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Shūka Sho
The is a Conditions races, Grade 1 Flat racing, flat Horse racing, horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred Filly, fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1 1/4 miles) at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture in October. The Shūka Shō is the final leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#Japan, Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown, preceded by the Oka Sho in early April and the Yushun Himba in May. In 1996 it was established as Domestic Grade 1 race, and in 2009 it was granted International Grade 1 status. Trial races Trial races provide automatic berths to the winning horses or placed horses as specified. Winners The 2021 and 2022 runnings were contested at Hanshin Racecourse, due to construction at Kyoto Racecourse. See also * Horse racing in Japan * List of Japanese flat horse races References *Netkeiba: **, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *Racing Post: **, , , , , , , , , ** , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakayama Racecourse
was built in 1990 in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, for horse racing Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its bas ... and can accommodate up to 165,676 spectators. Physical attributes Nakayama Race Course has two grass courses, a dirt course and a jump course. The turf's measures 1840m (1 1/8 miles + 97 feet) with 1600m and 2200m chutes, and the measures 1667m (1 mile + 189 feet) with a 1400m chute. Races can be run on the "A Course" rail setting (on the hedge), the "B Course" setting (rail out 3 meters), or the "C Course" setting (rail out 7 meters). 1000m, 1400m, 1800m, 2000m, 2500m and 3600m races run on the inner oval, while 1200m, 1600m, 2200m, 2600m and 4000m races run on the outer oval. 3200m races run on the outer oval first, then the inner oval. The dirt course measures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aventura (horse)
Aventura (, foaled 7 March 2008) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. As a juvenile in 2010 she showed very promising form, winning on her debut before running second in the Sapporo Nisai Stakes and fourth in the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies. She missed the first half of the next season but then won the Isaribi Stakes and the Queen Stakes before recording her biggest victory in the Shuka Sho. She sustained her only defeat of the year on her final start when she was beaten a neck by Snow Fairy in the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup. Her achievements saw her being awarded the 2011 JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly. Background Aventura is a bay mare with a large white star (horse marking), star bred in Hokkaido by Northern Farm (stud), Northern Farm. During her racing career she carried the green, white and red colours of U Carrot Farm and was trained by Katsuhiko Sumii. She was from the 6th crop of foals sired by Jungle Pocket who won the Tokyo Yushun and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makoto Kaneko (businessman)
is the founder, President, CEO and Representative Director of Zuken Inc., a public listed multinational corporation in the Tokyo Stock Exchange. He also owns the exclusive King Kamehameha Golf Club in Hawaii. Makoto Kaneko is better known as a prominent horse owner in Japan. He was the owner of Deep Impact, one of the most famous racehorses in Japanese history. Kaneko has also become the first racehorse owner to win all of the 8 major races of Japan as well as the Japan Cup. Makoto Kaneko's famous racehorses * Black Hawk :He won the Sprinters Stakes and the Yasuda Kinen. * Kurofune :He has four course records. Because of his strength, He was called "White Secretariat". * To the Victory :She won the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup and challenged the Dubai World Cup twice. Her younger brother Silent Deal is also Makoto's horse. *Utopia :He was traded to Godolphin Racing. * King Kamehameha :He won the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) for the first time as Kaneko's horse. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masayoshi Ebina
(born March 19, 1969, in Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese horse trainer and former jockey. He has also been nicknamed ''Ebi-Shō''. He decided to become a jockey after watching Green Grass win the Kikuka Sho. He is best known for riding El Condor Pasa, winning the Japan Cup in 1998 and taking second place in the 1999 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. In 2010 he won the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown with Apapane. He retired as a jockey in February 2021 after earning his license as a horse trainer. He inherited 33 horses from Kazuo Fujisawa in 2022, as he was retiring from horse training. Major wins France * Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud - (1) - '' El Condor Pasa (1999)'' ---- Hong Kong * Hong Kong Cup - (1) - ''Fujiyama Kenzan (1995)'' ---- Japan * Arima Kinen - (2) - '' Manhattan Cafe (2001)'', ''Matsurida Gogh (2007)'' * Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes - (2) - ''Dream Journey (2006)'', ''Danon Platina (2014)'' * Hanshin Juvenile Fillies - (2) - ''Apapane (2009)'', ''Shonan Ade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apapane (horse)
Apapane (, foaled 20 April 2007) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown in 2010. As a two-year-old in 2009 she won three of her four races including the Grade I Hanshin Juvenile Fillies and won the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Filly. In the following year she won the Oka Sho and Yushun Himba before completing the Triple Crown in the Shuka Sho and winning the JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly. In the following spring she won her fifth Grade I race when she defeated the Japanese Horse of the Year Buena Vista in the Victoria Mile. She never won again and was retired after developing a leg problem in September 2012. Apart from her victories she finished third in consecutive runnings of the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup in 2010 and 2011. Background Apapane is a bay mare with a white blaze and white socks on her hind legs bred in Japan by Northern Farm the breeding operation of her owner Makoto Kaneko. Apap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasunari Iwata
(born March 12, 1974; from Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture) is a Japanese jockey who rode the winner of the 2006 Melbourne Cup, Delta Blues. It was Iwata's first race outside Japan. He debuted in the Hyōgo Keiba, one of the racing organizations in National Association of Racing (NAR). He has started riding in selected events in Japan Racing Association (JRA) since 2002. In 2005, Iwata won the 19th World Super Jockey Seriehttp://www.diviplus.com/racing-news/iwata-wins-world-super-jockey-series/]. Despite not having passed the written test in the past, he was allowed to transfer to JRA in the following year due to "Ankatsu's Rule". He was awarded JRA most winning-jockey in 2011 and 2012, in races won and money earned. His son, , is also a jockey. Major wins Australia * Melbourne Cup - (1) - ''Delta Blues (2006)'' ---- Hong Kong * Hong Kong Sprint - (2) - '' Lord Kanaloa (2012/2013)'' ---- Japan * Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes - (1) - ''Seiun Wonder (2008)'' * February Stakes - (1) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daiwa Scarlet
(May 13, 2004 - ) is a retired Japanese racehorse which won the 2007 Oka Sho, Shūka Sho, Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup and the 2008 Arima Kinen. Breeding Daiwa Scarlet was foaled on 13 May 2004 at Shadai Farm, She was a chestnut mare by Agnes Tachyon, winner of the 2001 Satsuki Sho. Racing career Daiwa Scarlet was owned by Keizo Oshiro and trained by Kunahide Matsuda. At two years; 2006 Daiwa Scarlet debuted in November 2006. She won her maiden race easily and ran another race at the end of the year, which was at the Chukyo Nisai Stakes. She also ended up winning that race. At 3 years; 2007 In January 2007, Daiwa Scarlet ran in the Shinzan Kinen, but was passed by another horse, coming in second place. The next race she ran in that year, the Tulip Sho, was the first time she raced against Vodka. Scarlet waited deliberately for Vodka's spurt to spurt with her in order to gauge her opponent. As a result, she ended up getting passed by Vodka and once again cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenichi Ikezoe
Kenichi Ikezoe (, born July 23, 1979池添謙一 - TEAM GRIP(チームグリップ)、2015年12月6日閲覧) is a Japanese affiliated with the Ritto Training Center of the . Dubbed "The Grand Prix Man (of the Heisei era)", he has won the and Takarazuka Kinen, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweep Tosho
Sweep Tosho (Japanese: スイープトウショウ, foaled 9 May 2001 — died December 5, 2020) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. Bred and owned by Tosho Sangyo and trained throughout her racing career by Akio Tsurudome, she won eight of her twenty-four races between October 2003 and November 2007, including Grade I victories in the Shuka Sho, Takarazuka Kinen and Queen Elizabeth II Cup. In 2003 Sweep Tosho won two of her three races including the Grade III Fantasy Stakes. In the following year she won the Tulip Sho and finished second in the Yushun Himba before winning the Shuka Sho. The mare reached her peak as a four-year-old in 2005 when she finished second in the Yasuda Kinen before defeating top-class male opposition in the Takarazuka Kinen and winning the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at her second attempt. She remained in training for two more years, winning the Kyoto Daishoten in 2006 and being placed in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup in 2006 and 2007. After h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Still In Love (horse)
Still in Love (, 2 May 2000 – 2 August 2007) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. After winning her only race as a juvenile she became the best filly of her generation in Japan, winning the Oka Sho, Yushun Himba and Shuka Sho to complete the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown in 2003. She remained in training for two more years but failed to win again and was retired in 2005. She produced only one foal before dying at the age of seven in 2007. Background Still in Love was a bay mare bred in Japan by Shimokobe Farm. She was sired by Sunday Silence, who won the 1989 Kentucky Derby, before retiring to stud in Japan where he was champion sire on thirteen consecutive occasions. His other major winners included Deep Impact, Stay Gold, Heart's Cry, Manhattan Cafe, Zenno Rob Roy and Neo Universe. Still in Love's dam Bradamente was an unraced, Kentucky-bred daughter of Roberto. She was a half-sister to Color of Gold, who produced the Yushun Himba winner Rose Dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koshiro Take
(b. November 3, 1978, in Rittō, Shiga) is a Japanese trainer of Thoroughbred race horses and ex-jockey. He is the younger brother of Yutaka Take. Jockey career Take debuted as a jockey in March 1, 1997 at the Hanshin Racecourse. The following day, he won his first race and also his first graded race at the same time, with him winning the Yomiuri Milers Cup while riding ''Osumi Tycoon,'' making him the fastest rookie to win a graded race. He won his first Grade 1 race in 2000 when he won the Shuka Sho with ''Tico Tico Tac,'' but failed to win another Grade 1 race until his victory at the Kikuka Sho with ''Song of Wind'', and wouldn't for another 7 when he won 3 Grade 1 races with ''Meisho Mambo.'' Trainer career Take gained his trainer license in December of 2016, and as JRA rules do not allow jockeys to be trainers at the same time, he retired as a jockey in February of 2017. He worked under Kazuo Fujisawa for a year before opening his own stable at Ritto Training Center ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
