# Satsuki Shō

The Satsuki Shō (皐月賞) is a Japanese Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1+1⁄4 mile) at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba, in April.
It was first run in 1939 and is the Japanese equivalent of the English 2,000 Guineas. (Note that the original 2,000 Guineas is currently run at 1,609 metres, or one mile, about two furlongs shorter than the Satsuki Shō.)

## Trial races

Trial races provide automatic berths to the winning horses or placed horses as specified.
| Race | Grade | Racecourse | Distance | Condition |
| Yayoi Sho | II | Nakayama | 2,000 meters | Top 3 horses |
| Wakaba Stakes | Listed | Hanshin | 2,000 meters | Top 2 horses |
| Spring Stakes | II | Nakayama | 1,800 meters | Top 3 horses |

## Winners since 1990

| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 1990 | Haku Taisei | Katsumi Minai | Tadashi Fuse | Shigeo Watanabe | 2:02.2 |
| 1991 | Tokai Teio | Takayuki Yasuda | Shouichi Matsumoto | Masanori Uchimura | 2:01.8 |
| 1992 | Mihono Bourbon | Sadahiro Kojima | Tameo Toyama | Mihono International | 2:01.4 |
| 1993 | Narita Taishin | Yutaka Take | Masaaki Okubo | Hidenori Yamaji | 2:00.2 |
| 1994 | Narita Brian | Katsumi Minai | Masaaki Okubo | Hidenori Yamaji | 1:59.0 |
| 1995 | Genuine | Yukio Okabe | Yasuhisa Matsuyama | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 2:02.5 |
| 1996 | Ishino Sunday | Hirofumi Shii | Kenji Yamauchi | Ishino Co Ltd | 2:00.7 |
| 1997 | Sunny Brian | Naohiro Onishi | Senji Nakao | Moriyasu Miyazaki | 2:02.0 |
| 1998 | Seiun Sky | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kazutaka Yasuda | Masayuki Nishiyama | 2:01.3 |
| 1999 | T M Opera O | Ryuji Wada | Ichizo Iwamoto | Masatsugu Takezono | 2:00.7 |
| 2000 | Air Shakur | Yutaka Take | Hideyuki Mori | Lucky Field Co Ltd | 2:01.8 |
| 2001 | Agnes Tachyon | Hiroshi Kawachi | Hiroyuki Nagahama | Takao Watanebe | 2:00.3 |
| 2002 | No Reason | Brett Doyle | Yasuo Ikee | Shinji Maeda | 1:58.5 |
| 2003 | Neo Universe | Mirco Demuro | Tsutomu Setoguchi | Shadai Race Horse | 2:01.2 |
| 2004 | Daiwa Major | Mirco Demuro | Hiroyuki Uehara | Daiwa Shoji Co. | 1:58.6 |
| 2005 | Deep Impact | Yutaka Take | Yasuo Ikee | Makoto Kaneko | 1:59.2 |
| 2006 | Meisho Samson | Mamoru Ishibashi | Tsutomu Setoguchi | Yoshio Matsumoto | 1:59.9 |
| 2007 | Victory | Katsuharu Tanaka | Hidetaka Otonashi | Hideko Kondo | 1:59.9 |
| 2008 | Captain Thule | Yuga Kawada | Hideyuki Mori | Shadai Race Horse | 2:01.7 |
| 2009 | Unrivaled | Yasunari Iwata | Yasuo Tomomichi | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:58:7 |
| 2010 | Victoire Pisa | Yasunari Iwata | Katsuhiko Sumii | Yoshimi Ichikawa | 2:00.8 |
| 2011 | Orfevre | Kenichi Ikezoe | Yasutoshi Ikee | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 2:00.6 |
| 2012 | Gold Ship | Hirouki Uchida | Naosuke Sugai | Hidekazu Kobayashi | 2:01.3 |
| 2013 | Logotype | Mirco Demuro | Tsuyoshi Tanaka | Teruya Yoshida | 1:58.0 |
| 2014 | Isla Bonita | Masayoshi Ebina | Hironori Kurita | Shadai Race Horse | 1:59.6 |
| 2015 | Duramente | Mirco Demuro | Noriyuki Hori | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:58.2 |
| 2016 | Dee Majesty | Masayoshi Ebina | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | Masaru Shimada | 1:57.9 |
| 2017 | Al Ain | Kohei Matsuyama | Yasutoshi Ikee | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:57.8 |
| 2018 | Epoca d'Oro | Keita Tosaki | Hideaki Fujiwara | K Hidaka Breeders Union | 2:00.8 |
| 2019 | Saturnalia | Christophe Lemaire | Katsuhiko Sumii | U Carrot Farm | 1:58.1 |
| 2020 | Contrail | Yuichi Fukunaga | Yoshito Yahagi | Shinji Maeda | 2:00.7 |
| 2021 | Efforia | Takeshi Yokoyama | Yuichi Shikato | U.Carrot Farm | 2:00.6 |
| 2022 | Geoglyph | Yuichi Fukunaga | Tetsuya Kimura | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:59.7 |
| 2023 | Sol Oriens | Takeshi Yokoyama | Takahisa Tezuka | Shadai Race Horse | 2:00.6 |
| 2024 | Justin Milano | Keita Tosaki | Yasuo Tomomichi | Masahiro Miki | 1:57.1 |
* ↑ The 2011 race took place at Tokyo Racecourse due to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
* ↑ Set the current course record

## Earlier winners

* 1939 - Rock Park
* 1940 - World Mine
* 1941 - St Lite
* 1942 - Arbeit
* 1943 - Dielec
* 1944 - Kuri Yamato
* 1945 - no race
* 1946 - no race
* 1947 - Tokitsukaze
* 1948 - Hide Hikari
* 1949 - Tosa Midori
* 1950 - Kumono Hana
* 1951 - Tokino Minoru
* 1952 - Kurino Hana
* 1953 - Bostonian
* 1954 - Dainana Hoshu
* 1955 - Kegon
* 1956 - Hekiraku
* 1957 - Kazuyoshi
* 1958 - Taisei Hope
* 1959 - Wildeal
* 1960 - Kodama
* 1961 - Shin Tsubame
* 1962 - Yamano O
* 1963 - Meizui
* 1964 - Shinzan
* 1965 - Chitose O
* 1966 - Nihon Pillow Ace
* 1967 - Ryuzuki
* 1968 - Martis
* 1969 - Wild More
* 1970 - Tanino Moutiers
* 1971 - Hikaru Imai
* 1972 - Land Prince
* 1973 - Haiseiko
* 1974 - Kitano Kachidoki
* 1975 - Kaburaya O
* 1976 - Tosho Boy
* 1977 - Hard Berge
* 1978 - Fantast
* 1979 - Bingo Garoo
* 1980 - Hawaiian Image
* 1981 - Katsu Top Ace
* 1982 - Azuma Hunter
* 1983 - Mr. C.B.
* 1984 - Symboli Rudolf
* 1985 - Miho Shinzan
* 1986 - Dyna Cosmos
* 1987 - Sakura Star O
* 1988 - Yaeno Muteki
* 1989 - Doctor Spurt