Tanabata Sho

Horse race

Tanabata Sho
七夕賞
Race information
Grade 3 race
Miyabi Ranveli wins the 2013 Tanabata Sho
Location	Fukushima Racecourse
Inaugurated	1965
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	2000 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o+
Weight	Handicap
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

References

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^ "Tanabata Sho". Horse Racing in Japan.
^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 10 July 2016.
^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 9 July 2017.
^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 8 July 2018.
^ "七夕賞". Netkeiba.
^ "Tanabata Sho". Netkeiba.

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