| Surface: | Turf |
| Class: | Grade 1 |
| Horse Race: | Satsuki Shō Japanese 2,000 Guineas 皐月賞 |
| Location: | Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba |
| Inaugurated: | April 29, 1939 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Distance: | 2000 meters |
| Track: | Right-handed |
| Qualification: | 3-y-o, Colts & Fillies |
| Weight: | 57 kg Allowance: Fillies 2 kg |
| Bonuses: | Classic Triple Crown Winner of Satsuki Shō, Tokyo Yūshun, Kikuka Shō[1] ¥ 300,000,000 |
The is a Japanese Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately mile) at the Nakayama 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.)
Trial races provide automatic berths to the winning horses or placed horses as specified.[2]
| Race | Grade | Racecourse | Distance | Condition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yayoi Sho | II | Nakayama | 2,000 meters | Top 3 horses | |
| Wakaba Stakes | Listed | Hanshin | 2,000 meters | Top 2 horses | |
| Spring Stakes | II | Nakayama | 1,800 meters | Top 3 horses |
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Haku Taisei | Katsumi Minai | Tadashi Fuse | Shigeo Watanabe | 2:02.2 | |
| 1991 | Tokai Teio | Takayuki Yasuda | Shouichi Matsumoto | Masanori Uchimura | 2:01.8 | |
| 1992 | Mihono Bourbon | Sadahiro Kojima | Tameo Toyama | Mihono International | 2:01.4 | |
| 1993 | Narita Taishin | Yutaka Take | Masaaki Okubo | Hidenori Yamaji | 2:00.2 | |
| 1994 | Narita Brian | Katsumi Minai | Masaaki Okubo | Hidenori Yamaji | 1:59.0 | |
| 1995 | Genuine | Yukio Okabe | Yasuhisa Matsuyama | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 2:02.5 | |
| 1996 | Ishino Sunday | Hirofumi Shii | Kenji Yamauchi | Ishino Co Ltd | 2:00.7 | |
| 1997 | Sunny Brian | Naohiro Onishi | Senji Nakao | Moriyasu Miyazaki | 2:02.0 | |
| 1998 | Seiun Sky | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kazutaka Yasuda | Masayuki Nishiyama | 2:01.3 | |
| 1999 | T M Opera O | Ryuji Wada | Ichizo Iwamoto | Masatsugu Takezono | 2:00.7 | |
| 2000 | Air Shakur | Yutaka Take | Hideyuki Mori | Lucky Field Co Ltd | 2:01.8 | |
| 2001 | Agnes Tachyon | Hiroshi Kawachi | Hiroyuki Nagahama | Takao Watanebe | 2:00.3 | |
| 2002 | No Reason | Brett Doyle | Yasuo Ikee | Shinji Maeda | 1:58.5 | |
| 2003 | Neo Universe | Mirco Demuro | Tsutomu Setoguchi | Shadai Race Horse | 2:01.2 | |
| 2004 | Daiwa Major | Mirco Demuro | Hiroyuki Uehara | Daiwa Shoji Co. | 1:58.6 | |
| 2005 | Deep Impact | Yutaka Take | Yasuo Ikee | Makoto Kaneko | 1:59.2 | |
| 2006 | Meisho Samson | Mamoru Ishibashi | Tsutomu Setoguchi | Yoshio Matsumoto | 1:59.9 | |
| 2007 | Victory | Katsuharu Tanaka | Hidetaka Otonashi | Hideko Kondo | 1:59.9 | |
| 2008 | Captain Thule | Yuga Kawada | Hideyuki Mori | Shadai Race Horse | 2:01.7 | |
| 2009 | Unrivaled | Yasunari Iwata | Yasuo Tomomichi | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:58:7 | |
| 2010 | Victoire Pisa | Yasunari Iwata | Katsuhiko Sumii | Yoshimi Ichikawa | 2:00.8 | |
| 2011 | Orfevre | Kenichi Ikezoe | Yasutoshi Ikee | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 2:00.6 | |
| 2012 | Gold Ship | Hirouki Uchida | Naosuke Sugai | Hidekazu Kobayashi | 2:01.3 | |
| 2013 | Logotype | Mirco Demuro | Tsuyoshi Tanaka | Teruya Yoshida | 1:58.0 | |
| 2014 | Isla Bonita | Masayoshi Ebina | Hironori Kurita | Shadai Race Horse | 1:59.6 | |
| 2015 | Duramente | Mirco Demuro | Noriyuki Hori | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:58.2 | |
| 2016 | Dee Majesty | Masayoshi Ebina | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | Masaru Shimada | 1:57.9 | |
| 2017 | Al Ain | Kohei Matsuyama | Yasutoshi Ikee | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:57.8 | |
| 2018 | Epoca d'Oro | Keita Tosaki | Hideaki Fujiwara | K Hidaka Breeders Union | 2:00.8 | |
| 2019 | Saturnalia | Christophe Lemaire | Katsuhiko Sumii | U Carrot Farm | 1:58.1 | |
| 2020 | Contrail | Yuichi Fukunaga | Yoshito Yahagi | Shinji Maeda | 2:00.7 | |
| 2021 | Efforia | Takeshi Yokoyama | Yuichi Shikato | U.Carrot Farm | 2:00.6 | |
| 2022 | Geoglyph | Yuichi Fukunaga | Tetsuya Kimura | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:59.7 | |
| 2023 | Sol Oriens | Takeshi Yokoyama | Takahisa Tezuka | Shadai Race Horse | 2:00.6 | |
| 2024 | Justin Milano | Keita Tosaki | Yasuo Tomomichi | Masahiro Miki | 1:57.1 |