The Tulip Sho () is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 1,600 metres at Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyogo. The race is run in March and serves as a major trial race for the Oka Sho, which is run at the same racecourse in early April.
The Tulip Sho was first run in 1984. It became a Grade 3 race in 1994 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 2018. Among the winners of the race have been Air Groove, Sweep Tosho, Vodka, Buena Vista, Harp Star and Sinhalite.
Past winners Year Winner Jockey TrainerOwner Time1984Urakawa MiyukiMasahiro MatsunagaYoshiharu MatsunagaHachiro Sasaki1:37.81985Aino SachiHiroshi MasuiKenji DomonKyoko Tanaka1:38.11986Reiho TholonYoshiyuki MuramotoMinoru KobayashiTatsuo Nomura1:36.91987Max BeautySeiki TabaraYuji ItoYu Tadokoro1:38.21988Shiyono RomanYutaka TakeHozumi ShonoAkihiko Shono1:37.51989Youngest CityMasaru HondaIzumi ShimizuYushun Horse Club1:36.81990Agnes FloraHiroshi KawachiHiroyuki NagahamaTakao Watanabe1:36.41991Sister ToshoKoichi TsunodaAkio TsurudomeTosho Sangyo1:44.11992AdorableYoshiyuki MuramotoMinoru KobayashiHaruo Negishi1:38.51993VegaYutaka TakeHiroyoshi MatsudaKazuko Yoshida1:36.81994Agnes ParadeHiroshi KawachiHiroyuki NagahamaTakao Watanabe1:43.81995Yuki VivaceMitsuo MatsunagaHitoshi AraiHideki Yukimoto1:35.11996Air GrooveOlivier PeslierYuji ItoTsunebumi Yoshihara1:34.21997Orange PeelHiroshi KawachiKenji YamauchiShadai Race Horse1:37.71998Dantsu SiriusHirofumi ShiiKenji YamauchiTetsuji Yamamoto1:36.91999Eishin RudensAkiyoshi NomotoAkira NomotoToyomitsu Hirai1:35.1 2000 Jo De Shiraoki Koshiro Take Kunihide MatsudaTaisei Bokujo 1:39.7 2001 T. M. Ocean Masaru Honda Katsuichi NishiuraMasatsugu Takezono 1:35.3 2002 Health Wall Mirco Demuro Hideyuki MoriYoshitaka Suzuki 1:35.2 2003 Osumi Haruka Katsumi Ando Masatoshi AndoHidenori Yamaji 1:35.9 2004 Sweep Tosho Kenichi Ikezoe Akio TsurudomeTosho Sangyo 1:35.5 2005 Eishin Tender Koshiro Take Kunihiko TakeToyomitsu Hirai 1:35.3 2006 Admire Kiss Yutaka Take Hiroyoshi MatsudaRiichi Kondo 1:36.5 2007 Vodka Hirofumi Shii Katsuhiko SumiiYuzo Tanimizu 1:33.7 2008 Air Pascale Yusuke Fujioka Yasutoshi IkeeLucky Field 1:35.8 2009 Buena Vista Katsumi Ando Hiroyoshi MatsudaSunday Racing 1:36.5 2010 Shoryu Moon Takeshi Kimura Shozo SasakiWataru Ueda 1:36.1 2011 Reve d'Essor Yuichi Fukunaga Hiroyoshi MatsudaSunday Racing 1:34.5 2012 Hana's Goal Cristian Demuro Kazuhiro KatoMichael Tabert 1:35.5 2013 Kurofune Surprise Yutaka Take Hidetaka TadokoroSeisuke Hata 1:34.9 2014 Harp Star Yuga Kawada Hiroyoshi MatsudaCarrot Farm 1:34.3 2015 Kokorono Ai Norihiro Yokoyama Tomohito OzekiSakai Bokujo 1:37.47 2016 Sinhalite Kenichi Ikezoe Sei IshikawaCarrot Farm 1:32.8 2017 Soul Stirring Christophe Lemaire Kazuo FujisawaShadai Race Horse 1:33.2 2018 Lucky Lilac Shu Ishibashi Mikio MatsunagaSunday Racing 1:33.4 2019 Danon Fantasy Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa NakauchidaDanox 1:34.1 2020 Maltese Diosa Hironobu Tanabe Takahisa TezukaYoshio Fujita 1:33.32021 Elizabeth Tower (DH) Yuga Kawada Tomokazu TakanoShadai Race Horse 1:33.8 Meikei Yell (DH) Yutaka Take Hidenori TakeNagoya Keiba 2022 Namur Takeshi Yokoyama Tomokazu TakanoCarrot Farm 1:33.2 2023 Mozu Meimei Yutaka Take Hidetaka OtonashiCapital System 1:34.02024Sweep FeetYutaka TakeYasushi ShonoYGG Horse Club1:33.12025Kurino MeiManabu SakaiNaosuke SugaiEriko Kurimoto1:34.02026Taisei VogueAtsuya NishimuraTakeshi MatsushitaSeiho Tanaka1:34.3
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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