Tulip Sho

The Tulip Sho Japanese チューリップ賞} is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 1,600 metres at Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyogo. The race is run in March and serves as a major trial race for the Oka Sho.[1]

Tulip Sho
Grade 2 race
Kokorono Ai wins the 2015 Tulip Sho
LocationHanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyogo.
Inaugurated1986
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1600 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o fillies
Weight54kg
Purse¥112,520,000 (total)
¥52,000,000 (winner)

The Tulip Sho was first run in 1986. It became a Grade 3 race in 1994 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 2018.[2] Among the winners of the race have been Air Groove, Sweep Tosho, Vodka, Buena Vista, Harp Star and Sinhalite.

Winners since 2000
Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
2000 Jo De Shiraoki Koshiro Take K Matsuda 1:39.7
2001 T M Ocean Masaru Honda Katsuichi Nishiura 1:35.3
2002 Health Wall Mirco Demuro Hideyuki Mori 1:35.2
2003 Osumi Haruka Katsumi Ando Masatoshi Ando 1:35.9
2004 Sweep Tosho Kenichi Ikezoe Akio Tsurudome 1:35.5
2005 Eishin Tender Koshiro Take Kohei Take 1:35.3
2006 Admire Kiss Yutaka Take Hiroyoshi Matsuda 1:36.5
2007 Vodka Hirofumi Shii Katsuhiko Sumii 1:33.7
2008 Air Pascale Yusuke Fujioka Yasutoshi Ikee 1:35.8
2009 Buena Vista Katsumi Ando Hiroyoshi Matsuda 1:36.5
2010 Shoryu Moon Takeshi Kimura Shozo Sasaki 1:36.1
2011 Reve d'Essor Yuichi Fukunaga Hiroyoshi Matsuda 1:34.5
2012 Hana's Goal Cristian Demuro Kazuhiro Kato 1:35.5
2013 Kurofune Surprise Yutaka Take Hidetaka Tadokoro 1:34.9
2014 Harp Star Yugi Kawada Hiroyoshi Matsuda 1:34.3
2015 Kokorono Ai Norihiro Yokoyama Tomohito Ozeki 1:37.47
2016 Sinhalite Kenichi Ikezoe Sei Ishikawa 1:32.8[3]
2017 Soul Stirring Christophe Lemaire Kazuo Fujisawa 1:33.2[4]
2018 Lucky Lilac Shu Ishibashi Mikio Matsunaga 1:33.4[5]
2019 Danon Fantasy Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa Nakauchida 1:34.1
2020 Maltese Diosa Hironobu Tanabe Takahisa Tezuka 1:33.3

Earlier winners
  • 1986 - Reiho Tholon
  • 1987 - Max Beauty
  • 1988 - Shiyono Roman
  • 1989 - Youngest City
  • 1990 - Agnes Flora
  • 1991 - Sister Tosho
  • 1992 - Adorable
  • 1993 - Vega
  • 1994 - Agnes Parade
  • 1995 - Yuki Vivace
  • 1996 - Air Groove
  • 1997 - Orange Peel
  • 1998 - Dantsu Sirius
  • 1999 - Eishin Ruden
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See also

References
  1. "List of JRA Graded Races 2018". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. "JRA Racetrack Handle Continues to Climb in 2017". The Blood-Horse. 1 January 2018.
  3. "Tulip Sho result". Racing Post. 5 March 2016.
  4. "Tulip Sho result". Racing Post. 4 March 2017.
  5. "Tulip Sho result". Racing Post. 3 March 2018.
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