Yayoi Sho

Yayoi Sho

Grade 2 race
Nakayama Racecourse
Location	Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba.
Inaugurated	1964
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2000 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o
Weight	56kg, Fillies allowed 2kg.
Purse	¥52,000,000 (winner) ¥108,360,000 (total)

The Yayoi Sho (弥生賞 Yayoi-shō) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in March and serves as a major trial race for the Satsuki Sho.^[1]

It was first run in 1964. The race was run at Tokyo Racecourse in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 and 1988. Among the winners of the race have been Mr C B, Symboli Rudolf, Special Week, Agnes Tachyon, Deep Impact, Admire Moon and Victoire Pisa.

Winners since 1995

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1995	Fuji Kiseki	Koichi Tsunoda	Sakae Watanabe	2:03.7
1996	Dance in the Dark	Yutaka Take	Kojiro Hashiguchi	2:02.7
1997	Running Gale	Yutaka Take		2:02.2
1998	Special Week	Yutaka Take	Toshiaki Shirai	2:01.8
1999	Narita Top Road	Kaoru Watanabe	Yoshio Oki	2:03.5
2000	Fusaichi Zenon	Shinji Fujita	S Tabara	2:02.3
2001	Agnes Tachyon	Hiroshi Kawachi	Hiroyuki Nagahama	2:05.7
2002	Balance of Game	Katsuhara Tanaka	Munakata Yoshitada	2:02.0
2003	Eishin Champ	Yuichi Fukunaga	Tsutomu Setoguchi	2:02.3
2004	Cosmo Bulk	Fuyuki Igarashi	Kazunori Tabe	2:00.5
2005	Deep Impact	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Ikee	2:02.2
2006	Admire Moon	Yutaka Take	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	2:01.5
2007	Admire Aura	Yutaka Take	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	2:00.5
2008	Meiner Charles	Masami Matsuoka	Ryuichi Inaba	2:01.8
2009	Logi Universe	Norihiro Yokoyama	Kiyoshi Hagiwara	2:03.5
2010	Victoire Pisa	Yutaka Take	Katsuhiko Sumii	2:06.1
2011	Sadamu Patek	Yasunari Iwata	Masato Nishizono	2:01.0
2012	Cosmo Ozora	Daichi Shibata	Yoshihiro Takahashi	2:03.9
2013	Camino Tassajara	Hiroyuki Uchida	Sakae Kunieda	2:01.0
2014	To The World	Yuga Kawada	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:01.4
2015	Satono Crown	Yuichi Fukunaga	Noriyuki Hori	2:01.8
2016	Makahiki	Christophe Lemaire	Yasuo Tomomichi	1:59.9

Earlier winners

• 1964 - Tokino Parade
• 1965 - Keystone
• 1966 - Tama Shuho
• 1967 - Asa Denko
• 1968 - Asaka O
• 1969 - Wild More
• 1970 - Tanino Moutiers
• 1971 - Mejiro Gekko
• 1972 - Long Ace
• 1973 - Haiseko
• 1974 - Colonel Symboli
• 1975 - Kaburaya O
• 1976 - Climb Kaiser
• 1977 - Lucky Ruler
• 1978 - Fantast
• 1979 - Rikiai O
• 1980 - Tosho God
• 1981 - Todoroki Hiho
• 1982 - Saruno King
• 1983 - Mr C B
• 1984 - Symboli Rudolf
• 1985 - Suda Hawk
• 1986 - Daishin Fubuki
• 1987 - Sakura Star O
• 1988 - Sakura Chiyono O
• 1989 - Rainbow Amber
• 1990 - Mejiro Ryan
• 1991 - Ibuki Maikagura
• 1992 - Asaka Regent
• 1993 - Winning Ticket
• 1994 - Sakura Eiko O

References

1. "YAYOI SHO (G2)". japanracing.jp.