Kikuka Shō

Domestic Grade 1 race
Kikuka Shō
Japanese St. Leger
菊花賞
Location Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
Inaugurated 1938
Race type Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance 3000 meters
Track Turf, Right-handed
Qualification 3-y-o, Colts & Fillies
Weight Colt 57 kg, Filly 55 kg
Purse ¥213,200,000 (as of 2011)

The Kikuka Shō (菊花賞?) is a Japanese Domestic Grade 1 (Jpn I) flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 3,000 metres (approximately 1 7/8 miles) at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture in October.

It was first run in 1938 and is the Japanese equivalent of the English St. Leger Stakes.

Winners since 2001

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2001 Manhattan Cafe Masayoshi Ebina Futoshi Kojima Kiyoshi Nishikawa 3:07.2
2002 Hishi Miracle Koichi Tsunoda Masaru Sayama Masaichiro Abe 3:05.9
2003 That's the Plenty Katsumi Ando Kojiro Hashiguchi Shadai Racehorse Co. 3:04.8
2004 Delta Blues Yasunari Iwata Katsuhiko Sumii Sunday Racing Co. 3:04.8
2005 Deep Impact Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co. 3:04.6
2006 Song of Wind Koshiro Take Hidekazu Asami Shadai Racehorse Co. 3:02.7
2007 Asakusa Kings Hirofumi Shii Ryuji Okubo Keiko Tahara 3:05.1
2008 Oken Bruce Lee Hiroyuki Uchida Hidetaka Otonashi Akira Fukui 3:05.7
2009 Three Rolls Suguru Hamanaka Kohei Take Nagai Shoji Co. 3:03.5
2010 Big Week Yuga Kawata Hiroyuki Nagahama Yuzo Tanimizu 3:06.1
2011 Orfevre Kenichi Ikezoe Yasutoshi Ikee Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 3:02.8

Earlier winners

  • 1938 - Tetsumon
  • 1939 - Marutake
  • 1940 - Tetsuzakura
  • 1941 - St Lite
  • 1942 - Hayatake
  • 1943 - Kurifuji
  • 1944 - no race
  • 1945 - no race
  • 1946 - Azumarai
  • 1947 - Browny
  • 1948 - Newford
  • 1949 - Tosa Midori
  • 1950 - High Record
  • 1951 - Track O
  • 1952 - Saint O
  • 1953 - Hakuryo
  • 1954 - Dainana Hoshu
  • 1955 - Meiji Hikari
  • 1956 - Kitano O
  • 1957 - Rhapsody
  • 1958 - Koma Hikari
  • 1959 - Hakukurama
  • 1960 - Kitano Oza
  • 1961 - Azuma Tenran
  • 1962 - Hirokimi
  • 1963 - Great Yoruka
  • 1964 - Shinzan
  • 1965 - Dai Koter
  • 1966 - Nasuno Kotobuki
  • 1967 - Knit Eight
  • 1968 - Asaka O
  • 1969 - Akane Tenryu
  • 1970 - Date Tenryu
  • 1971 - Nihon Pollow Moutiers
  • 1972 - Ishino Hikaru
  • 1973 - Take Hope
  • 1974 - Kitano Kachidoki
  • 1975 - Kokusai Prince
  • 1976 - Green Grass
  • 1977 - Press Toko
  • 1978 - Inter Gushiken
  • 1979 - Hashi Hermit
  • 1980 - North Gust
  • 1981 - Minagawa Manna
  • 1982 - Horisky
  • 1983 - Mr. C.B.
  • 1984 - Symboli Rudolf
  • 1985 - Miho Shinzan
  • 1986 - Mejiro Durren
  • 1987 - Sakura Star O
  • 1988 - Super Creek
  • 1989 - Bamboo Begin
  • 1990 - Mejiro McQueen
  • 1991 - Leo Durban
  • 1992 - Rice Shower
  • 1993 - Biwa Hayahide
  • 1994 - Narita Brian
  • 1995 - Mayano Top Gun
  • 1996 - Dance in the Dark
  • 1997 - Machikane Fukukitaru
  • 1998 - Seiun Sky
  • 1999 - Narita Top Road
  • 2000 - Air Shakur
International Races (regular GI races)
February Stakes (dirt) · Takamatsunomiya Kinen · Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas; 3-year-old fillies) · Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas; 3-year-olds) ·Tenno Sho (Spring) · NHK Mile Cup (3-year-olds) · Victoria Mile (fillies and mares) · Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks; 3-year-old fillies) · Tokyo Yūshun (Japanese Derby; 3-year-olds) · Yasuda Kinen · Takarazuka Kinen · Sprinters Stakes · Shūka Sho (3-year-old fillies) · Kikuka Shō (Japanese St. Leger; 3-year-olds) · Tenno Sho (Autumn) · Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup (fillies and mares) · Mile Championship · Japan Cup Dirt (invitational dirt) · Japan Cup (invitational) · Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (2-year-old fillies) · Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (2-year-olds) · Arima Kinen (Grand Prix) · Tokyo Daishōten (dirt)
Domestic Races (JPN I races)
Kawasaki Kinen (dirt) · Kashiwa Kinen (dirt) · Teio sho (dirt) · Japan Dirt Derby (3-year-old;dirt) · Mile Championship Nambu Hai (dirt) · Japan Breeding farm's Cup Sprint (dirt) · Japan Breeding farm's Cup Classic (dirt) · Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun (dirt; 2-year-olds)
Steeplechase Races (J-GI races)
Nakayama Grand Jump (international invitational) · Nakayama Daishogai (international)
See also