Shūka Sho

Grade 1 race
Shūka Sho
秋華賞
Location Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
Inaugurated 1996
Race type Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance 2000 meters
Track Turf, Right-handed
Qualification 3-y-o, Fillies
Weight 55 kg
Purse ¥187,590,000 (as of 2010)

The Shūka Shō (秋華賞?) is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1 1/4 miles) at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture in October.

The Shūka Shō is the final leg of the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown, preceded by the Oka Sho and the Yushun Himba. In 1996 it was established as Domestic Grade 1 race, and in 2009 it was granted International Grade 1 status.

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1996 Fabulous la Fouine Mikio Mastunaga Hiroyuki Nagahama Kazuko Yoshida 1:58.1
1997 Mejiro Dober Yutaka Yoshida Yokichi Okubo Mejiro Shoji 2:00.1
1998 Phalaenopsis Yutaka Take Mitsumasa Hamada North Hills Management Co Ltd 2:02.4
1999 Buzen Candle Yasuhiko Yasuda Hiroshi Matsuda Ueda Bokujo 1:59.3
2000 Tico Tico Tac Koshiro Take Masahiro Matsuda Bamboo Bokujo 1:59.9
2001 T M Ocean Masaru Honda Katsuichi Nishiura Masatsugu Takezono 1:58.5
2002 Fine Motion Yutaka Take Yuji Ito Tatsuo Fushikida 1:58.1
2003 Still in Love Hideaki Miyuki Shoichi Matsumoto North Hills Management Co Ltd 1:59.1
2004 Sweep Tosho Kenichi Ikezoe Akio Tsurudome Tosho Sangyo 1:58.4
2005 Air Messiah Yutaka Take Yuji Ito Lucky Field Co.,Ltd. 1:59.2
2006 Kawakami Princess Masaru Honda Katsuichi Nishiura Mitsuishi Kawakami Bokujo 1:58.2
2007 Daiwa Scarlet Katsumi Ando Kunihide Matsuda Keizo Oshiro 1:59.1
2008 Black Emblem Yasunari Iwata Shigeyuki Kojima Kunio Tahara 1:58.4
2009 Red Desire Hirofumi Shii Mikio Matsunaga Tokyo Horse Racing Co., Ltd. 1:58.2
2010 Apapane Masayoshi Ebina Sakae Kunieda Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co., Ltd. 1:58.4
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