The Aoba Sho (Japanese 青葉賞) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 2400 metres at Tokyo Racecourse in April.[1]
| Grade 2 race | |
 2024 Aoba Sho winner Sugar Kun | |
| Location | Tokyo Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2400 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o |
| Weight | 57 kg Allowance: Fillies 2 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 117,540,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 54,000,000 2nd: ¥ 22,000,000 3rd: ¥ 14,000,000 |
The Aoba Sho was first run in 1984 and was elevated to Grade 3 status in 1994 before being promoted to Grade 2 in 2001. It serves as a trial race for the Tokyo Yushun, with the winner and second place each awarded a slot for the race.[2]
Among the winners of the race have been Symboli Kris S, Zenno Rob Roy and Fenomeno.
Winners since 2000
edit| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Carnegie Daian | Shinji Fujita | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Toshikazu Higuchi | 2:28.2 |
| 2001 | Le Zele | Hiroki Goto | Yasuhito Tamura | Takashi Kurisaka | 2:26.9 |
| 2002 | Symboli Kris S | Yutaka Take | Kazuo Fujisawa | Symboli Stud | 2:26.4 |
| 2003 | Zenno Rob Roy | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kazuo Fujisawa | Shinobu Osako | 2:26.3 |
| 2004 | Higher Game | Masayoshi Ebina | Yokichi Okubo | Hiroyoshi Usuda | 2:24.1 |
| 2005 | Dantsu Kitcho | Shinji Fujita | Kenji Yamauchi | Tetsuji Yamamoto | 2:26.9 |
| 2006 | Admire Main | Yutaka Take | Mitsuru Hashida | Riichi Kondo | 2:25.3 |
| 2007 | Hiraboku Royal | Koshiro Take | Ryuji Okubo | Hirata Farm | 2:26.3 |
| 2008 | Admire Commando | Yuga Kawada | Mitsuru Hashida | Riichi Kondo | 2:26.9 |
| 2009 | Apres Un Reve | Hiroyuki Uchida | Yasuo Ikee | Sunday Racing | 2:26.2 |
| 2010 | Pelusa | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kazuo Fujisawa | Hidetoshi Yamamoto | 2:24.3 |
| 2011 | Win Variation | Katsumi Ando | Masahiro Matunaga | WIN | 2:28.8 |
| 2012 | Fenomeno | Masayoshi Ebina | Hirofumi Toda | Sunday Racing | 2:25.7 |
| 2013 | Hiraboku Deep | Masayoshi Ebina | Sakae Kunieda | Hirata Farm | 2:26.2 |
| 2014 | Shonan Lagoon | Yutaka Yoshida | Yokichi Okubo | Tetsuhide Kunimoto | 2:26.5 |
| 2015 | Reve Mistral | Yuga Kawada | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Sunday Racing | 2:26.9 |
| 2016 | Vanquish Run | Hiroyuki Uchida | Katsuhiko Sumii | Takaya Shimada | 2:24.2[3] |
| 2017 | Admirable | Mirco Demuro | Hidetaka Otonahi | Eiko Kondo | 2:23.6[4] |
| 2018 | Go For The Summit | Masayoshi Ebina | Kazuo Fujisawa | Hidetoshi Yamamoto | 2:24.4[5] |
| 2019 | Lion Lion | Norihiro Yokoyama | Mikio Matsunaga | Chiyono Terada | 2:25.0 |
| 2020 | Authority | Lyle Hewitson | Tetsuya Kimura | Silk Racing | 2:23.0 |
| 2021 | Wonderful Town | Ryuji Wada | Yoshitada Takahashi | Masahiro Mita | 2:25.2 |
| 2022 | Pradaria | Kenichi Ikezoe | Manabu Ikezoe | Nagoya Yuho CO., LTD | 2:24.2 |
| 2023 | Skilfing | Christophe Lemaire | Tetsuya Kimura | Carrot Farm | 2:23.9 |
| 2024 | Sugar Kun | Yutaka Take | Hisashi Shimizu | Yorikatsu Tsujiko | 2:24.2 |
Earlier winners
edit- 1984 - Rush And Go
- 1985 - Hamano Captain
- 1986 - Sunny Light
- 1987 - Chokai Fleet
- 1988 - Gakuen To Beat
- 1989 - Sir Pen Up
- 1990 - Bigmouth
- 1991 - Leo Durban
- 1992 - Golden Zeus
- 1993 - Stage Champ
- 1994 - Air Dublin
- 1995 - Summer Suspicion
- 1996 - Mountain Stone
- 1997 - Tokio Excellent
- 1998 - Tayasu Again
- 1999 - Painted Black
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Aoba Sho". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "歴史・コース：テレビ東京杯青葉賞 今週の注目レース JRA". jra.jp (in Japanese). Japan Racing Association. Archived from the original on 2024-04-21. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 30 April 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 29 April 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 28 April 2018.
- ^ "青葉賞". Netkeiba.
- ^ "TV Tokyo Hai Aoba Sho". Netkeiba.