The CBC Sho (Japanese CBC賞) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in late June or early July over a distance of 1200 metres on turf at Chukyo Racecourse.
It was first run over the current distance in 1965. With the introduction of grading system, the race was rated as a Grade 3 race in 1984, elevated to Grade 2 status in 1990, and downgraded to Grade 3 status in 2006. The race was originally run over 1800 metres the distance was cut to 1400 metres in 1971 and again to 1200 metres in 1981. It was run at Kyoto Racecourse in 1993 and 2010, Kokura Racecourse in 1999, 2021, and 2022, and Hanshin Racecourse in 2011 and 2020. The race was historically held in June (1990 - 1995), November (1996 - 1999), and December (2000 - 2011).
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Trot Star 4 Masayoshi Ebina Eiji NakanoMinoru Takano 1:07.9 2001 Rikiai Tokan 3 Taisei Yamada Masahiro MatsudaYukio Takayama 1:09.1 2002 Sunningdale 3 Kenichi Ikezoe Tsutomu SetoguchiShigeki Goto 1:08.4 2003 She Is Tosho 3 Mitsuaki Ando Akio TsurudomeTosho Sangyo 1:08.5 2004 Precious Cafe 5 Masayoshi Ebina Futoshi KojimaKiyoshi Nishikawa 1:08.2 2005 Symboli Gran 3 Davy Bonilla Yoshihiro HatakeyamaSymboli Stud 1:08.7 2006 She Is Tosho 6 Kenichi Ikezoe Akio TsurudomeShigeki Goto 1:09.0 2007 Black Bar Spin 4 Hirofumi Shii Takahisa TezukaYoshio Fujita 1:09.1 2008 Sleepless Night 4 Hiroyuki Uemura Kojiro HashiguchiSunday Racing 1:08.0 2009 Premium Box 6 Ryota Sameshima Hiroyuki UeharaShadai Race Horse 1:08.0 2010 Headliner 6 Hideaki Miyuki Masato NishizonoShadai Race Horse 1:08.9 2011 Dasher Go Go 4 Norihiro Yokoyama Takayuki Yasuda Shin Ashida 1:08.1 2012 Majin Prosper 5 Suguru Hamanaka Hidemasa NakaoKazuhiro Sasaki 1:08.7 2013 Majin Prosper 6 Yuichi Fukunaga Hidemasa NakaoKazuhiro Sasaki 1:08.0 2014 Toho Amapola 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Ryo Takahashi Toho Bussan 1:08.6 2015 Uliuli 5 Yasunari Iwata Hideaki FujiwaraKaneko Makoto Holdings 1:09.1 2016 Red Falx 5 Mirco Demuro Tomohito OzekiTokyo Horse Racing 1:07.2 2017 Shining Lei 5 Yuichi Kitamura Tomokazu TakanoCarrot Farm 1:08.0 2018 Ares Barows 6 Yuga Kawada Koichi TsunodaKoji Inokuma 1:07.0 2019 Red En Ciel 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Yasushi ShonoTokyo Horse Racing 1:09.8 2020 Love Kampf 5 Arata Saito Naoyuki MoritaYoichi Masuda 1:08.7 2021 First Force 5 Katsuma Sameshima Masayuki NishimuraKoji Yasuhara 1:06.0 2022 T M Spada 3 Seina Imamura Tadao IgarashiMasatsugu Takezono 1:05.8 2023 Jasper Krone 4 Taisei Danno Hideyuki MoriKazuo Kato 1:07.2 2024 Drop of Light 5 Hideaki Miyuki Yuichi FukunagaMakio Okada 1:07.52025Invincible Papa4Daisuke SasakiDaishi ItoMikako Sakota1:07.42026From Dusk6Yuji NakaiHideyuki MoriSusumu Fujita1:06.5 The 2010 race ran at Kyoto Racecourse over the same distance. The 2011 and 2020 race ran at Hanshin Racecourse over the same distance. The 2021 and 2022 race ran at Kokura Racecourse over the same distance.
Earlier winners
1965 - Shogetsu-2 1966 - Miss Nihon Pillow 1967 - Midori O 1968 - Midori Ace 1969 - Atlas 1970 - Ouja 1971 - Erimo Silver 1972 - Sugano Homare 1973 - Lake Fire 1974 - Kei Supako 1975 - Aura Miharu 1976 - Silver Land 1977 - Riki Taiko 1978 - Riki Taiko 1979 - Yamanin Dandy 1980 - Marry Joy 1981 - Agnes Venture 1982 - Happy Progress 1983 - Nihon Pillow Winner 1984 - Happy Progress 1985 - Nishino Eve 1986 - Lead Triple 1987 - St Caesar 1988 - Toa Falcon 1989 - Mystic Star 1990 - Passing Shot 1991 - Fame of Lass 1992 - Yuki Top Run 1993 - Toshi Green 1994 - Nihon Pillow Prince 1995 - Towa Winner 1996 - Eishin Washington 1997 - Sugino Hayakaze 1998 - Masa Lucky 1999 - Agnes World
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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