Oka Sho

Oka Sho
*Japanese 1,000 Guineas*
桜花賞
Race information
Grade 1 race
Location	Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyōgo
Inaugurated	1939
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	1600 meters
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed (outer course)
Qualification	3-y-o , Fillies
Weight	55 kg
Purse	¥ 168,900,000 (as of 2015) 1st: ¥ 89,000,000

The Oka Sho (桜花賞) is a Japanese Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at the Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyōgo in April.

It was first run in 1939 and is the Japanese equivalent of the English 1,000 Guineas.

Winners since 2001

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1996	Fight Gulliver	S Tabara	K Nakao		1:34.4
1997	Kyoei March	Mikio Matsunaga	Akihiko Nomura	M Matsuoka	1:36.9
1998	Phalaenopsis	Yutaka Take	M Hamada	North Hills Management Co Ltd	1:34.0
1999	Primo Ordine	Toyoji Nishihashi	Yuichi Fukunaga	Hidekazu Date	1:35.5
2000	Cheers Grace	Kenji Yamauchi	Mikio Matsunaga	Kazue Kitamura	1:34.9
2001	T M Ocean	Masaru Honda	Katsuichi Nishiura	Masatsugu Takezono	1:34.4
2002	Arrow Carry	Ken'ichi Ikezoe	Kenji Yamauchi	Hideharu Yano	1:34.3
2003	Still in Love	Hideaki Miyuki	Shoichi Matsumoto	North Hills Management Co.	1:33.9
2004	Dance in the Mood	Yutaka Take	Kazuo Fujisawa	Shadai Racehorse co.	1:33.6
2005	Rhein Kraft	Yūichi Fukunaga	Tsutomu Setoguchi	Shigemasa Ōsawa	1:33.5
2006	Kiss to Heaven	Katsumi Andō	Hirofumi Toda	Kazuko Yoshida	1:34.6
2007	Daiwa Scarlet	Katsumi Andō	Kunihide Matsuda	Keizo Ōshiro	1:33.7
2008	Reginetta	Futoshi Komaki	Hidekazu Asami	Shadai Racehorse	1:34.4
2009	Buena Vista	Katsumi Andō	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Sunday Racing.	1:34.0
2010	Apapane	Masayoshi Ebina	Sakae Kunieda	Kaneko Makoto Holdings	1:33.3
2011	Marcellina	Katsumi Andō	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Shadai Racehorse co.	1:33.9
2012	Gentildonna	Yasunari Iwata	Sei Ishizaka	Sunday Racing Co. Ltd	1:34.6
2013	Ayusan	Cristian Demuro	Takahisa Tezuka	Juichi Hoshin	1:35.0
2014	Harp Star	Yuga Kawada	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	U Carrot Farm	1:33.3
2015	Let's Go Donki	Yasunari Iwata	Tomoyuki Umeda	Toshihiro Hirosaki	1:36.0
2016	Jeweler	Mirco Demuro	Kenichi Fujioka	Yoichi Aoyama	1:33.4

List of Japanese Grade I horse races

Japan Racing Association (JRA) GI Races (International GI)	February Stakes (dirt) Takamatsunomiya Kinen Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas; 3-year-old fillies) Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas; 3-year-olds) Tenno Sho (Spring) NHK Mile Cup (3-year-olds) Victoria Mile (fillies and mares) Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks; 3-year-old fillies) Tokyo Yūshun (Japanese Derby; 3-year-olds) Yasuda Kinen Takarazuka Kinen Sprinters Stakes Shūka Sho (3-year-old fillies) Kikuka Shō (Japanese St. Leger; 3-year-olds) Tenno Sho (Autumn) Queen Elizabeth II Cup (fillies and mares) Mile Championship Japan Cup (invitational) Champions Cup (dirt) Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (2-year-old fillies) Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (2-year-olds) Arima Kinen (Grand Prix)

National Association of Racing (NAR) JpnI and GI Races (Domestic or international GI races, dirt)	Kawasaki Kinen Kashiwa Kinen Teio sho Japan Dirt Derby (3-year-old) Mile Championship Nambu Hai Japan Breeding farm's Cup (Sprint - Ladies' Classic [fillies and mares] - Classic) Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun (2-year-olds) Tokyo Daishōten (international)

JRA Steeplechase Races (J-GI races)	Nakayama Grand Jump (international) Nakayama Daishogai (international)

Domestic Grade I Equivalent Races	Haneda Hai (Ohi) Tokyo Derby (Ohi) Ban'ei Kinen (Ban'ei, Obihiro)

See also	Japan Racing Association National Association of Racing Horse racing in Japan

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