Radio Nikkei Sho

Radio Nikkei Sho
ラジオNIKKEI賞
Grade 3 race
2023 Radio Nikkei Sho winner, Elton Barrows, in the winner's circle
LocationFukushima Racecourse
Inaugurated1952
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1800 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o
WeightHandicap
Purse¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 41,000,000
2nd: ¥ 16,000,000
3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The Radio Nikkei Sho (Japanese ラジオNIKKEI賞) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run in late June or early July over a distance of 1800 metres at Fukushima Racecourse.[1]

The race was first run in 1952 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 1984. The race was run at Tokyo Racecourse and Nakayama Racecourse before moving to its current venue in 1979. It was run at Niigata Racecourse in 1989, Tokyo in 2000 and Nakayama in 2011.

Winners since 2000

Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Time
2000 Renaissance[a] Naohiro Onishi Yutaka Takahashi Yukiyoshi Nakazawa 1:49.4
2001 Trust Fire Katsuharu Tanaka Michifumi Kono Mitsuru Suganami 1:49.4
2002 Kattsu Mi Hiroyuki Uchida Masaaki Minamida Shigeo Abe 1:48.3
2003 Vita Rosa Masayoshi Ebina Kojiro Hashiguchi Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 1:48.4
2004 Keiai Guard Mikio Matsunaga Taira Furakawa Morihiro Kameda 1:47.1
2005 Conrad Norihiro Yokoyama Takahisa Tezuka Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 1:47.2
2006 Tamamo Support Akihide Tsumura Kenichi Fujioka Tamamo Co. Ltd. 1:50.5
2007 Roc de Cambes Yuichi Shibayama Noriyuki Hori Kazumi Yoshida 1:47.7
2008 Leo Meister Hiroyuki Uchida Masaaki Koga Leo Co. Ltd. 1:46.8
2009 Strong Garuda Masayoshi Ebina Takashi Kubota Atsushi Muraki 1:48.3
2010 Aroma Cafe Yoshitomi Shibata Futoshi Kojima Koichi Nishikawa 1:47.3
2011 Frere Jacques [b] Yuichi Fukunaga Yasuo Tomomichi Carrot Farm Co. Ltd. 1:46.9
2012 Final Form Keita Tosaki Noriyuki Hori Shadai Race Horse Co. Ltd. 1:47.9
2013 K I Chosan Norihiro Yokoyama Michihiro Ogasa Chosan Co. Ltd. 1:47.9
2014 Win Malerei Masami Matsuoka Noboru Takagi Win Co. Ltd. 1:45.9
2015 Ambitious Christophe Lemaire Hidetaka Otonashi Hideko Kondo 1:46.4
2016 Seewind Keita Tosaki Tetuya Kimura Silk Racing Co. Ltd. 1:47.0[2]
2017 Seda Brillantes Yukito Ishikawa Takahisa Tezuka Silk Racing Co. Ltd. 1:46.6[3]
2018 Meisho Tekkon Kohei Matsuyama Yoshitada Takahashi Yoshio Matsumoto 1:46.1[4]
2019 Breaking Dawn Hironobu Tanabe Kazuya Nakatake Koki Maeda 1:49.8
2020 Babbitt Hiroyuki Uchida Tamio Hamada Naoya Miyata 1:47.3
2021 Weiss Meteor Genki Maruyama Tetsuya Kimura Silk Racing Co. Ltd. 1:48.0
2022 Feengrotten Fuma Matsuwaka Hiroshi Miyamoto Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 1:46.7
2023 Elton Barows Atsuya Nishimura Haruki Sugiyama Hirotsugu Inokuma 1:46.9
2024 Off Trail Hironobu Tanabe Keiji Yoshimura Godolphin 1:45.3

a The 2000 race took place at Tokyo
b The 2011 race took place at Nakayama

Earlier winners

  • 1984 - Suzu Parade
  • 1985 - Derby Rich
  • 1986 - Dyna Cosmos
  • 1987 - Leo Tenzan
  • 1988 - Takara Flash
  • 1989 - Daiwa Gehrig
  • 1990 - Tsurumai Aswan
  • 1991 - Twin Turbo
  • 1992 - Shinko Lovely
  • 1993 - A P Grand Prix
  • 1994 - Yashima Sovereign
  • 1995 - Prest Symboli
  • 1996 - Big Baillamont
  • 1997 - Air Guts
  • 1998 - Biwa Takehide
  • 1999 - Silk Guardian

See also

References

  1. ^ "Radio Nikkei Sho". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 3 July 2016.
  3. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 2 July 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 1 July 2018.
  5. ^ "ラジオNIKKEI賞". Netkeiba.
  6. ^ "Radio Nikkei Sho". Netkeiba.