Radio Nikkei Sho
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 | |
| 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 | Colts 56 kg, fillies 54 kg |
| Purse | ¥81,880,000 (total), ¥38,000,000 (winner) |
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
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Renaissance[a] | Naohiro Onishi | Yutaka Takahashi | 1:49.4 |
| 2001 | Trust Fire | Katsuharu Tanaka | Michifumi Kono | 1:49.4 |
| 2002 | Kattsu Mi | Hiroyuki Uchida | Masaaki Minamida | 1:48.3 |
| 2003 | Vita Rosa | Masayoshi Ebina | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 1:48.4 |
| 2004 | Keiai Guard | Mikio Matsunaga | Taira Furakawa | 1:47.1 |
| 2005 | Conrad | Norihiro Yokoyama | Takahisa Tezuka | 1:47.2 |
| 2006 | Tamamo Support | Akihide Tsumura | Kenichi Fujioka | 1:50.5 |
| 2007 | Roc de Cambes | Yuichi Shibayama | Noriyuki Hori | 1:47.7 |
| 2008 | Leo Meister | Hiroyuki Uchida | Masaaki Koga | 1:46.8 |
| 2009 | Strong Garuda | Masayoshi Ebina | Takashi Kubota | 1:48.3 |
| 2010 | Aroma Cafe | Yoshitomi Shibata | Futoshi Kojima | 1:47.3 |
| 2011 | Frere Jacques [b] | Yuichi Fukunaga | Yasuo Tomomichi | 1:46.9 |
| 2012 | Final Form | Keita Tosaki | Noriyuki Hori | 1:47.9 |
| 2013 | K I Chosan | Norihiro Yokoyama | Michihiro Ogasa | 1:47.9 |
| 2014 | Win Malerei | Masami Matsuoka | Noboru Takagi | 1:45.9 |
| 2015 | Ambitious | Christophe Lemaire | Hidetaka Otonashi | 1:46.4 |
| 2016 | Seewind | Keita Tosaki | Tetuya Kimura | 1:47.0[2] |
| 2017 | Seda Brillantes | Yukito Ishikawa | Takahisa Tezuka | 1:46.6[3] |
| 2018 | Meisho Tekkon | Kohei Matsuyama | Yoshitada Takahashi | 1:46.1[4] |
| 2019 | Breaking Dawn | Hironobu Tanabe | Kazuya Nakatake | 1:49.8 |
| 2020 | Babbitt | Hiroyuki Uchida | Tamio Hamada | 1:47.3 |
a The 2000 race took place at Tokyo
b The 2011 race took place at Nakayama
Earlier winners
- 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
gollark: Madness.
gollark: Well, with unbounded-size ints, at least.
gollark: Yes.
gollark: Yes.
gollark: This python looks suspciously like C.
References
- "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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.