Tennō Shō (Autumn)

The Tennō Shō (Autumn)(天皇賞（秋）; lit.'Emperor Prize (Autumn)') is an International Grade I horse race held at Tokyo Racecourse, Japan in late October. It is run over a distance of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) on turf. It is considered the first leg of the Japanese Autumn Triple Crown, the other two being the Japan Cup and the Arima Kinen.

Originally, the Autumn Tennō Shō was run over a distance of 3,200 metres (10,500 ft), but was shortened to its current distance to promote middle-distance horses and to promote 3-year-old horses as a shorter-distance alternative to the Kikuka Sho, the Japanese St. Leger, which is 3,000 metres (9,800 ft). The current record holder for this race is Equinox who set up a time of 1:55.2 in 2023, beating previous record holder Tosen Jordan by point nine seconds.

Winners since 1990

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1990	Yaeno Muteki	5	Yukio Okabe	Mitsuo Ogino	Fuji Co	1:58.2
1991	Prekrasnie*	4	Teruo Eda	Terumaso Yano	Eijiro Tajima	2:03.9
1992	Let's Go Tarquin	5	Akikasu Osaki	Kojiro Hashiguchi	Diners Club Japan	1:58.6
1993	Yamanin Zephyr	4	Masao Shibata	Hiromu Kurita	Tadashi Doi	1:58.9
1994	Nehai Caesar	4	Katsumi Shiomura	Akira Huse	Daimaru Enterprise	1:58.6
1995	Sakura Chitose O	5	Futoshi Kojima	Katsutarao Sakai	Sakura Commerce	1:58.8
1996	Bubble Gum Fellow	3	Masayoshi Ebina	Kazuo Fujisawa	Shadai Racehorse	1:58.7
1997	Air Groove	4	Yutaka Take	Yasunori Ito	Lucky Field Co Ltd	1:59.0
1998	Offside Trap	7	Yoshitomi Shibata	Shuho Kato	Takashi Watanabe	1:59.3
1999	Special Week	4	Yutaka Take	Toshiaki Shirai	Hiroyoshi Usuda	1:58.0
2000	T. M. Opera O	4	Ryuji Wada	Ichizo Iwamoto	Masatsugu Takezono	1:59.9
2001	Agnes Digital	4	Hirofumi Shii	Toshiaki Shirai	Takao Watanabe	2:02.0
2002	Symboli Kris S	3	Yukio Okabe	Kazuo Fujisawa	Symboli Stud	1:58.5
2003	Symboli Kris S	4	Olivier Peslier	Kazuo Fujisawa	Symboli Stud	1:58.0
2004	Zenno Rob Roy	4	Olivier Peslier	Kazuo Fujisawa	Shinobu Osako	1:58.9
2005	Heavenly Romance	5	Mikio Matsunaga	Masashi Yamamoto	Nosohiruzu Management	2:00.1
2006	Daiwa Major	5	Katsumi Ando	Hiroyuki Uehara	Keizou Ooshiro	1:58.8
2007	Meisho Samson	4	Yutaka Take	Shigetada Takahashi	Yoshio Matsumoto	1:58.4
2008	Vodka	4	Yutaka Take	Katsuhiko Sumii	Yuzo Tanimizu	1:57.2
2009	Company#	8	Norihiro Yokoyama	Hidetaka Otonashi	Eiko Kondou	1:57.2
2010	Buena Vista	4	Christophe Soumillon	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Sunday Racing Co Ltd	1:58.2
2011	Tosen Jordan	5	Nicola Pinna	Yasutoshi Ikee	Takaya Shimakawa	1:56.1
2012	Eishin Flash	5	Mirco Demuro	Hideaki Fujiwara	Toyomitsu Hirai	1:57.3
2013	Just A Way	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Naosuke Sugai	Akatsuki Yamatoya	1:57.5
2014	Spielberg	5	Hiroshi Kitamura	Kazuo Fujisawa	Hidetoshi Yamamoto	1:59.7
2015	Lovely Day	5	Suguru Hamanaka	Yasutoshi Ikee	Kaneko Makoto Holdings	1:58.4
2016	Maurice	5	Ryan Moore	Noriyuki Hori	Kazumi Yoshida	1:59.3
2017	Kitasan Black	5	Yutaka Take	Hisashi Shimizu	Ono Shoji	2:08.3
2018	Rey de Oro	4	Christophe Lemaire	Kazuo Fujisawa	U Carrot Farm	1:56.8
2019	Almond Eye	4	Christophe Lemaire	Sakae Kunieda	Silk Racing	1:56.2
2020	Almond Eye	5	Christophe Lemaire	Sakae Kunieda	Silk Racing	1:57.8
2021	Efforia	3	Takeshi Yokoyama	Yuichi Shikato	Carrot Farm	1:57.9
2022	Equinox	3	Christophe Lemaire	Tetsuya Kimura	Silk Racing	1:57.5
2023	Equinox	4	Christophe Lemaire	Tetsuya Kimura	Silk Racing	1:55.2
2024	Do Deuce	5	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Tomomichi	Kieffers Co. Ltd.	1:57.3
2025	Masquerade Ball	3	Christophe Lemaire	Takahisa Tezuka	Shadai Race Horse Co. Ltd.	1:58.6

Earlier winners

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Tennō Shō (Autumn)

Winners since 1990

Earlier winners

See also