Japanese Classic Races

In horse racing in Japan, The Classics are a series of flat horse races. All of these races are organized by Japan Racing Association. Each classic is run once each year and is restricted to intact horses that are three years old. Only the first five races are considered as classic whilst Shuka Sho were inaugurated in 1996 to replace Queen [Elizabeth II Cup (Japan)|Queen Elizabeth II Cup] as the third leg of triple tiara.

Race	Date	Distance	Course	First Run	Qualification
Oka Sho	April	1,600 meters	Hanshin	1939	Three-year-old colts/fillies
Satsuki Sho	April	2,000 meters	Nakayama	1939	Three-year-old colts/fillies
Yushun Himba	May/June	2,400 meters	Tokyo	1938	Three-year-old colts/fillies
Tokyo Yushun	May/June	2,400 meters	Tokyo	1932	Three-year-old colts/fillies
Kikuka Sho	October	3,000 meters	Kyoto	1938	Three-year-old colts/fillies
Shūka Sho	October	2,000 meters	Kyoto	1996	Three-year-old colts/fillies

Triple crown for colts

Japanese colts who have obtained the Triple Crown title by winning the Satsuki Sho, Japan Derby and Kikuka Sho.

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Breeder
1941	St Lite	Kizo Konishi	Waichiro Tanaka	Yusaku Kato	Koiwai Farm
1964	Shinzan	Masaru Kurita	Bungo Takeda	Kokichi Hashimoto	Yoshimatsu Matsuhashi
1983	Mr. C.B.	Masato Yoshinaga	Yasuhisa Matsuyama	Chigira Bokujo	Chigira Bokujo
1984	Symboli Rudolf	Yukio Okabe	Yuji Nohira	Symboli Stud	Symboli Stud
1994	Narita Brian	Katsumi Minai	Masaaki Okubo	Hidenori Yamaji	Hayata Bokujo
2005	Deep Impact	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Ikee	Makoto Kaneko	Northern Farm
2011	Orfevre	Kenichi Ikezoe	Yasutoshi Ikee	Sunday Racing	Shadai Corporation Shiraoi Farm
2020	Contrail	Yuichi Fukunaga	Yoshito Yahagi	Shinji Maeda	North Hills

Individual Race Winner

Notes

^♥ indicates filly

Triple crown for fillies (Triple Tiara)

Japanese fillies who have won the Triple Crown title by winning the Oka Sho, Japan Oaks and one of the following: Shuka Sho, or the Queen Elizabeth II Cup. Before the establishment of these crowns in 1970, the third leg of the triple tiara used to be Kikuka Sho which is the basis for the original triple tiara in England as the final race is open for both colts and fillies. Kurifuji gained an uncommon status as both "double crown" and "double tiara" horse as she won Tokyo Yushun, Yushun Himba and Kikuka Sho back in 1943.

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Breeder
1986	Mejiro Ramonu	Hiroshi Kawachi	Shinji Okuhira	Mejiro Bokujo	Mejiro Bokujo
2003	Still [in Love (horse)\|Still in Love]	Hideaki Miyuki	Shoichi Matsumoto	North Hills	Shimokobe Farm
2010	Apapane	Masayoshi Ebina	Sakae Kunieda	Makoto Kaneko	Northern Farm
2012	Gentildonna	Yasunari Iwata/Yuga Kawada	Sei Ishizaka	Sunday Racing	Northern Farm
2018	Almond Eye	Christophe Lemaire	Sakae Kunieda	Silk Racing	Northern Farm
2020	Daring Tact	Kohei Matsuyama	Haruki Sugiyama	Normandy Thoroughbred Racing	Hasegawa Bokujo
2023	Liberty Island	Yuga Kawada	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	Sunday Racing	Northern Farm

Triple Crown for Dirt races

Recently established beginning with the 2024 season, no horse has won the Dirt triple crown. The races included in this circuit are Haneda Hai, Tokyo Derby, and Japan Dirt Classic.