The Nikkei Sho ( Japanese 日経賞 ) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds of at least four years of age. It is run over a distance of 2,500 metres at Nakayama Racecourse in March.
4-585: The Nikkei Sho was first run in 1953 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 1984. Among the winners of the race have been Symboli Rudolf , Rice Shower , Meisho Doto , Matsurida Gogh , Fenomeno and Gold Actor . The race is run at Nakayama Racecourse over a distance of 2,500 meters on turf using the inner curve. 56 kg for four-year-olds, and 57 kg for five-year-olds and above. Allowances: 2 kg for fillies / mares Penalties: The 2011 race took place at Hanshin Racecourse over
8-628: A distance of 2,400 metres. Symboli Rudolf Symboli Rudolf ( Japanese : シンボリルドルフ , March 13, 1981 - October 4, 2011) was a Japanese thoroughbred racehorse who won the Japanese Triple Crown , sired by Partholon [ ja ] , a son of Milesian, out of Sweet Luna, a daughter of Speed Symboli [ ja ] . Symboli Rudolf was inducted into the Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame in 1987. Due to his racing career and his namesake, Rudolf I ,
12-605: Is based on information from JBIS-Search and netkeiba. As a stallion, Symboli Rudolf sired numerous grade winners. The horse's most successful progeny was by far Tokai Teio , who won 4 GI races, including the Tokyo Yushun in 1991 and the Arima Kinen in 1993. Other notable progenies include Ayrton Symboli [ ja ] , who won the Stayers Stakes in 1992 and 1993, and Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi [ ja ] , who won
16-469: The horse was dubbed "Kōtei (皇帝)", or emperor. Symboli Rudolf became the first undefeated Triple Crown (not losing a single race until winning Kikuka Sho, later succeeded by Deep Impact in 2005 and Contrail in 2020) as well as the first Triple Crown winner since the introduction of Racing Grades in Japan. Symboli Rudolf ultimately went on to win a total of 7 Grade I races in his career. The following form
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