Satsuki Shō
2021 Satsuki Shō winner Efforia | |
| Class | Grade 1 |
|---|---|
| Location | Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba |
| Inaugurated | April 29, 1939 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2000 meters |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o, Colts & Fillies |
| Weight | 57 kg Allowance: Fillies 2 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 432,000,000 (as of 2025) 1st: ¥ 200,000,000 2nd: ¥ 80,000,000 3rd: ¥ 50,000,000 |
| Bonuses | Classic Triple Crown Winner of Satsuki Shō, Tokyo Yūshun, Kikuka Shō ¥ 300,000,000 |
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The Satsuki Shō (皐月賞) is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1+1⁄4 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.)