Tenno Sho

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The Tennō Shō (天皇賞, "Emperor's Prize") is a horse race held twice a year in Japan, once in the spring and once in the autumn. "Tenno" means "Emperor of Japan". The races are both International Grade I races. Prior to the 2007 races, both Tenno Sho races were Japanese domestic Grade I races.[1]

Spring

Tenno Sho (Spring)
Int'l Grade 1 race
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The 145th Tenno Sho (2012)
Location Kyoto Racecourse, Kyoto
Inaugurated 1938
Race type Thoroughbred
Website japanracing.jp
Race information
Distance 3200 meters
(About 16 furlongs / 2 miles)
Surface Turf
Track Right-handed
Qualification 4-y-o & Up, Thoroughbreds
Weight 4-y-o & up 58 kg
Allowances
2 kg for fillies and mares
Purse ¥ 286,000,000 (as of 2015)
1st: ¥ 150,000,000

The Spring Tenno Sho is held at Kyoto Racecourse, in late April or early May. It is run over a distance of 3,200 metres (10,500 ft), making it the longest Grade I race in Japan.

Deep Impact won the 2006 version of the race setting the world record for a 3200 metre race with a time of 3:13.4. beating the Melbourne Cup record of 3:16.3.[2][3]

Winners since 1990

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1990 Super Creek 5 Yutaka Take Syuuzi Itou Makoto Kaneko 3:21.9
1991 Mejiro McQueen 4 Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee Mejiro Stud 3:18.8
1992 Mejiro McQueen 5 Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee Mejiro Stud 3:20.0
1993 Rice Shower 4 Hitoshi Matoba Yoshitsugu Iizuka Hide Kurabayashi 3:17.1
1994 Biwa Hayahide 4 Yukio Okabe Mitsumasa Hamada Biwa Co Ltd 3:22.6
1995 Rice Shower 6 Hitoshi Matoba Yoshitsugu Iizuka Hide Kurabayashi 3:19.9
1996 Sakura Laurel 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Katsutarou Sakai Sakura Commerce 3:17.8
1997 Mayano Top Gun 5 Shigeru Tahara Masahiro Sakaguchi Yuu Tadokoro 3:14.4
1998 Mejiro Bright 4 Hiroshi Kawachi Hidekazu Asami Mejiro Stud 3:15.3
1999 Special Week 4 Yutaka Take Toshiaki Shirai Hiroyoshi Usuda 3:17.1
2000 T M Opera O 4 Ryuji Wada Ichizo Iwamoto Masatsugu Takezono 3:17.6
2001 T M Opera O 5 Ryuji Wada Ichizo Iwamoto Masatsugu Takezono 3:16.2
2002 Manhattan Cafe 4 Masayoshi Ebina Futoshi Kojima Ken Nishikawa 3:19.5
2003 Hishi Miracle 4 Koichi Tsunoda Masaru Sayama Masaichiro Abe 3:17.0
2004 Ingrandire 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Yoshinami Shimizu Chizu Yoshida 3:18.4
2005 Suzuka Mambo 4 Katsumi Ando Mitsuru Hashida Keiji Nagai 3:16.5
2006 Deep Impact 4 Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee Makoto Kaneko 3:13.4
2007 Meisho Samson 4 Mamoru Ishibashi Shigetada Takahashi Yoshio Matsumoto 3:14.1
2008 Admire Jupiter 5 Yasunari Iwata Yasuo Tomomichi Riichi Kondo 3:15.1
2009 Meiner Kitz 6 Masami Matsuoka Sakae Kunieda Ruffian Thoroughbred Club 3:14.4
2010 Jaguar Mail 6 Craig Williams Noriyuki Hori Ken Yoshida 3:15.7
2011 Hiruno d'Amour 4 Shinji Fujita Mitsugu Kon Hashimoto Bokujo 3:20.6
2012 Beat Black 5 Syu Ishibashi Hitoshi Nakamura Koji Maeda 3:13.8
2013 Fenomeno 4 Masayoshi Ebina Hirofumi Toda Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 3:14.2
2014 Fenomeno 5 Masayoshi Ebina Hirofumi Toda Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 3:15.1
2015 Gold Ship 6 Norihiro Yokoyama Naosuke Sugai Kobayashi Eiichi Holdings 3:14.7
2016 Kitasan Black 4 Yuataka Take Hisashi Smimizu Ono Shoji 3:15.3

Earlier winners

  • 1938 - Hase Park
  • 1939 - Sugenuma
  • 1940 - Toki no Chikara
  • 1941 - Marutake
  • 1942 - Minami Mor[4]
  • 1943 - Grand Lite
  • 1944 - Hiro Sakura
  • 1945 - No race
  • 1946 - No race
  • 1947 - Olite[5]
  • 1948 - Cyma[6][7]
  • 1949 - Miharu O
  • 1950 - Owens
  • 1951 - Takakura Yama
  • 1952 - Mitsuhata
  • 1953 - Leda
  • 1954 - Hakuryou
  • 1955 - Taka O
  • 1956 - Meiji Hikari
  • 1957 - Kitano O
  • 1958 - Onward There
  • 1959 - Tosa O
  • 1960 - Kuripero
  • 1961 - Yamanin More[8]
  • 1962 - Onslaught[9]
  • 1963 - Korehisa
  • 1964 - Hikaru Pola[10]
  • 1965 - Asahoko
  • 1966 - Hakuzuikou
  • 1967 - Speed Symboli
  • 1968 - Hikarutakai
  • 1969 - Takeshiba O
  • 1970 - Riki Eikan
  • 1971 - Mejiro Musashi
  • 1972 - Bell Wide
  • 1973 - Tai Tehm[11]
  • 1974 - Take Hope
  • 1975 - Ichifuji Isami
  • 1976 - Erimo George
  • 1977 - Ten Point
  • 1978 - Green Grass
  • 1979 - Kashuu Chikara
  • 1980 - Nichidou Taro
  • 1981 - Katsura no Haiseiko
  • 1982 - Monte Prince
  • 1983 – Amber Shadai
  • 1984 – Monte Fast
  • 1985 - Symboli Rudolf
  • 1986 - Kushiro King
  • 1987 - Miho Shinzan
  • 1988 - Tamamo Cross
  • 1989 - Inari One

Autumn

Tenno Sho (Autumn)
Int'l Grade 1 race
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Daiwa Major wins the 134th Tennō Shō
Location Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchu, Tokyo
Inaugurated 1937
Race type Thoroughbred
Website japanracing.jp
Race information
Distance 2000 meters
(About 10 furlongs / ​1 1⁄4 miles)
Surface Turf
Track Left-handed
Qualification 3-y-o & Up, Thoroughbreds
Weight 3-y-o 56 kg \ 4-y-o & up 58 kg
Allowances
2 kg for fillies and mares
Purse ¥ 251,200,000 (as of 2014)
1st: ¥ 132,000,000

The Autumn Tenno Sho is held at Tokyo Racecourse, in late October. It is run over a distance of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). It is considered the first leg of the Japanese Autumn Triple Crown (the other two are the Japan Cup and the Arima Kinen).

Originally, the Autumn Tenno Sho was run over a distance of 3,200 metres (10,500 ft), but was shortened to its current distance to promote middle-distance horses and to promote 3-year-old horses as a shorter-distance alternative to the Kikuka Sho, the Japanese St. Leger, which is 3,000 metres (9,800 ft).

Winners since 1990

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1990 Yaeno Muteki 5 Yukio Okabe Mitsuo Ogino Fuji Co 1:58.2
1991 Prekrasnie* 4 Teruo Eda Terumaso Yano Tazima Nirou Sakai 2:03.9
1992 Let's Go Tarquin 5 Akikasu Osaki K Hashiguchi Diners Club Japan 1:58.6
1993 Yamanin Zephyr 4 Masao Shibata Hiromu Kurita Tadashi Doi 1:58.9
1994 Nehai Caesar 4 Shiomura Katsumi Akira Huse Daimaru Enterprise 1:58.6
1995 Sakure Chitose O 5 Hutoshi Kozima Katsutarao Sakai Sakura Commerce 1:58.8
1996 Bubble Gum Fellow 3 Masayoshi Ebina Kazuo Fujisawa Shadai Racehorse 1:58.7
1997 Air Groove 4 Yutaka Take Yasunori Ito Lucky Field Co Ltd 1:59.0
1998 Offside Trap 7 Yoshitomi Shibata Shuho Kato Takao Watanabe 1:59.3
1999 Special Week 4 Yutaka Take Toshiaki Shirai Hiroyoshi Usuda 1:58.0
2000 T M Opera O 4 Ryuji Wada Ichizo Iwamoto Masatsugu Takezono 1:59.9
2001 Agnes Digital 4 Hirofumi Shii Toshiaki Shirai Takao Watanabe 2:02.0
2002 Symboli Kris S 3 Yukio Okabe Kazuo Fujisawa Symboli Stud 1:58.5
2003 Symboli Kris S 4 Olivier Peslier Kazuo Fujisawa Symboli Stud 1:58.0
2004 Zenno Rob Roy 4 Olivier Peslier Kazuo Fujisawa Shinobu Oohasa 1:58.9
2005 Heavenly Romance 5 Mikio Matsunaga Masashi Yamamoto Nosohiruzu Management 2:00.1
2006 Daiwa Major 5 Katsumi Ando Hiroyuki Uehara Keizou Ooshiro 1:58.8
2007 Meisho Samson 4 Yutaka Take Shigetada Takahashi Yoshio Matsumoto 1:58.4
2008 Vodka 4 Yutaka Take Katsuhiko Sumii Yuzo Tanimizu 1:57.2
2009 Company# 8 Norihiro Yokoyama Hidetaka Otonashi Eiko Kondou 1:57.2
2010 Buena Vista 4 Christophe Soumillon Hiroshi Matsuda Sunday Racing Co Ltd 1:58.2
2011 Tosen Jordan 5 Nicola Pinna Yasutoshi Ikee Takaya Shimakawa 1:56.1
2012 Eishin Flash 5 Mirco Demuro Hideaki Fujiwara Toyomitsu Hirai 1:57.3
2013 Just A Way 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Naosuke Sugai Akatsuki Yamatoya 1:57.5
2014 Spielberg 5 Hiroshi Kitamura Kazuo Fujisawa Hidetoshi Yamamoto 1:59.7
2015 Lovely Day 5 Suguru Hamanaka Yasutoshi Ikee Kaneko Makoto Holdings 1:58.4
* Mejiro McQueen finished first in 1991 but was demoted to last place following a Stewards' Inquiry.
# Also Japanese record of flat racing for oldest horse winning first G1 race.

Earlier winners

  • 1937 – Happy Might
  • 1938 - Hisatomo
  • 1939 - Tetsumon
  • 1940 – Rocky Mor[12]
  • 1941 - Estates
  • 1942 - Ni Patois
  • 1943 - Kuri Hikari
  • 1944 - No race
  • 1945 - No race
  • 1946 - No race
  • 1947 - Toyo Ume
  • 1948 - Katsu Fuji
  • 1949 - Newford
  • 1950 - Yashima Daughter
  • 1951 - Hatakaze
  • 1952 - Track O
  • 1953 - Queen Narubi
  • 1954 - Opal Orchid[13]
  • 1955 - Dainana Hoshu
  • 1956 - Midfarm
  • 1957 - Hakuchikara
  • 1958 - Cellulose[14]
  • 1959 - Garnet
  • 1960 - Ote Mon
  • 1961 - Takamagahara
  • 1962 - Kurihide
  • 1963 - Ryu Forel
  • 1964 - Yamato Kyodai
  • 1965 - Shinzan
  • 1966 - Korehide
  • 1967 - Kabuto Ciro
  • 1968 - Knit Eight
  • 1969 - Mejiro Taiyo
  • 1970 - Mejiro Asama
  • 1971 - Tomei
  • 1972 - Yamanin Wave
  • 1973 - Tani no Chikara
  • 1974 - Kami no Tesio
  • 1975 - Fujino Parthia
  • 1976 - Eyeful
  • 1977 - Hokuto Boy
  • 1978 - Tenmei
  • 1979 - Three Giants
  • 1980 - Pretty Cast
  • 1981 - Hoyo Boy
  • 1982 - Mejiro Titan
  • 1983 - Kyoei Promise
  • 1984 - Mr. C.B.
  • 1985 - Gallop Dyna
  • 1986 - Sakura Yutaka O
  • 1987 - Nippo Teio
  • 1988 - Tamamo Cross
  • 1989 - Super Creek

Multiple Winners

Prior to 1980, a horse winning a Tennō Shō races was not allowed to participate in future editions of the race but this bar was lifted in 1981.

Only five horses to date have won consecutive runnings, either by winning both the Spring and Autumn races in the same year or by winning the Autumn race, and following year's Spring race.

Four horses have won two non-consecutive runnings.

References

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  4. ↑ JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)
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  6. ↑ Family Tables of Racinghorses Vol.IV, Edited by Thoroughbred Pedigree Center / In collaboration with France Galop,Published by Japan Racing Association and The Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association,2003
  7. ↑ According to Romanization of Japanese,Shîmâ(pronounced as 'seemer').
  8. ↑ JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)
  9. ↑ JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)
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  13. ↑ JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)
  14. ↑ JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)
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