Radio Nikkei Sho
The Radio Nikkei Sho is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds in Japan run in late June or early July over a distance of 1800 metres at Fukushima Racecourse.
The race was first run in 1952 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 1984. The race was run at Tokyo Racecourse and Nakayama Racecourse before moving to its current venue in 1979. It was run at Niigata Racecourse in 1989, Tokyo in 2000 and Nakayama in 2011.
Winners since 2000
The 2000 race took place at TokyoThe 2011 race took place at Nakayama
Earlier winners
- 1952 - Asatomo
- 1953 - Cheerio
- 1954 - Golden Wave
- 1955 - Hide Homare
- 1956 - Fair Manna
- 1957 - Onward There
- 1958 - Katsutoshi
- 1959 - Shigeminoru
- 1960 - Big Yoruka
- 1961 - Azuma Tenran
- 1962 - Suzu Hope
- 1963 - Kaneno Hikaru
- 1964 - Flower Wood
- 1965 - Verona
- 1966 - Hiro Isami
- 1967 - Munehisa
- 1968 - Asaka O
- 1969 - Haku Eiho
- 1970 - Higashi Light
- 1971 - Mineral Symboli
- 1972 - Sugano Homare
- 1973 - Ichifuji Isami
- 1974 - Suruga Sumpujo
- 1975 - Hakuchi Chikatsu
- 1976 - Toridejo
- 1977 - Maruzensky
- 1978 - Kitano Kongo
- 1979 - Hokusei Midori
- 1980 - Hawaiian Image
- 1981 - Eighty Tosho
- 1982 - Aki Bingo
- 1983 - Umeno Shin O
- 1984 - Suzu Parade
- 1985 - Derby Rich
- 1986 - Dyna Cosmos
- 1987 - Leo Tenzan
- 1988 - Takara Flash
- 1989 - Daiwa Gehrig
- 1990 - Tsurumai Aswan
- 1991 - Twin Turbo
- 1992 - Shinko Lovely
- 1993 - A P Grand Prix
- 1994 - Yashima Sovereign
- 1995 - Prest Symboli
- 1996 - Big Baillamont
- 1997 - Air Guts
- 1998 - Biwa Takehide
- 1999 - Silk Guardian