoto Kaneko 2:02.2 2006 Admire Moon Yutaka Take Hiroyoshi MatsudaRiichi Kondo 2:01.5 2007 Admire Aura Yutaka Take Hiroyoshi MatsudaRiichi Kondo 2:00.5 2008 Meiner Charles Masami Matsuoka Ryuichi InabaThoroughbred Club Ruffian 2:01.8 2009 Logi Universe Norihiro Yokoyama Kiyoshi HagiwaraMasaaki Kumeda 2:03.5 2010 Victoire Pisa Yutaka Take Katsuhiko SumiiYoshimi Ichikawa 2:06.1 2011 Sadamu Patek Yasunari Iwata Masato NishizonoSada Onishi 2:01.0 2012 Cosmo Ozora Daichi Shibata Yoshihiro TakahashiBig Red Farm 2:03.9 2013 Camino Tassajara Hiroyuki Uchida Sakae KuniedaKaneko Makoto Holdings 2:01.0 2014 To The World Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi IkeeCarrot Farm 2:01.4 2015 Satono Crown Yuichi Fukunaga Noriyuki HoriHajime Satomi 2:01.8 2016 Makahiki Christophe Lemaire Yasuo TomomichiKaneko Makoto Holdings 1:59.9 2017 Cadenas Yuichi Fukunaga Kazuya NakatakeKoji Maeda 2:03.2 2018 Danon Premium Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa NakauchidaDanox 2:01.0 2019 Meisho Tengen Kenichi Ikezoe Kaneo IkezoeYoshio Matsumoto 2:03.3 2020 Satono Flag Yutaka Take Sakae KuniedaSatomi Horse Company 2:02.9 2021 Titleholder Takeshi Yokoyama Toru KuritaHiroshi Yamada 2:02.0 2022 Ask Victor More Hironobu Tanabe Yasuhito TamuraHirosaki Toshihiro HD 2:00.5 2023 Tastiera Kohei Matsuyama Noriyuki HoriCarrot Farm 2:00.42024Cosmo KurandaMirco DemuroShizuya KatoBig Red Farm1:59.82025Faust RasenMakoto SugiharaMasayuki NishimuraToshiya Miyazaki2:01.32026Basse TerreYuga KawadaTakashi SaitoSilk Racing Co. Ltd.2:00.2
Earlier winners
1964 - Tokino Parade 1965 - Keystone 1966 - Tama Shuho 1967 - Asa Denko 1968 - Asaka O 1969 - Wild More 1970 - Tanino Moutiers 1971 - Mejiro Gekko 1972 - Long Ace 1973 - Haiseiko 1974 - Colonel Symboli 1975 - Kaburaya O 1976 - Climb Kaiser 1977 - Lucky Ruler 1978 - Fantast 1979 - Rikiai O 1980 - Tosho God 1981 - Todoroki Hiho 1982 - Saruno King 1983 - Mr. C. B. 1984 - Symboli Rudolf 1985 - Suda Hawk 1986 - Daishin Fubuki 1987 - Sakura Star O 1988 - Sakura Chiyono O 1989 - Rainbow Amber 1990 - Mejiro Ryan 1991 - Ibuki Maikagura 1992 - Asaka Regent 1993 - Winning Ticket 1994 - Sakura Eiko O
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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