Aoba Sho

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]

Aoba Sho

Grade 2 race
Tokyo Racecourse
Location	Tokyo Racecourse
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2400 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	3-y-o
Weight	56kg, fillies allowed 2kg
Purse	¥117,540,000 (total) ¥54,000,000 (winner)

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.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
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

Earlier winners

• 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

• Horse racing in Japan
• List of Japanese flat horse races

References

1. "Aoba Sho". Horse Racing in Japan.
2. "2016 result". Racing Post. 30 April 2016.
3. "2017 result". Racing Post. 29 April 2017.
4. "2018 result". Racing Post. 28 April 2018.