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Kikuka Sho

Kikuka-shō
Japanese St. Leger
菊花賞
Grade 1 race
Location Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
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.


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