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Kikuka Shō
Japanese St. Leger
菊花賞
2023 Kikuka Shō winner, Durezza
ClassGrade 1
LocationKyoto Racecourse
Fushimi, Kyoto
Inaugurated11 December 1938 (87 years ago) (1938-12-11)
Race typeThoroughbred flat racing
Race information
Distance3000 meters
(About 15 furlongs or 1+7⁄8 miles)
Record3:01.0 ; Toho Jackal (2014)
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
QualificationThree-years-old Colts & Fillies
Weight57 kg
Allowances
2 kg for fillies
Purse¥ 432,000,000 (as of 2026)
  • 1st: ¥ 200,000,000
  • 2nd: ¥ 80,000,000
  • 3rd: ¥ 50,000,000
BonusesClassic Triple Crown
Winner of Satsuki Shō, Tōkyō Yūshun and Kikuka Shō [1]
¥ 300,000,000

The Kikuka Shō (菊花賞; Kikka-Shō) is a Japanese Grade 1 flat race for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run over a distance of 3,000 metres (approximately 1 mile 7 furlongs) at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi, Kyoto, in late October.

History

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The Kikuka Shō was first contested in 1938 as Kyōto Nōrinshō Shōten Yonsai Yobiuma (京都農林省賞典四歳呼馬) over a distance of 3,000 metres at Kyoto Racecourse, and renamed to current name in 1948. It is the Japanese equivalent of the English St. Leger Stakes.

The race was run at Kyoto since 1938, except 1979, 2021 and 2022 at Hanshin Racecourse.

It is the final leg of the Japanese Triple Crown, preceded by the Satsuki Shō (the Japanese equivalent of the English 2,000 Guineas) in mid-to-late April and the Tōkyō Yūshun (the Japanese equivalent of the English Epsom Derby) in late May or early June.

Trial races

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Trial races provide automatic berths to the winning horses or placed horses as specified.[2]

Race Name Class Racecourse Distance Condition
St. Lite Kinen GII Japan Nakayama 2,200 meters Top 3 horses
Kobe Shimbun Hai GII Japan Hanshin 2,400 meters

There are only two trial races for the Kikuka Sho. The top three finishers in the St. Lite Kinen and the Kobe Shimbun Hai are guaranteed a priority to enter the race. the other Classic races are only provide priority-entry-rights to the winner. and the runner-ups from the Classics, as well as top two finishers from NHK Mile Cup, are also eligible to participate if they are registered with the National Association of Racing.

Records

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Leading jockey(s) :

Leading trainer(s) :

  • 5 – Tokichi Ogata : Tetsumon (1938), Kurifuji (1943), Hakuryo (1953), Haku Kurama (1959), Great Yoruka (1963)

Leading owner(s) :

  • Fastest winning time :  3:01.0 – Toho Jackal (2014)
  • Slowest winning time : 3:26 4/5 – Azumarai (1946)

Winners since 1984

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Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1984  Symboli Rudolf (JPN)  Yukio Okabe (JPN)  Yuji Nohira (JPN)  Symboli Bokujo (JPN) 3:06.8
1985  Miho Shinzan (JPN)  Masato Shibata (JPN)  Tomojiro Tanaka (JPN)  Kanji Tsutsumi (JPN) 3:08.1
1986  Mejiro Durren (JPN)  Yoshiyuki Muramoto (JPN)  Yasuo Ikee (JPN)  Mejiro Shoji Co., Ltd. (JPN) 3:09.2
1987  Sakura Star O (JPN)  Shinji Azuma (JPN)  Yuji Hirai (JPN)  Sakura Commerce Co., Ltd. (JPN) 3:08.0
1988  Super Creek (JPN)  Yutaka Take (JPN)  Shuji Ito (JPN)  Makoto Kikura (JPN) 3:07.3
1989  Bamboo Begin (JPN)  Katsumi Minai (JPN)  Tadashi Fuse (JPN)  Tatsuichi Takeda (JPN) 3:07.7
1990  Mejiro McQueen (JPN)  Koichi Uchida (JPN)  Yasuo Ikee (JPN)  Mejiro Shoji Co., Ltd. (JPN) 3:06.2
1991  Leo Durban (JPN)  Yukio Okabe (JPN)  Shinji Okuhira (JPN)  Ryuu Tanaka (JPN) 3:09.5
1992  Rice Shower (JPN)  Hitoshi Matoba (JPN)  Yoshiji Iizuka (JPN)  Hideo Kuribayashi (JPN) 3:05.0
1993  Biwa Hayahide (JPN)  Yukio Okabe (JPN)  Mitsumasa Hamada (JPN)  Biwa Co., Ltd. (JPN) 3:04.7
1994  Narita Brian (JPN)  Katsumi Minai (JPN)  Masaaki Okubo (JPN)  Hidenori Yamaji (JPN) 3:04.6
1995  Mayano Top Gun (JPN)  Seiki Tabara (JPN)  Masahiro Sakaguchi (JPN)  Yu Tadokoro (JPN) 3:04.4
1996  Dance in the Dark (JPN)  Yutaka Take (JPN)  Kojiro Hashiguchi (JPN)  Shadai Race Horse Co., Ltd. (JPN) 3:05.1
1997  Matikanefukukitaru (JPN)  Katsumi Minai (JPN)  Hisao Nibun (JPN)  Masuo Hosokawa (JPN) 3:07.7
1998  Seiun Sky (JPN)  Norihiro Yokoyama (JPN)  Kazutaka Yasuda (JPN)  Masayuki Nishiyama (JPN) 3:03.2
1999  Narita Top Road (JPN)  Kunihiko Watanabe (JPN)  Yoshio Oki (JPN)  Hidenori Yamaji (JPN) 3:07.6
2000  Air Shakur (JPN)  Yutaka Take (JPN)  Hideyuki Mori (JPN)  Lucky Field Co., Ltd. (JPN) 3:04.7
2001  Manhattan Cafe (JPN)  Masayoshi Ebina (JPN)  Futoshi Kojima (JPN)  Kiyoshi Nishikawa (JPN) 3:07.2
2002  Hishi Miracle (JPN)  Koichi Tsunoda (JPN)  Masaru Sayama (JPN)  Masaichiro Abe (JPN) 3:05.9
2003  That's the Plenty (JPN)  Katsumi Ando (JPN)  Kojiro Hashiguchi (JPN)  Shadai Race Horse Co., Ltd. (JPN) 3:04.8
2004  Delta Blues (JPN)  Yasunari Iwata (JPN)  Katsuhiko Sumii (JPN)  Sunday Racing (JPN) 3:04.8
2005  Deep Impact (JPN)  Yutaka Take (JPN)  Yasuo Ikee (JPN)  Kaneko Makoto Holdings (JPN) 3:04.6
2006  Song of Wind (JPN)  Koshiro Take (JPN)  Hidekazu Asami (JPN)  Shadai Race Horse Co., Ltd. (JPN) 3:02.7
2007  Asakusa Kings (JPN)  Hirofumi Shii (JPN)  Ryuji Okubo (JPN)  Keiko Tahara (JPN) 3:05.1
2008  Oken Bruce Lee (JPN)  Hiroyuki Uchida (JPN)  Hidetaka Otonashi (JPN)  Akira Fukui (JPN) 3:05.7
2009  Three Rolls (JPN)  Suguru Hamanaka (JPN)  Kohei Take (JPN)  Nagai Shoji Co., Ltd. (JPN) 3:03.5
2010  Big Week (JPN)  Yuga Kawada (JPN)  Hiroyuki Nagahama (JPN)  Yuzo Tanimizu (JPN) 3:06.1
2011  Orfevre (JPN)  Kenichi Ikezoe (JPN)  Yasutoshi Ikee (JPN)  Sunday Racing (JPN) 3:02.8
2012  Gold Ship (JPN)  Hiroyuki Uchida (JPN)  Naosuke Sugai (JPN)  Eiichi Kobayshi (JPN) 3:02.9
2013  Epiphaneia (JPN)  Yuichi Fukunaga (JPN)  Katsuhiko Sumii (JPN)  Carrot Farm Co., Ltd. (JPN) 3:05.2
2014  Toho Jackal (JPN)  Manabu Sakai (JPN)  Kiyoshi Tani (JPN)  Toho Bussan Co., Ltd. (JPN) 3:01.0
2015  Kitasan Black (JPN)  Hiroshi Kitamura (JPN)  Hisashi Shimizu (JPN)  Ono Shoji Co., Ltd. (JPN) 3:03.9
2016  Satono Diamond (JPN)  Christophe Lemaire (FR)  Yasutoshi Ikee (JPN)  Hajime Satomi (JPN) 3:03.3
2017  Kiseki (JPN)  Mirco Demuro (ITA)  Katsuhiko Sumii (JPN)  Tatsue Ishikawa (JPN) 3:18.9
2018  Fierement (JPN)  Christophe Lemaire (FR)  Takahisa Tezuka (JPN)  Sunday Racing (JPN) 3:06.1
2019  World Premiere (JPN)  Yutaka Take (JPN)  Yasuo Tomomichi (JPN)  Ryoichi Otsuka (JPN) 3:06.0
2020  Contrail (JPN)  Yuichi Fukunaga (JPN)  Yoshito Yahagi (JPN)  Shinji Maeda (JPN) 3:05.5
2021  Titleholder (JPN) [a]  Takeshi Yokoyama (JPN)  Toru Kurita (JPN)  Hiroshi Yamada (JPN) 3:04.6
2022  Ask Victor More (JPN) [a]  Hironobu Tanabe (JPN)  Yasuhito Tamura (JPN)  Hirosaki Toshihiro HD (JPN) 3:02.4
2023  Durezza (JPN)  Christophe Lemaire (FR)  Tomohito Ozeki (JPN)  Carrot Farm Co., Ltd. (JPN) 3:03.1
2024  Urban Chic (JPN)  Christophe Lemaire (FR)  Ryo Takei (JPN)  Silk Racing (JPN) 3:04.1
2025  Energico (JPN)  Christophe Lemaire (FR)  Mizuki Takayanagi (JPN)  Silk Racing (JPN) 3:04.0
  • a The 2021 and 2022 editions were contested at Hanshin Racecourse, due to renovations held at the Kyoto Racecourse.[3]
  • b Set the current race record

Earlier winners

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "同一年度に本会が定める競走に優勝した馬に対する褒賞金交付基準" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Racing Association.
  2. ↑ "競馬番組一般事項(Horseracing Program General Information) - Page 19" (PDF). JRA. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  3. ↑ "京都競馬場２０２３年春からリニューアル 京都開催は来年１１月から２年４か月間の休止". スポーツ報知 (in Japanese). 2019-06-24. Archived from the original on 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  4. ↑ "菊花賞". Netkeiba.
  5. ↑ "Kikuka Sho (Japanese St.leger)". Netkeiba.
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