The Kinko Sho (Japanese 金鯱賞) is a Japanese Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over. It is run in March over a distance of 2000 metres at Chukyo Racecourse, in Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
It was first run in 1965 and was promoted to Grade 3 in 1984 before becoming a Grade 2 race in 1996. The race was run in May until 2011 and in December from 2012 until 2016.
Weight 57 kg for four-year-olds above.
Allowances:
2 kg for fillies / mares 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds
Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):
If a graded stakes race has been won within a year: 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares) 1 kg for a grade 2 win If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year: 1 kg for a grade 1 win
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Meisho Doto 4 Yasuhiko Yasuda Isao YasudaYoshio Matsumoto 1:58.5 2001 Mikki Dance 5 Tetsuzo Sato Toshiyuki HattoriHisashi Miki 1:59.9 2002 Tsurumaru Boy 4 Norihiro Yokoyama Kenji YamauchiTakao Tsuruda 1.58.3 2003 Tap Dance City 6 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo SasakiYushun Horse Club 1:58.9 2004 Tap Dance City 7 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo SasakiYushun Horse Club 1:57.5 2005 Tap Dance City 8 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo SasakiYushun Horse Club 1:58.9 2006 Kongo Rikishio 4 Yasunari Iwata Kenji YamauchiHisao Kaneoka 1:58.8 2007 Rosenkreuz 5 Yusuke Fujioka Kojiro HashiguchiSunday Racing 1:57.2 2008 Eishin Deputy 6 Yasunari Iwata Akira NomotoToyomitsu Hirai 1:59.1 2009 Sakura Mega Wonder 6 Yuichi Fukunaga Yasuo TomomichiSakura Commerce 1:58.4 2010 Earnestly 5 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo SasakiKoji Maeda 1:59.5 2011 Rulership 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Katsuhiko SumiiSunday Racing 2:02.4 2012 Ocean Blue 4 Christophe Lemaire Yasutoshi IkeeShoji Aoshiba 2:00.4 2013 Curren Mirotic 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Osamu HirataTakashi Suzuki 1:59.6 2014 Last Impact 4 Yuga Kawada Hiroyoshi MatsudaSilk Impact 1:58.8 2015 Mitra 7 Yuichi Shibayama Kiyoshi HagiwaraKatsumi Yoshida 1:58.8 2016 Yamakatsu Ace 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Kaneo IkezoeKazuo Yamada 1:59.7 2017 Yamakatsu Ace 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Kaneo IkezoeKazuo Yamada 1:59.2 2018 Suave Richard 4 Mirco Demuro Yasushi ShonoNICKS 2:01.6 2019 Danon Premium 4 Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa NakauchidaDanox 2:00.1 2020 Saturnalia 4 Christophe Lemaire Katsuhiko SumiiCarrot Farm 2:01.6 2021 Gibeon 6 Atsuya Nishimura Hideaki FujiwaraShadai Race Horse 2:01.8 2022 Jack d'Or 4 Yusuke Fujioka Kenichi FujiokaToshiyuki Maehara 1:57.2 2023 Prognosis 5 Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa NakauchidaShadai Race Horse 1:59.82024Prognosis6Yuga KawadaMitsumasa NakauchidaShadai Race Horse1:57.62025Queen's Walk4Yuga KawadaMitsumasa NakauchidaSunday Racing2:01.32026Shake Your Heart6Yoshihiro FurukawaToru MiyaChizu Yoshida1:58.1
The 2010 and 2011 races took place at Kyoto Racecourse in May.
Earlier winners
1965 - Aoba 1966 - Pacific Rim 1967 - Kuribatsuku 1968 - Lohengrin 1969 - Hakusenshou 1970 - Arion 1971 - Suinhoushuu 1972 - Shingun 1973 - Sakaekah O 1974 - Houshuu Missile 1975 - Suzuka Hard 1976 - Yamabuki O 1977 - Machikane Raiko 1978 - Three Fires 1979 - Nichido Arashi 1980 - Marry Joy 1981 - Over Rainbow 1982 - Terno Hope 1983 - Lovely Star 1984 - Towa Kachidoki 1985 - Cannon Z 1986 - Izumi Star 1987 - Knockout 1988 - Passing Power 1989 - Marubutsu First 1990 - Marron Glace 1991 - Movie Star 1992 - Ikuno Dictus 1993 - Wish Dream 1994 - Marvelous Crown 1995 - Samani Beppin 1996 - Fujiyama Kenzan 1997 - Generalist 1998 - Silence Suzuka 1999 - Midnight Bet
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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