Aoba Sho

Aoba Sho
青葉賞
2024 Aoba Sho winner Sugar Kun
ClassGrade 2
LocationTokyo Racecourse
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2400 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification3-y-o
Weight57 kg
Allowance: Fillies 2 kg
Purse¥ 117,540,000 (as of 2025)
  • 1st: ¥ 54,000,000
  • 2nd: ¥ 22,000,000
  • 3rd: ¥ 14,000,000

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, held in late May or early June. The Aoba Sho winner and second-placed horse are each awarded a slot for the race.[2][3]

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

Past winners

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner Time
1984 Lash and Go Seiki Tabara Minoru Kobayashi Yusaku Iwasa 2:32.3
1985 Hamano Captain Hiroyuki Gohara Mitsugi Nakamura Eijiro Tajima 2:31.4
1986 Sunny Light Eizaburo Otsuka Isamu Yoshino Hideo Kuribayashi 2:33.0
1987 Chokai Fleet Yasuo Sugawara Yoshio Nakazumi Kaichi Nitta 2:27.6
1988 Gakuen to Beat Chiaki Sakai Minetsugu Sawa Akira Mitani 2:28.9
1989 Sir Pen Up Masamitsu Tamura Yoshimatsu Kaji Kei Yoshihashi 2:29.2
1990 Bigmouth Masato Shibata Kunio Takamatsu Hideto Furuoka 2:28.2
1991 Leo Durban Yukio Okabe Shinji Okuhira Ryuu Tanaka 2:27.6
1992 Golden Zeus Junichiro Oka Masatoshi Ando Shinji Maeda 2:27.8
1993 Stage Champ Masayoshi Ebina Susumu Yano Hideto Furuoka 2:27.7
1994 Air Dublin Yukio Okabe Yuji Ito Sadatoshi Yoshihara 2:28.8
1995 Summer Suspicion Katsuharu Tanaka Yasuhiro Suzuki Shadai Race Horse 2:25.8
1996 Mountain Stone Akira Takahashi Katsutaro Sakai Yuichi Yamaishi 2:27.3
1997 Tokio Excellent Yutaka Yoshida Yutaka Takahashi Tokio Sakata 2:29.2
1998 Tayasu Again Yoshitomi Shibata Kenji Yamauchi Kanichi Yokose 2:27.6
1999 Painted Black Kazuhiro Kato Yasuhiro Suzuki Seiichi Iketani 2:27.4
2000 Carnegie Daian Shinji Fujita Hiroyoshi Matsuda Toshikazu Higuchi 2:28.2
2001 Le Zele Hiroki Goto Yasuhito Tamura Takashi Kurisaka 2:26.9
2002 Symboli Kris S Yutaka Take Kazuo Fujisawa Symboli Stud 2:26.4
2003 Zenno Rob Roy Norihiro Yokoyama Kazuo Fujisawa Shinobu Osako 2:26.3
2004 Higher Game Masayoshi Ebina Yokichi Okubo Hiroyoshi Usuda 2:24.1
2005 Dantsu Kitcho Shinji Fujita Kenji Yamauchi Tetsuji Yamamoto 2:26.9
2006 Admire Main Yutaka Take Mitsuru Hashida Riichi Kondo 2:25.3
2007 Hiraboku Royal Koshiro Take Ryuji Okubo Hirata Farm 2:26.3
2008 Admire Commando Yuga Kawada Mitsuru Hashida Riichi Kondo 2:26.9
2009 Apres Un Reve Hiroyuki Uchida Yasuo Ikee Sunday Racing 2:26.2
2010 Pelusa Norihiro Yokoyama Kazuo Fujisawa Hidetoshi Yamamoto 2:24.3
2011 Win Variation Katsumi Ando Masahiro Matunaga WIN 2:28.8
2012 Fenomeno Masayoshi Ebina Hirofumi Toda Sunday Racing 2:25.7
2013 Hiraboku Deep Masayoshi Ebina Sakae Kunieda Hirata Farm 2:26.2
2014 Shonan Lagoon Yutaka Yoshida Yokichi Okubo Tetsuhide Kunimoto 2:26.5
2015 Reve Mistral Yuga Kawada Hiroyoshi Matsuda Sunday Racing 2:26.9
2016 Vanquish Run Hiroyuki Uchida Katsuhiko Sumii Takaya Shimada 2:24.2[4]
2017 Admirable Mirco Demuro Hidetaka Otonahi Eiko Kondo 2:23.6[5]
2018 Go For The Summit Masayoshi Ebina Kazuo Fujisawa Hidetoshi Yamamoto 2:24.4[6]
2019 Lion Lion Norihiro Yokoyama Mikio Matsunaga Chiyono Terada 2:25.0
2020 Authority Lyle Hewitson Tetsuya Kimura Silk Racing 2:23.0
2021 Wonderful Town Ryuji Wada Yoshitada Takahashi Masahiro Mita 2:25.2
2022 Pradaria Kenichi Ikezoe Manabu Ikezoe Nagoya Yuho CO., LTD 2:24.2
2023 Skilfing Christophe Lemaire Tetsuya Kimura Carrot Farm 2:23.9
2024 Sugar Kun Yutaka Take Hisashi Shimizu Yorikatsu Tsujiko 2:24.2
2025 Energico Christophe Lemaire Mizuki Takayanagi Silk Racing 2:24.8

See also

References

  1. ^ "Aoba Sho". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "歴史・コース：テレビ東京杯青葉賞　今週の注目レース　JRA". jra.jp (in Japanese). Japan Racing Association. Archived from the original on 2024-04-21. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  3. ^ Shuho, Kashiwagi (2010-04-30). "青葉賞 - 柏木集保 | 競馬コラム". netkeiba (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  4. ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 30 April 2016.
  5. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 29 April 2017.
  6. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 28 April 2018.
  7. ^ "青葉賞". Netkeiba.
  8. ^ "TV Tokyo Hai Aoba Sho". Netkeiba.
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