The Radio Nikkei Sho (Japanese ラジオNIKKEI賞) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run in late June or early July over a distance of 1800 metres at Fukushima Racecourse.[1]
| Grade 3 race | |
 2023 Radio Nikkei Sho winner, Elton Barrows, in the winner's circle | |
| Location | Fukushima Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1952 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1800 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o |
| Weight | Handicap |
| Purse | ¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 41,000,000 2nd: ¥ 16,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000 |
The race was first run in 1952 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 1984. The race was run at Tokyo Racecourse and Nakayama Racecourse before moving to its current venue in 1979. It was run at Niigata Racecourse in 1989, Tokyo in 2000 and Nakayama in 2011.
Winners since 2000
edit| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Renaissance[a] | Naohiro Onishi | Yutaka Takahashi | Yukiyoshi Nakazawa | 1:49.4 |
| 2001 | Trust Fire | Katsuharu Tanaka | Michifumi Kono | Mitsuru Suganami | 1:49.4 |
| 2002 | Kattsu Mi | Hiroyuki Uchida | Masaaki Minamida | Shigeo Abe | 1:48.3 |
| 2003 | Vita Rosa | Masayoshi Ebina | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:48.4 |
| 2004 | Keiai Guard | Mikio Matsunaga | Taira Furakawa | Morihiro Kameda | 1:47.1 |
| 2005 | Conrad | Norihiro Yokoyama | Takahisa Tezuka | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:47.2 |
| 2006 | Tamamo Support | Akihide Tsumura | Kenichi Fujioka | Tamamo Co. Ltd. | 1:50.5 |
| 2007 | Roc de Cambes | Yuichi Shibayama | Noriyuki Hori | Kazumi Yoshida | 1:47.7 |
| 2008 | Leo Meister | Hiroyuki Uchida | Masaaki Koga | Leo Co. Ltd. | 1:46.8 |
| 2009 | Strong Garuda | Masayoshi Ebina | Takashi Kubota | Atsushi Muraki | 1:48.3 |
| 2010 | Aroma Cafe | Yoshitomi Shibata | Futoshi Kojima | Koichi Nishikawa | 1:47.3 |
| 2011 | Frere Jacques [b] | Yuichi Fukunaga | Yasuo Tomomichi | Carrot Farm Co. Ltd. | 1:46.9 |
| 2012 | Final Form | Keita Tosaki | Noriyuki Hori | Shadai Race Horse Co. Ltd. | 1:47.9 |
| 2013 | K I Chosan | Norihiro Yokoyama | Michihiro Ogasa | Chosan Co. Ltd. | 1:47.9 |
| 2014 | Win Malerei | Masami Matsuoka | Noboru Takagi | Win Co. Ltd. | 1:45.9 |
| 2015 | Ambitious | Christophe Lemaire | Hidetaka Otonashi | Hideko Kondo | 1:46.4 |
| 2016 | Seewind | Keita Tosaki | Tetuya Kimura | Silk Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:47.0[2] |
| 2017 | Seda Brillantes | Yukito Ishikawa | Takahisa Tezuka | Silk Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:46.6[3] |
| 2018 | Meisho Tekkon | Kohei Matsuyama | Yoshitada Takahashi | Yoshio Matsumoto | 1:46.1[4] |
| 2019 | Breaking Dawn | Hironobu Tanabe | Kazuya Nakatake | Koki Maeda | 1:49.8 |
| 2020 | Babbitt | Hiroyuki Uchida | Tamio Hamada | Naoya Miyata | 1:47.3 |
| 2021 | Weiss Meteor | Genki Maruyama | Tetsuya Kimura | Silk Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:48.0 |
| 2022 | Feengrotten | Fuma Matsuwaka | Hiroshi Miyamoto | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:46.7 |
| 2023 | Elton Barows | Atsuya Nishimura | Haruki Sugiyama | Hirotsugu Inokuma | 1:46.9 |
| 2024 | Off Trail | Hironobu Tanabe | Keiji Yoshimura | Godolphin | 1:45.3 |
a The 2000 race took place at Tokyo
b The 2011 race took place at Nakayama
Earlier winners
edit- 1984 - Suzu Parade
- 1985 - Derby Rich
- 1986 - Dyna Cosmos
- 1987 - Leo Tenzan
- 1988 - Takara Flash
- 1989 - Daiwa Gehrig
- 1990 - Tsurumai Aswan
- 1991 - Twin Turbo
- 1992 - Shinko Lovely
- 1993 - A P Grand Prix
- 1994 - Yashima Sovereign
- 1995 - Prest Symboli
- 1996 - Big Baillamont
- 1997 - Air Guts
- 1998 - Biwa Takehide
- 1999 - Silk Guardian
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Radio Nikkei Sho". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 3 July 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 2 July 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 1 July 2018.
- ^ "ラジオNIKKEI賞". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Radio Nikkei Sho". Netkeiba.