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Aoba Sho

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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

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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[a]
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
2026 Going to Sky Yutaka Take Yuki Uehara Field Racing 2:23.0[b]
  1. ^ Current race record
  2. ^ Current race record

See also

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References

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  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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