The Kisaragi Sho (

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きさらぎ賞) is a Grade 3

horse race Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, 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 basic p ...

for three-year-old

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s run in February over a distance of 1800 metres at

Kyoto Racecourse is located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It has a capacity of 120,000. It was built in 1999. History Kyoto Race Course opened on December 1, 1925. In preparation for the track's 100th anniversar ...

. The race is also known as the NHK Sho. The race was first run in 1961 and was elevated to Grade 3 status in 1984. It was usually run at

Chukyo Racecourse is located in Toyoake, Aichi, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It was built in 1994. It has a capacity of 58,400. It has 8,795 seats. Physical attributes Chukyo Racecourse has a grass courses, a dirt course, and a jump course. The turf's ...

before being moved to its current venue in 1987. The race serves as a trial race for the Satsuki Sho. Past winers of the race include Special Week, Neo Universe,

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and

Satono Diamond Satono Diamond ( ja, サトノダイヤモンド, link=no, foaled 30 January 2013) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. He showed promise as a juvenile in 2015 when he won both of his races. In the following year he developed into a top-class ...

Winners since 2000

The 2015 winner Rouge Buck was a

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. The 2021 race was run over 2000 metres at Chukyo.

Earlier winners

* 1984 - Gold Way * 1985 - Ibuki Kaner * 1986 - Fumino Applause * 1987 - Tochino Ruler * 1988 - Meiner Frisse * 1989 - Nice Nice Nice * 1990 - Haku Taisei * 1991 - Shin Horisky * 1992 - Hishi Masaru * 1993 - Tsuji Utopian * 1994 - Samson Big * 1995 - Ski Captain * 1996 - Royal Touch * 1997 - Hiroki Gumo * 1998 - Special Week * 1999 -

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References

{{reflist Turf races in Japan

Winners since 2000

Earlier winners

See also

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