4-717: The Shūka Shō ( 秋華賞 ) is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1 1/4 miles) at the Kyoto Racecourse , Fushimi-ku, Kyoto , Kyoto Prefecture in October. The Shūka Shō is the final leg of the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown , preceded by the Oka Sho and the Yushun Himba . In 1996 it
8-512: The runners are laid down by the conditions attached to the race. Weights are allocated according to the sex of the runners, with female runners carrying less weight than males; the age of the runners, with younger horses receiving weight from older runners to allow for relative maturity, referred to as weight for age ; and the quality of the runners, with horses that have won certain values of races giving weight to less successful entrants. Conditions races are distinct from handicap races , for which
12-533: The weights carried are laid down by an official handicapper to equalise the difference in ability between the runners. In Great Britain, for example, the British Horseracing Authority 's rules define a conditions race as being one "which is none of the following; a Handicap Race or a Novice Race, a race restricted to Maiden Horses, or a race governed by Selling or Claiming provisions." Conditions races are staged at all levels of horse racing. As all of
16-460: Was established as Domestic Grade 1 race, and in 2009 it was granted International Grade 1 status. Trial races provide automatic berths to the winning horses or placed horses as specified. The 2021 and 2022 runnings were contested at Hanshin Racecourse , due to construction at Kyoto Racecourse. Conditions races Conditions races are horse races in which the weights carried by
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