Tulip Sho

Tulip Sho
チューリップ賞
Kokorono Ai wins the 2015 Tulip Sho
ClassGrade 2
LocationHanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyogo.
Inaugurated1984
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1600 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o fillies
Weight55 kg
Purse¥ 112,520,000 (as of 2026)
  • 1st: ¥ 52,000,000
  • 2nd: ¥ 21,000,000
  • 3rd: ¥ 13,000,000

The Tulip Sho (チューリップ賞) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 1,600 metres at Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyogo. The race is run in March and serves as a major trial race for the Oka Sho, which is run at the same racecourse in early April.[1]

The Tulip Sho was first run in 1984. It became a Grade 3 race in 1994 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 2018.[2] Among the winners of the race have been Air Groove, Sweep Tosho, Vodka, Buena Vista, Harp Star and Sinhalite.

Past winners

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1984 Urakawa Miyuki Masahiro Matsunaga Yoshiharu Matsunaga Hachiro Sasaki 1:37.8
1985 Aino Sachi Hiroshi Masui Kenji Domon Kyoko Tanaka 1:38.1
1986 Reiho Tholon Yoshiyuki Muramoto Minoru Kobayashi Tatsuo Nomura 1:36.9
1987 Max Beauty Seiki Tabara Yuji Ito Yu Tadokoro 1:38.2
1988 Shiyono Roman Yutaka Take Hozumi Shono Akihiko Shono 1:37.5
1989 Youngest City Masaru Honda Izumi Shimizu Yushun Horse Club 1:36.8
1990 Agnes Flora Hiroshi Kawachi Hiroyuki Nagahama Takao Watanabe 1:36.4
1991 Sister Tosho Koichi Tsunoda Akio Tsurudome Tosho Sangyo 1:44.1
1992 Adorable Yoshiyuki Muramoto Minoru Kobayashi Haruo Negishi 1:38.5
1993 Vega Yutaka Take Hiroyoshi Matsuda Kazuko Yoshida 1:36.8
1994 Agnes Parade Hiroshi Kawachi Hiroyuki Nagahama Takao Watanabe 1:43.8
1995 Yuki Vivace Mitsuo Matsunaga Hitoshi Arai Hideki Yukimoto 1:35.1
1996 Air Groove Olivier Peslier Yuji Ito Tsunebumi Yoshihara 1:34.2
1997 Orange Peel Hiroshi Kawachi Kenji Yamauchi Shadai Race Horse 1:37.7
1998 Dantsu Sirius Hirofumi Shii Kenji Yamauchi Tetsuji Yamamoto 1:36.9
1999 Eishin Rudens Akiyoshi Nomoto Akira Nomoto Toyomitsu Hirai 1:35.1
2000 Jo De Shiraoki Koshiro Take Kunihide Matsuda Taisei Bokujo 1:39.7
2001 T M Ocean Masaru Honda Katsuichi Nishiura Masatsugu Takezono 1:35.3
2002 Health Wall Mirco Demuro Hideyuki Mori Yoshitaka Suzuki 1:35.2
2003 Osumi Haruka Katsumi Ando Masatoshi Ando Hidenori Yamaji 1:35.9
2004 Sweep Tosho Kenichi Ikezoe Akio Tsurudome Tosho Sangyo 1:35.5
2005 Eishin Tender Koshiro Take Kunihiko Take Toyomitsu Hirai 1:35.3
2006 Admire Kiss Yutaka Take Hiroyoshi Matsuda Riichi Kondo 1:36.5
2007 Vodka Hirofumi Shii Katsuhiko Sumii Yuzo Tanimizu 1:33.7
2008 Air Pascale Yusuke Fujioka Yasutoshi Ikee Lucky Field 1:35.8
2009 Buena Vista Katsumi Ando Hiroyoshi Matsuda Sunday Racing 1:36.5
2010 Shoryu Moon Takeshi Kimura Shozo Sasaki Wataru Ueda 1:36.1
2011 Reve d'Essor Yuichi Fukunaga Hiroyoshi Matsuda Sunday Racing 1:34.5
2012 Hana's Goal Cristian Demuro Kazuhiro Kato Michael Tabert 1:35.5
2013 Kurofune Surprise Yutaka Take Hidetaka Tadokoro Seisuke Hata 1:34.9
2014 Harp Star Yuga Kawada Hiroyoshi Matsuda Carrot Farm 1:34.3
2015 Kokorono Ai Norihiro Yokoyama Tomohito Ozeki Sakai Bokujo 1:37.47
2016 Sinhalite Kenichi Ikezoe Sei Ishikawa Carrot Farm 1:32.8[3]
2017 Soul Stirring Christophe Lemaire Kazuo Fujisawa Shadai Race Horse 1:33.2[4]
2018 Lucky Lilac Shu Ishibashi Mikio Matsunaga Sunday Racing 1:33.4[5]
2019 Danon Fantasy Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa Nakauchida Danox 1:34.1
2020 Maltese Diosa Hironobu Tanabe Takahisa Tezuka Yoshio Fujita 1:33.3
2021 Elizabeth Tower (DH) Yuga Kawada Tomokazu Takano Shadai Race Horse 1:33.8
Meikei Yell (DH) Yutaka Take Hidenori Take Nagoya Keiba
2022 Namur Takeshi Yokoyama Tomokazu Takano Carrot Farm 1:33.2
2023 Mozu Meimei Yutaka Take Hidetaka Otonashi Capital System 1:34.0
2024 Sweep Feet Yutaka Take Yasushi Shono YGG Horse Club 1:33.1
2025 Kurino Mei Manabu Sakai Naosuke Sugai Eriko Kurimoto 1:34.0
2026 Taisei Vogue Atsuya Nishimura Takeshi Matsushita Seiho Tanaka 1:34.3

See also

References

  1. ^ "List of JRA Graded Races 2018". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "JRA Racetrack Handle Continues to Climb in 2017". The Blood-Horse. 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Tulip Sho result". Racing Post. 5 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Tulip Sho result". Racing Post. 4 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Tulip Sho result". Racing Post. 3 March 2018.
  6. ^ "チューリップ賞". Netkeiba.
  7. ^ "Tulip Sho". Netkeiba.
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