Yayoi Sho
{{Short description|Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan}}
{{Infobox horseraces
| surface = Turf
| class = Grade 2
| horse race = Yayoi Sho
弥生賞
| image = Tastiera 20230305a.jpg
| caption = 2023 Yayoi Sho winner Tastiera
| location = Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba.
| inaugurated = 1964
| race type = Thoroughbred Flat racing
| website =
| distance = 2000 metres
| track = Right-handed
| qualification = 3-y-o
| weight = 57 kg, Fillies allowed 2kg.
| purse = {{JRA-purse-calculator|54|2025}}
| bonuses =
}}
The {{Nihongo|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.{{cite web|url=http://japanracing.jp/_races/2015races/0308yayoi.html|title=YAYOI SHO (G2)|publisher=japanracing.jp}} Yayoi means "March" in ancient Japanese calendar.
It was first run in 1964 as the {{Nihongo|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.{{Cite web|title=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|url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/gamble/news/2019/10/09/kiji/20191009s00004048040000c.html|access-date=2021-03-22|website=www.sponichi.co.jp}}.
Winners since 1995
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| width="36px" | Year ! width="120px" | Winner ! width="140px" | Jockey ! width="150px" | Trainer ! Time |
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| 1995
| Koichi Tsunoda | Sakae Watanabe | 2:03.7 |
| 1996
| Kojiro Hashiguchi | 2:02.7 |
| 1997
| Running Gale | Yutaka Take | Tadashi Kayo | 2:02.2 |
| 1998
| Yutaka Take | Toshiaki Shirai | 2:01.8 |
| 1999
| Kunihiko Watanabe | Yoshio Oki | 2:03.5 |
| 2000
| Fusaichi Zenon | Shinji Fujita | Seiki Tabara | 2:02.3 |
| 2001
| Hiroshi Kawachi | Hiroyuki Nagahama | 2:05.7 |
| 2002
| Balance of Game | Katsuharu Tanaka | Munakata Yoshitada | 2:02.0 |
| 2003
| Eishin Champ | Tsutomu Setoguchi | 2:02.3 |
| 2004
| Fuyuki Igarashi | Kazunori Tabe | 2:00.5 |
| 2005
| Yutaka Take | Yasuo Ikee | 2:02.2 |
| 2006
| Yutaka Take | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 2:01.5 |
| 2007
| Admire Aura | Yutaka Take | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 2:00.5 |
| 2008
| Meiner Charles | Masami Matsuoka | Ryuichi Inaba | 2:01.8 |
| 2009
| Kiyoshi Hagiwara | 2:03.5 |
| 2010
| 2:06.1 |
| 2011
| Sadamu Patek | Masato Nishizono | 2:01.0 |
| 2012
| Cosmo Ozora | Daichi Shibata | Yoshihiro Takahashi | 2:03.9 |
| 2013
| Camino Tassajara | Hiroyuki Uchida | Sakae Kunieda | 2:01.0 |
| 2014
| To The World | Yasutoshi Ikee | 2:01.4 |
| 2015
| Yuichi Fukunaga | Noriyuki Hori | 2:01.8 |
| 2016
| Makahiki | Yasuo Tomomichi | 1:59.9 |
| 2017
| Cadenas | Yuichi Fukunaga | Kazuya Nakatake | 2:03.2 |
| 2018
| Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 2:01.0 |
| 2019
| Meisho Tengen | Kaneo Ikezoe | 2:03.3 |
| 2020
| Satono Flag | Sakae Kunieda | 2:02.9 |
| 2021
| Toru Kurita | 2:02.0 |
| 2022
| Hironobu Tanabe | Yasuhito Tamura | 2:00.5 |
| 2023
| Tastiera | Kohei Matsuyama | Noriyuki Hori | 2:00.4 |
| 2024
|Cosmo Kuranda |Shizuya Kato |1:59.8 |
| 2025
|Faust Rasen |Makoto Sugihara |Masayuki Nishimura |2:01.3 |
Earlier winners
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- 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 - Haiseko
- 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
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See also
References
- Netkeiba:{{cite web|title=弥生賞 |url=https://race.netkeiba.com/special/index.html?id=0025 |website=Netkeiba}}{{cite web|title=Hochi Hai Yayoi Sho Deep Impact Kinen |url=https://en.netkeiba.com/race/special.html?id=0025 |website=Netkeiba}}
- {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1994|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1995|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1996|06010411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1997|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1998|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1999|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2000|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2001|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2002|06010411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2003|06030411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2004|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2005|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2006|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2007|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2008|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2009|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2010|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2011|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2012|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2013|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2014|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2015|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2016|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2017|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2018|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2019|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2020|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2021|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2022|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2023|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2024|06020411}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2025|06020411}}
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{{Japanese Grade II horse races}}