- Satsuki Shō
Turf race infobox
class = Domestic Grade 1
horse race = Satsuki Shō
"Japanese 2,000 Guineas"
皐月賞
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location =Nakayama Racecourse ,Funabashi, Chiba
inaugurated = 1939
race type =Thoroughbred Flat racing
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distance = 2000 meters
track = Turf, Right-handed
qualification = 3-y-o, Colts & Fillies
weight = Colt 57 kg, Filly 55 kg
purse = ¥235,320,000 (as of 2007)
bonuses =The Nihongo|Satsuki Shō|皐月賞 is a
Japan ese domestic Grade 1 flat horse race inJapan for three-year-oldthoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1 1/4 mile) at theNakayama 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.)
Winners since 2001
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
* 1990 - Haku Taisei
* 1991 - Tokai Teio
* 1992 - Mihono Bourbon
* 1993 - Narita Taishin
* 1994 -Narita Brian
* 1995 - Genuine
* 1996 - Ishino Sunday
* 1997 - Sunny Brian
* 1998 - Seiun Sky
* 1999 -T M Opera O
* 2000 - Air Shakur
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