Yayoi Sho

The Yayoi Sho (Deep Impact Kinen) (弥生賞ディープインパクト記念, Yayoi-shō (Deep Impact Kinen)) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in March and serves as a major trial race for the Satsuki Sho.^[1] Yayoi means "March" in ancient Japanese calendar.

Yayoi Sho
弥生賞

Grade 2 race
2023 Yayoi Sho winner Tastiera
Location	Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba.
Inaugurated	1964
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2000 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o
Weight	56kg, Fillies allowed 2kg.
Purse	¥ 117,540,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 54,000,000 2nd: ¥ 22,000,000 3rd: ¥ 14,000,000

It was first run in 1964 as the Yayoi Sho (弥生賞, （Yayoi-shō）) . The race was run at Tokyo Racecourse in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 and 1988. Among the winners of the race have been Mr C B, Symboli Rudolf, Special Week, Agnes Tachyon, Deep Impact, Admire Moon and Victoire Pisa.

In October 2019, JRA decided to change the name to Yayoi Sho (Deep Impact Kinen) in memory of the late Deep Impact.^[2].

Winners since 1995

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1995	Fuji Kiseki	Koichi Tsunoda	Sakae Watanabe	2:03.7
1996	Dance in the Dark	Yutaka Take	Kojiro Hashiguchi	2:02.7
1997	Running Gale	Yutaka Take	Tadashi Kayo	2:02.2
1998	Special Week	Yutaka Take	Toshiaki Shirai	2:01.8
1999	Narita Top Road	Kunihiko Watanabe	Yoshio Oki	2:03.5
2000	Fusaichi Zenon	Shinji Fujita	Seiki Tabara	2:02.3
2001	Agnes Tachyon	Hiroshi Kawachi	Hiroyuki Nagahama	2:05.7
2002	Balance of Game	Katsuharu Tanaka	Munakata Yoshitada	2:02.0
2003	Eishin Champ	Yuichi Fukunaga	Tsutomu Setoguchi	2:02.3
2004	Cosmo Bulk	Fuyuki Igarashi	Kazunori Tabe	2:00.5
2005	Deep Impact	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Ikee	2:02.2
2006	Admire Moon	Yutaka Take	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	2:01.5
2007	Admire Aura	Yutaka Take	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	2:00.5
2008	Meiner Charles	Masami Matsuoka	Ryuichi Inaba	2:01.8
2009	Logi Universe	Norihiro Yokoyama	Kiyoshi Hagiwara	2:03.5
2010	Victoire Pisa	Yutaka Take	Katsuhiko Sumii	2:06.1
2011	Sadamu Patek	Yasunari Iwata	Masato Nishizono	2:01.0
2012	Cosmo Ozora	Daichi Shibata	Yoshihiro Takahashi	2:03.9
2013	Camino Tassajara	Hiroyuki Uchida	Sakae Kunieda	2:01.0
2014	To The World	Yuga Kawada	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:01.4
2015	Satono Crown	Yuichi Fukunaga	Noriyuki Hori	2:01.8
2016	Makahiki	Christophe Lemaire	Yasuo Tomomichi	1:59.9
2017	Cadenas	Yuichi Fukunaga	Kazuya Nakatake	2:03.2
2018	Danon Premium	Yuga Kawada	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	2:01.0
2019	Meisho Tengen	Kenichi Ikezoe	Kaneo Ikezoe	2:03.3
2020	Satono Flag	Yutaka Take	Sakae Kunieda	2:02.9
2021	Titleholder	Takeshi Yokoyama	Toru Kurita	2:02.0
2022	Ask Victor More	Hironobu Tanabe	Yasuhito Tamura	2:00.5
2023	Tastiera	Kohei Matsuyama	Noriyuki Hori	2:00.4
2024	Cosmo Kuranda	Mirco Demuro	Shizuya Kato	1:59.8

Earlier winners

• 1964 - Tokino Parade
• 1965 - Keystone
• 1966 - Tama Shuho
• 1967 - Asa Denko
• 1968 - Asaka O
• 1969 - Wild More
• 1970 - Tanino Moutiers
• 1971 - Mejiro Gekko
• 1972 - Long Ace
• 1973 - Haiseko
• 1974 - Colonel Symboli
• 1975 - Kaburaya O
• 1976 - Climb Kaiser
• 1977 - Lucky Ruler
• 1978 - Fantast
• 1979 - Rikiai O
• 1980 - Tosho God
• 1981 - Todoroki Hiho
• 1982 - Saruno King
• 1983 - Mr C B
• 1984 - Symboli Rudolf
• 1985 - Suda Hawk
• 1986 - Daishin Fubuki
• 1987 - Sakura Star O
• 1988 - Sakura Chiyono O
• 1989 - Rainbow Amber
• 1990 - Mejiro Ryan
• 1991 - Ibuki Maikagura
• 1992 - Asaka Regent
• 1993 - Winning Ticket
• 1994 - Sakura Eiko O

See also

• Horse racing in Japan
• List of Japanese flat horse races

References

• Netkeiba:^[3][4]
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3. "弥生賞". Netkeiba.
4. "Hochi Hai Yayoi Sho Deep Impact Kinen". Netkeiba.