Aoba Sho
青葉賞
Grade 2 race
Tokyo Racecourse
LocationTokyo Racecourse
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2400 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification3-y-o
Weight56kg, fillies allowed 2kg
Purse¥117,540,000 (total)
¥54,000,000 (winner)

The Aoba Sho (Japanese 青葉賞) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 2400 metres at Tokyo Racecourse in April.[1]

The Aoba Sho was first run in 1984 and was elevated to Grade 3 status in 1994 before being promoted to Grade 2 in 2001. It serves as a trial race for the Tokyo Yushun.

Among the winners of the race have been Symboli Kris S, Zenno Rob Roy and Fenomeno.

Winners since 2000

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
2000 Carnegie Daian Shinji Fujita Hiroyoshi Matsuda 2:28.2
2001 Le Zele Hiroki Goto Yauhito Tamura 2:26.9
2002 Symboli Kris S Yutaka Take Kazuo Fujisawa 2:26.4
2003 Zenno Rob Roy Norihiro Yokoyama Kazuo Fujisawa 2:26.3
2004 Higher Game Masayoshi Ebina Yokichi Okubo 2:24.1
2005 Dantsu Kitcho Shinji Fujita Kenji Yamauchi 2:26.9
2006 Admire Main Yutaka Take Mitsuru Hashida 2:25.3
2007 Hiraboku Royal Koshiro Take Ryuji Okubo 2:26.3
2008 Admire Commando Yuga Kawada Mitsuru Hashida 2:26.9
2009 Apres Un Reve Hiroyuki Uchida Yasuo Ikee 2:26.2
2010 Pelusa Norihiro Yokoyama Kazuo Fujisawa 2:24.3
2011 Win Variation Katsumi Ando Masahiro Matunaga 2:28.8
2012 Fenomeno Masayoshi Ebina Hirofumi Toda 2:25.7
2013 Hiraboku Deep Masayoshi Ebina Sakae Kunieda 2:26.2
2014 Shonan Lagoon Yutaka Yoshida Yokichi Okubo 2:26.5
2015 Reve Mistral Yuga Kawada Hiroyoshi Matsuda 2:26.9
2016 Vanquish Run Hiroyuki Uchida Katsuhiko Sumii 2:24.2[2]
2017 Admirable Mirco Demuro Hidetaka Otonahi 2:23.6[3]
2018 Go For The Summit Masayoshi Ebina Kazuo Fujisawa 2:24.4[4]
2019 Lion Lion Norihiro Yokoyama Mikio Matsunaga 2:25.0
2020 Authority Lyle Hewitson Tetsuya Kimura 2:23.0
2021 Wonderful Town Ryuji Wada Yoshitada Takahashi 2:25.2
2022 Pradaria Kenichi Ikezoe Manabu Ikezoe 2:24.2
2023 Skilfing Christophe Lemaire Tetsuya Kimura 2:23.9

Earlier winners

  • 1984 - Rush And Go
  • 1985 - Hamano Captain
  • 1986 - Sunny Light
  • 1987 - Chokai Fleet
  • 1988 - Gakuen To Beat
  • 1989 - Sir Pen Up
  • 1990 - Bigmouth
  • 1991 - Leo Durban
  • 1992 - Golden Zeus
  • 1993 - Stage Champ
  • 1994 - Air Dublin
  • 1995 - Summer Suspicion
  • 1996 - Mountain Stone
  • 1997 - Tokio Excellent
  • 1998 - Tayasu Again
  • 1999 - Painted Black

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Aoba Sho". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ↑ "2016 result". Racing Post. 30 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "2017 result". Racing Post. 29 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "2018 result". Racing Post. 28 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "青葉賞". Netkeiba.
  6. ↑ "TV Tokyo Hai Aoba Sho". Netkeiba.
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