Tanabata Sho
七夕賞
Grade 3 race
Miyabi Ranveli wins the 2013 Tanabata Sho
LocationFukushima Racecourse
Inaugurated1965
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2000 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o+
WeightHandicap
Purse¥87,960,000 (total), ¥41,000,000 (winner)

The Tanabata Sho (Japanese 七夕賞) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in July over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Fukushima Racecourse.[1]

It was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was initially run over 1800 metres before being moved up to its current distance in 1980. It was run at Niigata Racecourse in 1974 and 1989, Tokyo Racecourse in 2000 and Nakayama Racecourse in 2011.

Winners since 2000

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
2000 Long Kaiun 7 Takanori Kikuzawa Hiroyuki Nagahama 2:01.1
2001 Gaily Tomahawk 5 Hiroshi Gohara Akiyama Masakazu 2:01.2
2002 Eagle Cafe 5 Katsuharu Tanaka Futoshi Kojima 1:59.2
2003 Mideon Bit 6 Katsuharu Tanaka Michifumi Kono 2:00.7
2004 Cheers Brightly 6 Yoshitomi Shibata Kenji Yamauchi 2:01.7
2005 Daiwa Raiders 6 Hiroki Goto Yasuhisa Matsuyama 2:00.4
2006 Meisho Kaido 7 Yutaka Take Masahiro Sakaguchi 1:59.3
2007 San Valentin 6 Hiroki Goto Shozo Sasaki 2:00.3
2008 Miyabi Ranveli 5 Yutaka Yoshida Keiji Kato 1:59.8
2009 Miyabi Ranveli 6 Yuichi Kitamura Keiji Kato 2:00.2
2010 Domonarazu 5 Yohitomi Shibata Hidetaka Otonashi 2:00.4
2011 Italian Red 5 Eiji Nakadate Sei Ishizaka 2:00.5
2012 Asuka Kurichan 5 Hiroyuki Uchida Naosuke Sugai 2:01.1
2013 Meiner Lacrima 5 Daichi Shibata Hiroyuki Uehara 1:58.9
2014 Meisho Naruto 6 Hironobu Tanabe Hiroshi Takeda 1:58.7
2015 Grandezza 6 Yuga Kawada Osamu Hirata 1:58.2
2016 Albert Dock 4 Keita Tosaki Naosuke Sugai 1:58.4[2]
2017 Seewind 4 Keita Tosaki Tetsuya Kimura 1:58.2[3]
2018 Meadowlark 7 Kyosuke Maruta Mitsuru Hashida 2:00.8[4]
2019 Mikki Swallow 5 Kazuki Kikuzawa Takanori Kikuzawa 1:59.6
2020 Crescendo Love 6 Hiroyuki Uchida Toru Hayashi 2:02.5
2021 Taurus Gemini 5 Keita Tosaki Satoru Kobiyama 2:02.2
2022 Echt 5 Katsuharu Tanaka Hideyuki Mori 1:57.8
2023 Seiun Hades 4 Hideaki Miyuki Shinsuke Hashiguchi 1:59.8

Earlier winners

  • 1984 - Hokuto Kimpai
  • 1985 - Russian Blue
  • 1986 - Sakura Toko
  • 1987 - Dyna Shoot
  • 1988 - Kosei
  • 1989 - Valeroso
  • 1990 - Idaten Turbo
  • 1991 - Sea Carrier
  • 1992 - Riesen Schlag
  • 1993 - Twin Turbo
  • 1994 - Nifty Dancer
  • 1995 - Fujiyama Kenzan
  • 1996 - Sakura Eiko O
  • 1997 - Meiner Bridge
  • 1998 - Offside Trap
  • 1999 - Sunday Sarah

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tanabata Sho". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ↑ "2016 result". Racing Post. 10 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "2017 result". Racing Post. 9 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "2018 result". Racing Post. 8 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "七夕賞". Netkeiba.
  6. ↑ "Tanabata Sho". Netkeiba.
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