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The Kikuka-shō (菊花賞, pronounced Kikka-shō) is a Japanese Grade 1 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.
Grade 1 race | |
![]() 2022 Kikuka-shō winner Ask Victor More | |
Location | Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture |
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Inaugurated | 1938 |
Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 3000 meters |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | 3-y-o, Colts & Fillies |
Weight | Colt 57 kg, Filly 55 kg |
Purse | ¥ 432,000,000 1st: ¥ 200,000,000 (2023)[1] |
Bonuses | Classic Triple Crown Winner of Satsuki Shō, Tokyo Yūshun, Kikuka-shō[2] ¥ 300,000,000 |
It was first run in 1938 and is the Japanese equivalent of the English St. Leger Stakes.
Trial races provide automatic berths to the winning horses or placed horses as specified.[3]
Race | Grade | Racecourse | Distance | Condition |
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St Lite Kinen | II | Nakayama | 2,200 meters | Top 3 horses |
Kobe Shimbun Hai | II | Hanshin | 2,400 meters | Top 3 horses |
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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1990 | Mejiro McQueen | Koichi Uchida | Yasuo Ikee | Mejiro Farm | 3:06.2 |
1991 | Leo Durban | Yukio Okabe | Shinji Okuhira | Ryu Tanaka | 3:09.5 |
1992 | Rice Shower | Hitoshi Matoba | Yoshiji Iizuka | Hideo Kuribayashi | 3:05.0 |
1993 | Biwa Hayahide | Yukio Okabe | Mitsumasa Hamada | Biwa Co Ltd | 3:04.7 |
1994 | Narita Brian | Katsumi Minai | Masaaki Okubo | Hidenori Yamaji | 3:04.6 |
1995 | Mayano Top Gun | Seiki Tabara | Masahiro Sakaguchi | Yu Tadokoro | 3:04.4 |
1996 | Dance in the Dark | Yutaka Take | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Shadai Race Horse | 3:05.1 |
1997 | Matikanefukukitaru | Katsumi Minai | Hisao Nibun | Masuo Hosokawa | 3:07.7 |
1998 | Seiun Sky | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kazutaka Yasuda | Masayuki Nishiyama | 3:03.2 |
1999 | Narita Top Road | Kunihiko Watanabe | Yoshio Oki | Hidenori Yamaji | 3:07.6 |
2000 | Air Shakur | Yutaka Take | Hideyuki Mori | Lucky Field Co Ltd | 3:04.7 |
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. Ltd. | 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 Kawada | Hiroyuki Nagahama | Yuzo Tanimizu | 3:06.1 |
2011 | Orfevre | Kenichi Ikezoe | Yasutoshi Ikee | Sunday Racing Co., Ltd. | 3:02.8 |
2012 | Gold Ship | Hiroyuki Uchida | Naosuke Sugai | Eiichi Kobayshi | 3:02.9 |
2013 | Epiphaneia | Yuichi Fukunaga | Katsuhiko Sumii | U Carrot Farm | 3:05.2 |
2014 | Toho Jackal | Manabu Sakai | Kiyoshi Tani | Toho Bussan Co Ltd | 3:01.0 |
2015 | Kitasan Black | Hiroshi Kitamura | Hisashi Shimizu | Ono Shoji | 3:03.9 |
2016 | Satono Diamond | Christophe Lemaire | Yasutoshi Ikee | Hajime Satomi | 3:03.3 |
2017 | Kiseki | Mirco Demuro | Katsuhiko Sumii | Tatsue Ishikawa | 3:18.9 |
2018 | Fierement | Christophe Lemaire | Takahisa Tezuka | Sunday Racing | 3:06.1 |
2019 | World Premiere | Yutaka Take | Yasuo Tomomichi | Ryoichi Otsuka | 3:06.0 |
2020 | Contrail | Yuichi Fukunaga | Yoshito Yahagi | Shinji Maeda | 3:05.5 |
2021 | Titleholder[a] | Takeshi Yokoyama | Toru Kurita | Hiroshi Yamada | 3:04.6 |
2022 | Ask Victor More[a] | Hironobu Tanabe | Yasuhito Tamura | Hirosaki Toshihiro HD Co. Ltd. | 3:02.4 |
2023 | Durezza | Christophe Lemaire | Tomohito Ozeki | U Carrot Farm | 3:03.1 |
a The 2021 and 2022 editions were contested at Hanshin Racecourse, due to renovations held at the Kyoto Racecourse.[4]
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