Sankei Sho All Comers Explained

The Sankei Sho All Comers (Japanese 産経賞オールカマー) is a Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over run in September over a distance of 2,200 metres at Nakayama Racecourse.^[1]

It was first run in 1955 and was promoted to Grade 3 in 1984 when its distance was increased from 2000 metres. The race was elevated to Grade 2 class in 1995. The race often serves as a trial race for the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho. Winners of the race have included Oguri Cap, Shonan Pandora and Rey de Oro.

Weight

54 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.^[2]

Allowances:

• 2 kg for fillies / mares
• 2 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds

Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):

• If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
  • 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
  • 1 kg for a grade 2 win
• If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
  • 1 kg for a grade 1 win

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Meisho Doto	4	Hitoshi Matoba	Isao Yasuda	2:15.8
2001	Air Smap	6	Yoshitomi Shibata	Kazuo Fujisawa	2:13.9
2002	Rosado	6	Hiroki Goto	Kojiro Hashiguchi	2:11.7
2003	Air Eminem	5	Masayoshi Ebina	Yasunori Ito	2.14.4
2004	Tosen Dandy	6	Katsuura Masaki	Hideyuki Mori	2.13.4
2005	Hookipa Wave	4	Hiroki Goto	Yoshitaka Ninomiya	2:16.7
2006	Balance of Game	7	Katsuharu Tanaka	Yoshitada Munakata	2:12.1
2007	Matsurida Gogh	4	Masayoshi Ebina	Sakae Kunieda	2:12.5
2008	Matsurida Gogh	5	Masayoshi Ebina	Sakae Kunieda	2:12.0
2009	Matsurida Gogh	6	Norihiro Yokoyama	Sakae Kunieda	2:11.4
2010	Shingen	7	Shinji Fujita	Hirofumi Toda	2:11.4
2011	Earnestly	6	Tetsuzo Sato	Shozo Sasaki	2:11.2
2012	Nakayama Knight	4	Yoshitomi Shibata	Yoshitaka Ninomiya	2:15.5
2013	Verde Green	5	Hironobu Tanabe	Ikuo Aizawa	2:12.0
2014	Meiner Lacrima	6	Keita Tosaki	Hiroyuki Uehara	2:12.2
2015	Shonan Pandora	4	Kenichi Ikezoe	Tomokazu Takano	2:11.9
2016	Gold Actor	5	Hayato Yoshida	Tadashige Nakagawa	2:11.9[3]
2017	Rouge Buck	5	Hiroshi Kitamura	Masahiro Otake	2:13.8[4]
2018	Rey de Oro	4	Christophe Lemaire	Kazuo Fujisawa	2:11.2[5]
2019	Stiffelio	5	Genki Maruyama	Hidetaka Otonashi	2:12.0
2020	Centelleo	5	Keita Tosaki	Tomokazu Takano	2:15.5
2021	Win Marilyn	4	Takeshi Yokoyama	Takahisa Tezuka	2:11.9
2022	Geraldina	4	Takeshi Yokoyama	Takashi Saito	2:12.7
2023	Rousham Park	4	Christophe Lemaire	Hiroyasu Tanaka	2:12.0
2024	Lebensstil	4	Christophe Lemaire	Hiroyasu Tanaka	2:11.8

The 2002 and 2014 races took place at Niigata Racecourse.

Earlier winners

• 1984 - Asaka Silver
• 1985 - Asaka Silent
• 1986 - Jusaburo
• 1987 - Dyna Fairy
• 1988 - Suzu Parade
• 1989 - Oguri Cap
• 1990 - Racket Ball
• 1991 - George Monarch
• 1992 - Ikuno Dictus
• 1993 - Twin Turbo
• 1994 - Biwa Hiyahide
• 1995 - Hishi Amazon
• 1996 - Sakura Laurel
• 1997 - Mejiro Dober
• 1998 - Daiwa Texas
• 1999 - Hokkai Rousseau

See also

• Horse racing in Japan
• List of Japanese flat horse races

References

• Netkeiba:^{[6] [7]}
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Notes and References

1. Web site: Sankei Sho All Comers. Horse Racing in Japan.
2. Web site: List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan . 2024-09-22 . Horse Racing in Japan . en.
3. Web site: 2016 result. Racing Post. 25 September 2016.
4. Web site: 2017 result. Racing Post. 24 September 2017.
5. Web site: 2018 result. Racing Post. 23 September 2018.
6. Web site: オールカマー . Netkeiba.
7. Web site: All Comers . Netkeiba.