Kinko Sho
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.jpg) 2015 Kinko Sho | |
| Class | Grade 2 |
|---|---|
| Location | Chukyo Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 1965 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2000 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | 4-y-o + |
| Weight | Special Weight |
| Purse | ¥ 145,220,000 (as of 2024)
|
The Kinko Sho (Japanese 金鯱賞) is a Japanese Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over. It is run in March over a distance of 2000 metres at Chukyo Racecourse, in Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.[1]
It was first run in 1965 and was promoted to Grade 3 in 1984 before becoming a Grade 2 race in 1996. The race was run in May until 2011 and in December from 2012 until 2016.
57 kg for four-year-olds above.[2]
Allowances:
- 2 kg for fillies / mares
- 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds
Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):
- If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
- 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
- 1 kg for a grade 2 win
- If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
- 1 kg for a grade 1 win
Winners since 2000
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Meisho Doto | 4 | Yasuhiko Yasuda | Isao Yasuda | Yoshio Matsumoto | 1:58.5 |
| 2001 | Mikki Dance | 5 | Tetsuzo Sato | Toshiyuki Hattori | Hisashi Miki | 1:59.9 |
| 2002 | Tsurumaru Boy | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kenji Yamauchi | Takao Tsuruda | 1.58.3 |
| 2003 | Tap Dance City | 6 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shozo Sasaki | Yushun Horse Club | 1:58.9 |
| 2004 | Tap Dance City | 7 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shozo Sasaki | Yushun Horse Club | 1:57.5 |
| 2005 | Tap Dance City | 8 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shozo Sasaki | Yushun Horse Club | 1:58.9 |
| 2006 | Kongo Rikishio | 4 | Yasunari Iwata | Kenji Yamauchi | Hisao Kaneoka | 1:58.8 |
| 2007 | Rosenkreuz | 5 | Yusuke Fujioka | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Sunday Racing | 1:57.2 |
| 2008 | Eishin Deputy | 6 | Yasunari Iwata | Akira Nomoto | Toyomitsu Hirai | 1:59.1 |
| 2009 | Sakura Mega Wonder | 6 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Yasuo Tomomichi | Sakura Commerce | 1:58.4 |
| 2010 | Earnestly [1] | 5 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shozo Sasaki | Koji Maeda | 1:59.5 |
| 2011 | Rulership [1] | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Katsuhiko Sumii | Sunday Racing | 2:02.4 |
| 2012 | Ocean Blue | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Yasutoshi Ikee | Shoji Aoshiba | 2:00.4 |
| 2013 | Curren Mirotic | 5 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Osamu Hirata | Takashi Suzuki | 1:59.6 |
| 2014 | Last Impact | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Silk Impact | 1:58.8 |
| 2015 | Mitra | 7 | Yuichi Shibayama | Kiyoshi Hagiwara | Katsumi Yoshida | 1:58.8 |
| 2016 | Yamakatsu Ace | 4 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Kaneo Ikezoe | Kazuo Yamada | 1:59.7[3] |
| 2017 | Yamakatsu Ace | 5 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Kaneo Ikezoe | Kazuo Yamada | 1:59.2[4] |
| 2018 | Suave Richard | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Yasushi Shono | NICKS | 2:01.6[5] |
| 2019 | Danon Premium | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | Danox | 2:00.1 |
| 2020 | Saturnalia | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Katsuhiko Sumii | Carrot Farm | 2:01.6 |
| 2021 | Gibeon | 6 | Atsuya Nishimura | Hideaki Fujiwara | Shadai Race Horse | 2:01.8 |
| 2022 | Jack d'Or | 4 | Yusuke Fujioka | Kenichi Fujioka | Toshiyuki Maehara | 1:57.2 |
| 2023 | Prognosis | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | Shadai Race Horse | 1:59.8 |
| 2024 | Prognosis | 6 | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | Shadai Race Horse | 1:57.6 |
| 2025 | Queen's Walk | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | Sunday Racing | 2:01.3 |
| 2026 | Shake Your Heart | 6 | Yoshihiro Furukawa | Toru Miya | Chizu Yoshida | 1:58.1 |
1 The 2010 and 2011 races took place at Kyoto Racecourse in May.