Tennō Shō (Spring)

Tennō Shō (Spring)
Justin Palace winning the 167th Tennō Shō
ClassInt'l Grade 1
LocationKyoto Racecourse, Kyoto
InauguratedMay 15, 1938
Race typeThoroughbred
Websitejapanracing.jp
Race information
Distance3200 meters
(About 16 furlongs / 2 miles)
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification4-y-o & Up, Thoroughbreds
Weight58 kg
Allowances: 2 kg for fillies and mares
Purse¥ 648,000,000 (as of 2025)
  • 1st: ¥ 300,000,000
  • 2nd: ¥ 120,000,000
  • 3rd: ¥ 75,000,000
BonusesWinner of the following in the same year:
Ōsaka Hai, Tennō Shō (Spring), Takarazuka Kinen[1]
Domestic: ¥ 300,000,000
International: ¥ 150,000,000
Winner of any three of the following in the same year:
Ōsaka Hai, Tennō Shō (Spring/Autumn), Japan Cup, Takarazuka Kinen, Arima Kinen
Domestic: ¥ 200,000,000
International: ¥ 100,000,000

The Tennō Shō (Spring) (天皇賞（春）; lit. 'Emperor Prize (Spring)') is an International Grade I horse race held at Kyoto Racecourse, Japan in late April or early May. It is run over a distance of 3,200 metres (10,500 ft) on turf, and is the longest Grade 1 race in Japan.[2]

Deep Impact won the 2006 version of the race setting the world record for a 3,200-metre race with a time of 3:13.4, beating the World Record set in the 1988 Wellington Cup by Daria's Fun, held for almost 20 years of 3:15.59, the closest time run in the Melbourne Cup is 3:16.3.[3][4] Deep Impact's record stood until Kitasan Black won in 3:12.5 in 2017. The average time for the Tennō Shō from 1990 to 2018 is 3:16.7, while the same for the Melbourne Cup is 3:21.1, a difference of 4.4 seconds. In the race's history only one mare has won; Leda, in 1953.[5]

Records

Speed record:

  • 3:12.5 — Kitasan Black (2017/Yutaka Take)

Multiple winners:

  • 2 — Mejiro McQueen (1991, 1992)
  • 2 — Rice Shower (1993, 1995)
  • 2 — T. M. Opera O (2000, 2001)
  • 2 — Fenomeno (2013, 2014)
  • 2 — Kitasan Black (2016, 2017)
  • 2 — Fierement (2019, 2020)

Most wins by jockey:

  • 8 — Yutaka Take (1989 / Inari One)(1990 / Super Creek)(1991,1992 / Mejiro McQueen)(1999 / Special Week)(2006 / Deep Impact)(2016,2017 / Kitasan Black)

The youngest winning jockey:

  • Yutaka Take (1989 Inari One, 20 Years old 1 Month 15 Days)

The oldest winning jockey

  • Yutaka Take (2017 Kitasan Black, 48 Years old 1 Month 16 Days)

Winners since 1990

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1990 Super Creek 5 Yutaka Take Syuuji Itou Makoto Kikura 3:21.9
1991 Mejiro McQueen 4 Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee Mejiro Stud 3:18.8
1992 Mejiro McQueen 5 Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee Mejiro Stud 3:20.0
1993 Rice Shower 4 Hitoshi Matoba Yoshitsugu Iizuka Hideo Kurabayashi 3:17.1
1994 Biwa Hayahide[a] 4 Yukio Okabe Mitsumasa Hamada Biwa Co Ltd 3:22.6
1995 Rice Shower 6 Hitoshi Matoba Yoshitsugu Iizuka Hideo Kurabayashi 3:19.9
1996 Sakura Laurel 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Katsutarou Sakai Sakura Commerce 3:17.8
1997 Mayano Top Gun 5 Seiki Tabara Masahiro Sakaguchi Yuu Tadokoro 3:14.4
1998 Mejiro Bright 4 Hiroshi Kawachi Hidekazu Asami Mejiro Stud 3:23.6
1999 Special Week 4 Yutaka Take Toshiaki Shirai Hiroyoshi Usuda 3:15.3
2000 T. M. Opera O 4 Ryuji Wada Ichizo Iwamoto Masatsugu Takezono 3:17.6
2001 T. M. Opera O 5 Ryuji Wada Ichizo Iwamoto Masatsugu Takezono 3:16.2
2002 Manhattan Cafe 4 Masayoshi Ebina Futoshi Kojima Ken Nishikawa 3:19.5
2003 Hishi Miracle 4 Koichi Tsunoda Masaru Sayama Masaichiro Abe 3:17.0
2004 Ingrandire 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Yoshinami Shimizu Chizu Yoshida 3:18.4
2005 Suzuka Mambo 4 Katsumi Ando Mitsuru Hashida Keiji Nagai 3:16.5
2006 Deep Impact 4 Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee Makoto Kaneko 3:13.4
2007 Meisho Samson 4 Mamoru Ishibashi Shigetada Takahashi Yoshio Matsumoto 3:14.1
2008 Admire Jupiter 5 Yasunari Iwata Yasuo Tomomichi Riichi Kondo 3:15.1
2009 Meiner Kitz 6 Masami Matsuoka Sakae Kunieda Thoroughbred Club Ruffian 3:14.4
2010 Jaguar Mail 6 Craig Williams Noriyuki Hori Kazumi Yoshida 3:15.7
2011 Hiruno d'Amour 4 Shinji Fujita Mitsugu Kon Hashimoto Bokujo 3:20.6
2012 Beat Black 5 Syu Ishibashi Hitoshi Nakamura Koji Maeda 3:13.8
2013 Fenomeno 4 Masayoshi Ebina Hirofumi Toda Sunday Racing 3:14.2
2014 Fenomeno 5 Masayoshi Ebina Hirofumi Toda Sunday Racing 3:15.1
2015 Gold Ship 6 Norihiro Yokoyama Naosuke Sugai Kobayashi Eiichi Holdings 3:14.7
2016 Kitasan Black 4 Yutaka Take Hisashi Shimizu Ono Shoji 3:15.3
2017 Kitasan Black 5 Yutaka Take Hisashi Shimizu Ono Shoji 3:12.5
2018 Rainbow Line 5 Yasunari Iwata Hidekazu Asami Masahiro Mita 3:16.2
2019 Fierement 4 Christophe Lemaire Takahisa Tezuka Sunday Racing 3:15.0
2020 Fierement 5 Christophe Lemaire Takahisa Tezuka Sunday Racing 3:16.5
2021 World Premiere[b] 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Yasuo Tomomichi Ryoichi Otsuka 3:14.7
2022 Titleholder[b] 4 Kazuo Yokoyama Toru Kurita Hiroshi Yamada 3:16.2
2023 Justin Palace 4 Christophe Lemaire Haruki Sugiyama Masahiro Miki 3:16.1
2024 T O Royal 6 Yuji Hishida Inao Okada Tomoya Ozasa 3:14.2
2025 Redentor 4 Damian Lane Tetsuya Kimura U Carrot Farm 3:14.0
2026 Croix du Nord 4 Yuichi Kitamura Takashi Saito Sunday Racing 3:13.7

a The 1994 race was contested at Hanshin Racecourse.[6]
b The 2021 and 2022 races were contested at Hanshin Racecourse, due to construction at Kyoto Racecourse.[7]

Earlier winners

  • 1938 - Hase Park
  • 1939 - Sugenuma
  • 1940 - Toki no Chikara
  • 1941 - Marutake
  • 1942 - Minami Mor[8]
  • 1943 - Grand Lite
  • 1944 - Hiro Sakura
  • 1945 - No race
  • 1946 - No race
  • 1947 - Olite[9]
  • 1948 - Cyma[10][11]
  • 1949 - Miharu O
  • 1950 - Owens
  • 1951 - Takakura Yama
  • 1952 - Mitsuhata
  • 1953 - Leda
  • 1954 - Hakuryou
  • 1955 - Taka O
  • 1956 - Meiji Hikari
  • 1957 - Kitano O
  • 1958 - Onward There
  • 1959 - Tosa O
  • 1960 - Kuripero
  • 1961 - Yamanin More[12]
  • 1962 - Onslaught[13]
  • 1963 - Korehisa
  • 1964 - Hikaru Pola[14]
  • 1965 - Asahoko
  • 1966 - Hakuzuikou
  • 1967 - Speed Symboli
  • 1968 - Hikarutakai
  • 1969 - Takeshiba O
  • 1970 - Riki Eikan
  • 1971 - Mejiro Musashi
  • 1972 - Bell Wide
  • 1973 - Tai Tehm[15]
  • 1974 - Take Hope
  • 1975 - Ichifuji Isami
  • 1976 - Erimo George
  • 1977 - Ten Point
  • 1978 - Green Grass
  • 1979 - Kashuu Chikara
  • 1980 - Nichidou Taro
  • 1981 - Katsurano Haiseiko
  • 1982 - Monte Prince
  • 1983 – Amber Shadai
  • 1984 – Monte Fast
  • 1985 - Symboli Rudolf
  • 1986 - Kushiro King
  • 1987 - Miho Shinzan
  • 1988 - Tamamo Cross
  • 1989 - Inari One

See also

References

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  2. ^ "2025.04.28 Tenno Sho (Spring) (G1)". Horse Racing in Japan. 2025-04-28. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  3. ^ "Results from the 7.40 race at KYOTO (JPN) - 30 April 2006". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  4. ^ "Drought ends with a week's free vision - Horseracing - Sport". smh.com.au. 3 May 2006. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  5. ^ "US$ 2.7 Million (R20 Million) Tenno Sho (Spring) (G1)". SAHorseracing.COM. 2010-05-01. Archived from the original on 2026-01-28. Retrieved 2026-01-28.
  6. ^ "第109回 天皇賞（春）（ＧＩ）" (in Japanese). Japan Racing Association. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  7. ^ "令和３年度の重賞競走の主な変更点について" (PDF) (in Japanese). 日本中央競馬会. 19 October 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  8. ^ JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association) Archived 2021-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)". Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  10. ^ Family Tables of Racinghorses Vol.IV Archived 2014-05-18 at the Wayback Machine, Edited by Thoroughbred Pedigree Center / In collaboration with France Galop,Published by Japan Racing Association and The Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association,2003
  11. ^ According to Romanization of Japanese,Shîmâ(pronounced as 'seemer').
  12. ^ "JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)". Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  13. ^ "JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)". Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  14. ^ "JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)". Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  15. ^ "JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)". Archived from the original on 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  16. ^ "天皇賞(春)". Netkeiba. Archived from the original on 2023-12-21. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
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