Grade 2 race | |
Location | Tokyo Racecourse |
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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 (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]
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.
Among the winners of the race have been Symboli Kris S, Zenno Rob Roy and Fenomeno.
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
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2000 | Carnegie Daian | Shinji Fujita | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 2:28.2 |
2001 | Le Zele | Hiroki Goto | Yauhito Tamura | 2:26.9 |
2002 | Symboli Kris S | Yutaka Take | Kazuo Fujisawa | 2:26.4 |
2003 | Zenno Rob Roy | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kazuo Fujisawa | 2:26.3 |
2004 | Higher Game | Masayoshi Ebina | Yokichi Okubo | 2:24.1 |
2005 | Dantsu Kitcho | Shinji Fujita | Kenji Yamauchi | 2:26.9 |
2006 | Admire Main | Yutaka Take | Mitsuru Hashida | 2:25.3 |
2007 | Hiraboku Royal | Koshiro Take | Ryuji Okubo | 2:26.3 |
2008 | Admire Commando | Yuga Kawada | Mitsuru Hashida | 2:26.9 |
2009 | Apres Un Reve | Hiroyuki Uchida | Yasuo Ikee | 2:26.2 |
2010 | Pelusa | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kazuo Fujisawa | 2:24.3 |
2011 | Win Variation | Katsumi Ando | Masahiro Matunaga | 2:28.8 |
2012 | Fenomeno | Masayoshi Ebina | Hirofumi Toda | 2:25.7 |
2013 | Hiraboku Deep | Masayoshi Ebina | Sakae Kunieda | 2:26.2 |
2014 | Shonan Lagoon | Yutaka Yoshida | Yokichi Okubo | 2:26.5 |
2015 | Reve Mistral | Yuga Kawada | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 2:26.9 |
2016 | Vanquish Run | Hiroyuki Uchida | Katsuhiko Sumii | 2:24.2[2] |
2017 | Admirable | Mirco Demuro | Hidetaka Otonahi | 2:23.6[3] |
2018 | Go For The Summit | Masayoshi Ebina | Kazuo Fujisawa | 2:24.4[4] |
2019 | Lion Lion | Norihiro Yokoyama | Mikio Matsunaga | 2:25.0 |
2020 | Authority | Lyle Hewitson | Tetsuya Kimura | 2:23.0 |
2021 | Wonderful Town | Ryuji Wada | Yoshitada Takahashi | 2:25.2 |
2022 | Pradaria | Kenichi Ikezoe | Manabu Ikezoe | 2:24.2 |
2023 | Skilfing | Christophe Lemaire | Tetsuya Kimura | 2:23.9 |
2024 | Sugar Kun | Yutaka Take | Hisashi Shimizu | 2:24.2 |