Grade 1 race | |
Location | Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture |
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Inaugurated | 1938 |
Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 3000 meters |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | 3-y-o, Colts & Fillies |
Weight | Colt 57 kg, Filly 55 kg |
Purse |
¥ 213,200,000 (as of 2014) 1st: ¥ 112,000,000 |
The Kikuka-shō (菊花賞?, pronounced Kikka-shō) is a Japanese Grade 1 (Jpn I) flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 3,000 metres (approximately 1 7/8 miles) at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture in October.
It was first run in 1938 and is the Japanese equivalent of the English St. Leger Stakes.