| Surface | Turf |
|---|---|
| Class | Grade 2 |
| Horse race | Yayoi Sho 弥生賞 |
| Location | Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. |
| Inaugurated | 1964 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Distance | 2000 metres |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o |
| Weight | 57 kg, Fillies allowed 2kg. |
The Yayoi Sho (Deep Impact Kinen) (弥生賞ディープインパクト記念, Yayoi-shō (Deep Impact Kinen)) is a Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in March and serves as a major trial race for the Satsuki Sho, which is run over the same distance in April.[1] Yayoi means "March" in ancient Japanese calendar.
It was first run in 1964 as the Yayoi Sho (弥生賞, （Yayoi-shō）) . The race was run at Tokyo Racecourse in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 and 1988. Among the winners of the race have been Mr. C. B., Symboli Rudolf, Special Week, Agnes Tachyon, Deep Impact, Admire Moon and Victoire Pisa.
In October 2019, JRA decided to change the name to Yayoi Sho (Deep Impact Kinen) in memory of the late Deep Impact.[2].
Winners since 1995
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Fuji Kiseki | Koichi Tsunoda | Sakae Watanabe | Yomoji Saito | 2:03.7 |
| 1996 | Dance in the Dark | Yutaka Take | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Shadai Race Horse | 2:02.7 |
| 1997 | Running Gale | Yutaka Take | Tadashi Kayo | Hidemasa Takahashi | 2:02.2 |
| 1998 | Special Week | Yutaka Take | Toshiaki Shirai | Hiroyoshi Usuda | 2:01.8 |
| 1999 | Narita Top Road | Kunihiko Watanabe | Yoshio Oki | Hidenori Yamaji | 2:03.5 |
| 2000 | Fusaichi Zenon | Shinji Fujita | Seiki Tabara | Fusao Sekiguchi | 2:02.3 |
| 2001 | Agnes Tachyon | Hiroshi Kawachi | Hiroyuki Nagahama | Takao Watanabe | 2:05.7 |
| 2002 | Balance of Game | Katsuharu Tanaka | Munakata Yoshitada | Hiroyuki Sonobe | 2:02.0 |
| 2003 | Eishin Champ | Yuichi Fukunaga | Tsutomu Setoguchi | Toyomitsu Hirai | 2:02.3 |
| 2004 | Cosmo Bulk | Fuyuki Igarashi | Kazunori Tabe | Misako Okada | 2:00.5 |
| 2005 | Deep Impact | Yutaka Take | Yasuo Ikee | Makoto Kaneko | 2:02.2 |
| 2006 | Admire Moon | Yutaka Take | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Riichi Kondo | 2:01.5 |
| 2007 | Admire Aura | Yutaka Take | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Riichi Kondo | 2:00.5 |
| 2008 | Meiner Charles | Masami Matsuoka | Ryuichi Inaba | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian | 2:01.8 |
| 2009 | Logi Universe | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kiyoshi Hagiwara | Masaaki Kumeda | 2:03.5 |
| 2010 | Victoire Pisa | Yutaka Take | Katsuhiko Sumii | Yoshimi Ichikawa | 2:06.1 |
| 2011 | Sadamu Patek | Yasunari Iwata | Masato Nishizono | Sada Onishi | 2:01.0 |
| 2012 | Cosmo Ozora | Daichi Shibata | Yoshihiro Takahashi | Big Red Farm | 2:03.9 |
| 2013 | Camino Tassajara | Hiroyuki Uchida | Sakae Kunieda | Kaneko Makoto Holdings | 2:01.0 |
| 2014 | To The World | Yuga Kawada | Yasutoshi Ikee | Carrot Farm | 2:01.4 |
| 2015 | Satono Crown | Yuichi Fukunaga | Noriyuki Hori | Hajime Satomi | 2:01.8 |
| 2016 | Makahiki | Christophe Lemaire | Yasuo Tomomichi | Kaneko Makoto Holdings | 1:59.9 |
| 2017 | Cadenas | Yuichi Fukunaga | Kazuya Nakatake | Koji Maeda | 2:03.2 |
| 2018 | Danon Premium | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | Danox | 2:01.0 |
| 2019 | Meisho Tengen | Kenichi Ikezoe | Kaneo Ikezoe | Yoshio Matsumoto | 2:03.3 |
| 2020 | Satono Flag | Yutaka Take | Sakae Kunieda | Satomi Horse Company | 2:02.9 |
| 2021 | Titleholder | Takeshi Yokoyama | Toru Kurita | Hiroshi Yamada | 2:02.0 |
| 2022 | Ask Victor More | Hironobu Tanabe | Yasuhito Tamura | Hirosaki Toshihiro HD | 2:00.5 |
| 2023 | Tastiera | Kohei Matsuyama | Noriyuki Hori | Carrot Farm | 2:00.4 |
| 2024 | Cosmo Kuranda | Mirco Demuro | Shizuya Kato | Big Red Farm | 1:59.8 |
| 2025 | Faust Rasen | Makoto Sugihara | Masayuki Nishimura | Toshiya Miyazaki | 2:01.3 |
| 2026 | Basse Terre | Yuga Kawada | Takashi Saito | Silk Racing Co. Ltd. | 2:00.2 |
Earlier winners
- 1964 - Tokino Parade
- 1965 - Keystone
- 1966 - Tama Shuho
- 1967 - Asa Denko
- 1968 - Asaka O
- 1969 - Wild More
- 1970 - Tanino Moutiers
- 1971 - Mejiro Gekko
- 1972 - Long Ace
- 1973 - Haiseiko
- 1974 - Colonel Symboli
- 1975 - Kaburaya O
- 1976 - Climb Kaiser
- 1977 - Lucky Ruler
- 1978 - Fantast
- 1979 - Rikiai O
- 1980 - Tosho God
- 1981 - Todoroki Hiho
- 1982 - Saruno King
- 1983 - Mr. C. B.
- 1984 - Symboli Rudolf
- 1985 - Suda Hawk
- 1986 - Daishin Fubuki
- 1987 - Sakura Star O
- 1988 - Sakura Chiyono O
- 1989 - Rainbow Amber
- 1990 - Mejiro Ryan
- 1991 - Ibuki Maikagura
- 1992 - Asaka Regent
- 1993 - Winning Ticket
- 1994 - Sakura Eiko O
See also
References
- ^ "YAYOI SHO (G2)". japanracing.jp.
- ^ "令和初の馬名冠レース誕生！弥生賞20年から「弥生賞ディープインパクト記念」に改称". www.sponichi.co.jp. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ "弥生賞". Netkeiba
- ^ "Hochi Hai Yayoi Sho Deep Impact Kinen". Netkeiba