The Kisaragi Sho (Japanese きさらぎ賞) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run in February over a distance of 1800 metres at Kyoto Racecourse. The race is also known as the NHK Sho.
The race was first run in 1961 and was elevated to Grade 3 status in 1984. It was usually run at Chukyo Racecourse before being moved to its current venue in 1987. The race serves as a trial race for the Satsuki Sho, run in April. Past winners of the race include Special Week, Neo Universe, Tosen Ra and Satono Diamond.
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Silver Cockpit Yutaka Take Takayuki YasudaMakoto Kaneko 1:48.0 2001 Agnes Gold Hiroshi Kawachi Hiroyuki NagahamaTakao Watanabe 1:47.9 2002 Mejiro Meyer Yuji Iida Yoshiyasu TajimaMejiro Farm 1:47.6 2003 Neo Universe Yuichi Fukunaga Tsutomu SetoguchiShadai Race Horse 1:49.6 2004 Meiner Brook Shinji Fujita Yasuhito Tamura Thoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:48.0 2005 Kongo Rikishio Shinji Fujita Kenji Yamauchi Hisao Kaneoka 1:48.5 2006 Dream Passport Katsumi Ando Ryuichi InabaJoy Race Horse 1:47.4 2007 Asakusa Kings Koshiro Take Ryuji OkuboKeiko Tabara 1:48.8 2008 Rainbow Pegasus Olivier Peslier Ippo SameshimaToshiharu Yoshimura 1:48.8 2009 Reach The Crown Yutaka Take Hiroaki SugiuraHiroyoshi Usuda 1:48.9 2010 Neo Vendome Mirco Demuro Hideaki FujiwaraKimiyuki Kobayashi 1:48.6 2011 Tosen Ra Mirco Demuro Hideaki FujiwaraTakaya Shimakawa 1:47.6 2012 World Ace Futoshi Komaki Yasutoshi IkeeSunday Racing 1:47.0 2013 Tamamo Best Play Ryuji Wada Katsumi MinaiTamamo 1:48.9 2014 Tosen Stardom Yutaka Take Yasutoshi IkeeTakaya Shimakawa 1:47.6 2015 Rouge Buck Keita Tosaki Masahiro OtakeCarrot Farm 1:48.6 2016 Satono Diamond Christophe Lemaire Yasutoshi IkeeHajime Satomi 1:46.9 2017 America's Cup Fuma Matsuwaka Hidetaka OtonashiTatsuo Tanikake1:50.1 2018 Satono Favor Yoshihiro Furukawa Katsumi MinaiSatomi Horse Company 1:48.8 2019 Danon Chaser Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi IkeeDanox 1:49.0 2020 Cortesia Kohei Matsuyama Takashi SuzukiKoji Maeda 1:48.3 2021 Lagom Yuichi Kitamura Takashi SaitoMasamichi Hayashi 2:01.0 2022 Matenro Leo Norihiro Yokoyama Mitsugu KonChiyono Terada 2:00.5 2023 Hrimfaxi Yuga Kawada Naosuke SugaiKaneko Makoto Holdings 1:59.72024Byzantine DreamRene PiechulekTomoyasu SakaguchiKazumi Yoshida1:46.82025Satono ShiningAtsuya NishimuraHaruki SugiyamaHajime Satomi1:47.02026ZoroastroThore Hammer-HansenKeisuke MiyataSunday Racing1:48.0
The 2015 winner Rouge Buck was a filly.
The 2021, 2022, and 2023 race was run over 2000 metres at Chukyo.
Earlier winners
1961 - Sugi Hime 1962 - Rising Masaru 1963 - Ice Blue 1964 - Flamingo 1965 - Dai Koter 1966 - Taishu 1967 - Shibafuji 1968 - Marchs 1969 - Taka Tsubaki 1970 - Tanino Moutier 1971 - Hikaru Imai 1972 - Hide Hayate 1973 - Kuri Onward 1974 - Kitano Kachidoki 1975 - Three Flam 1976 - Spirit Swaps 1977 - Ryu Kiko 1978 - Inter Gushiken 1979 - Nehai Jet 1980 - Noto Diver 1981 - Lead Wonder 1982 - Waka Tenzan 1983 - Nihon Pillow Winner 1984 - Gold Way 1985 - Ibuki Kaner 1986 - Fumino Applause 1987 - Tochino Ruler 1988 - Meiner Frisse 1989 - Nice Nice Nice 1990 - Haku Taisei 1991 - Shin Horisky 1992 - Hishi Masaru 1993 - Tsuji Utopian 1994 - Samson Big 1995 - Ski Captain 1996 - Royal Touch 1997 - Hiroki Gumo 1998 - Special Week 1999 - Narita Top Road
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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