Satsuki Shō

Domestic Grade 1 race
Satsuki Shō
Japanese 2,000 Guineas
皐月賞
Location Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba
Inaugurated 1939
Race type Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance 2000 meters
Track Turf, Right-handed
Qualification 3-y-o, Colts & Fillies
Weight Colt 57 kg, Filly 55 kg
Purse ¥235,320,000 (as of 2007)

The Satsuki Shō (皐月賞?) is a Japanese domestic Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 11⁄4 mile) at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba, in April.

It was first run in 1939 and is the Japanese equivalent of the English 2,000 Guineas. (Note that the original 2,000 Guineas is currently run at 1,609 metres, or one mile, about two furlongs shorter than the Satsuki Shō.)

Winners since 2001

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2001 Agnes Tachyon Hiroshi Kawachi Hiroyuki Nagahama Takao Watanebe 2:00.3
2002 No Reason Brett Doyle Yasuo Ikee Shinji Maeda 1:58.5
2003 Neo Universe Mirco Demuro Tsutomu Setoguchi Shadai Racehorse Co. Ltd. 2:01.2
2004 Daiwa Major Mirco Demuro Hiroyuki Uehara Daiwa Shoji Co. 1:58.6
2005 Deep Impact Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee Makoto Kaneko 1:59.2
2006 Meisho Samson Mamoru Ishibashi Tsutomu Setoguchi Yoshio Matsumoto 1:59.9
2007 Victory Katsuharu Tanaka Hidetaka Otonashi Hideko Kondo 1:59.9
2008 Captain Thule Yuuga Kawada Hideyuki Mori Shadai Racehorse Co. Ltd. 2:01.7
2009 Unrivaled Yasunari Iwata Yasuo Tomomichi Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 1:58:7
2010 Victoire Pisa Yasunari Iwata Katsuhiko Sumii Yoshimi Ichikawa 2:00.8
2011 Orfevre Ken-ichi Ikezoe Yasutoshi Ikee Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 2:00.6

Earlier winners

  • 1939 - Rock Park
  • 1940 - World Mine
  • 1941 - St Lite
  • 1942 - Arbeit
  • 1943 - Dielec
  • 1944 - Kuri Yamato
  • 1945 - no race
  • 1946 - no race
  • 1947 - Tokitsukaze
  • 1948 - Hide Hikari
  • 1949 - Tosa Midori
  • 1950 - Kumono Hana
  • 1951 - Tokino Minoru
  • 1952 - Kurino Hana
  • 1953 - Bostonian
  • 1954 - Dainana Hoshu
  • 1955 - Kegon
  • 1956 - Hekiraku
  • 1957 - Kazuyoshi
  • 1958 - Taisei Hope
  • 1959 - Wildeal
  • 1960 - Kodama
  • 1961 - Shin Tsubame
  • 1962 - Yamano O
  • 1963 - Meizui
  • 1964 - Shinzan
  • 1965 - Chitose O
  • 1966 - Nihon Pillow Ace
  • 1967 - Ryuzuki
  • 1968 - Martis
  • 1969 - Wild More
  • 1970 - Tanino Moutiers
  • 1971 - Hikaru Imai
  • 1972 - Land Prince
  • 1973 - Haiseiko
  • 1974 - Kitano Kachidoki
  • 1975 - Kaburaya O
  • 1976 - Tosho Boy
  • 1977 - Hard Berge
  • 1978 - Fantast
  • 1979 - Bingo Garoo
  • 1980 - Hawaiian Image
  • 1981 - Katsu Top Ace
  • 1982 - Azuma Hunter
  • 1983 - Mr. C.B.
  • 1984 - Symboli Rudolf
  • 1985 - Miho Shinzan
  • 1986 - Dyna Cosmos
  • 1987 - Sakura Star O
  • 1988 - Yaeno Muteki
  • 1989 - Doctor Spurt
  • 1990 - Haku Taisei
  • 1991 - Tokai Teio
  • 1992 - Mihono Bourbon
  • 1993 - Narita Taishin
  • 1994 - Narita Brian
  • 1995 - Genuine
  • 1996 - Ishino Sunday
  • 1997 - Sunny Brian
  • 1998 - Seiun Sky
  • 1999 - T M Opera O
  • 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