The Aoba Sho (Japanese 青葉賞) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 2400 metres at Tokyo Racecourse in April.
The Aoba Sho was first run in 1984 and was elevated to Grade 3 status in 1994 before being promoted to Grade 2 in 2001. It serves as a trial race for the Tokyo Yushun, held in late May or early June. The Aoba Sho winner and second-placed horse are each awarded a slot for the race.
Among the winners of the race have been Symboli Kris S, Zenno Rob Roy and Fenomeno.
Past winners Year Winner Jockey TrainerOwner Time1984Lash and GoSeiki TabaraMinoru KobayashiYusaku Iwasa2:32.31985Hamano CaptainHiroyuki GoharaMitsugi NakamuraEijiro Tajima2:31.41986Sunny LightEizaburo OtsukaIsamu YoshinoHideo Kuribayashi2:33.01987Chokai FleetYasuo SugawaraYoshio NakazumiKaichi Nitta2:27.61988Gakuen to BeatChiaki SakaiMinetsugu SawaAkira Mitani2:28.91989Sir Pen UpMasamitsu TamuraYoshimatsu KajiKei Yoshihashi2:29.21990BigmouthMasato ShibataKunio TakamatsuHideto Furuoka2:28.21991Leo DurbanYukio OkabeShinji OkuhiraRyuu Tanaka2:27.61992Golden ZeusJunichiro OkaMasatoshi AndoShinji Maeda2:27.81993Stage ChampMasayoshi EbinaSusumu YanoHideto Furuoka2:27.71994Air DublinYukio OkabeYuji ItoSadatoshi Yoshihara2:28.81995Summer SuspicionKatsuharu TanakaYasuhiro SuzukiShadai Race Horse2:25.81996Mountain StoneAkira TakahashiKatsutaro SakaiYuichi Yamaishi2:27.31997Tokio ExcellentYutaka YoshidaYutaka TakahashiTokio Sakata2:29.21998Tayasu AgainYoshitomi ShibataKenji YamauchiKanichi Yokose2:27.61999Painted BlackKazuhiro KatoYasuhiro SuzukiSeiichi Iketani2:27.4 2000 Carnegie Daian Shinji Fujita Hiroyoshi MatsudaToshikazu Higuchi 2:28.2 2001 Le Zele Hiroki Goto Yasuhito TamuraTakashi Kurisaka 2:26.9 2002 Symboli Kris S Yutaka Take Kazuo FujisawaSymboli Stud 2:26.4 2003 Zenno Rob Roy Norihiro Yokoyama Kazuo FujisawaShinobu Osako 2:26.3 2004 Higher Game Masayoshi Ebina Yokichi OkuboHiroyoshi Usuda 2:24.1 2005 Dantsu Kitcho Shinji Fujita Kenji YamauchiTetsuji Yamamoto 2:26.9 2006 Admire Main Yutaka Take Mitsuru HashidaRiichi Kondo 2:25.3 2007 Hiraboku Royal Koshiro Take Ryuji OkuboHirata Farm 2:26.3 2008 Admire Commando Yuga Kawada Mitsuru HashidaRiichi Kondo 2:26.9 2009 Apres Un Reve Hiroyuki Uchida Yasuo IkeeSunday Racing 2:26.2 2010 Pelusa Norihiro Yokoyama Kazuo FujisawaHidetoshi Yamamoto 2:24.3 2011 Win Variation Katsumi Ando Masahiro MatunagaWIN 2:28.8 2012 Fenomeno Masayoshi Ebina Hirofumi TodaSunday Racing 2:25.7 2013 Hiraboku Deep Masayoshi Ebina Sakae KuniedaHirata Farm 2:26.2 2014 Shonan Lagoon Yutaka Yoshida Yokichi OkuboTetsuhide Kunimoto 2:26.5 2015 Reve Mistral Yuga Kawada Hiroyoshi MatsudaSunday Racing 2:26.9 2016 Vanquish Run Hiroyuki Uchida Katsuhiko SumiiTakaya Shimada 2:24.2 2017 Admirable Mirco Demuro Hidetaka OtonahiEiko Kondo 2:23.6 2018 Go For The Summit Masayoshi Ebina Kazuo FujisawaHidetoshi Yamamoto 2:24.4 2019 Lion Lion Norihiro Yokoyama Mikio MatsunagaChiyono Terada 2:25.0 2020 Authority Lyle Hewitson Tetsuya KimuraSilk Racing 2:23.0 2021 Wonderful Town Ryuji Wada Yoshitada TakahashiMasahiro Mita 2:25.2 2022 Pradaria Kenichi Ikezoe Manabu IkezoeNagoya Yuho CO., LTD 2:24.2 2023 Skilfing Christophe Lemaire Tetsuya KimuraCarrot Farm 2:23.9 2024 Sugar Kun Yutaka Take Hisashi ShimizuYorikatsu Tsujiko 2:24.22025EnergicoChristophe LemaireMizuki TakayanagiSilk Racing2:24.82026Going to SkyYutaka TakeYuki UeharaField Racing2:23.0
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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