1. Tenno Sho (Spring) Latest News
2. Tenno Sho (Spring) 2024 Entries Horse
3. Tenno Sho (Spring) race overview
4. Racecourse Feature
5. Tenno Sho (Spring) Past Winners

Tenno Sho (Spring) Latest News

Tenno Sho (Spring) 2024 Entries Horse

2023 JAPANESE DERBY (G1) winner Tastiera, 2024 HANSHIN DAISHOTEN (G2) and DIAMOND STAKES (G3) winner T O Royal etc are scheduled to run.

＊Please check the entries, Field, result, and other data against JRA official data.

Tenno Sho (Spring) race overview

The Tenno Sho (Spring) is a prestigious horse race held at Kyoto Racecourse, classified as an International Grade 1 event. It is the longest of Japan's Grade 1 races, contested over a turf course of 3200 meters. The Tenno Sho occurs biannually, and since the autumn edition was shortened to 2000 meters in 1984, the spring edition has been specifically referred to as "Tenno Sho (Spring)." Since 2008, the race has invited the previous year's winner of the Melbourne Cup, a Group 1 race in Australia, and the victor of the Tenno Sho (Spring) earns a guaranteed spot in the same year’s Melbourne Cup. Following the upgrade of the Osaka Hai to a Grade 1 race in 2017, horses that win the Osaka Hai, Tenno Sho (Spring), and Takarazuka Kinen in the same year receive a special bonus.

Racecourse Feature

Kyoto 3200m turf course : The Tenno Sho (Spring) utilizes the outer turf course at Kyoto. The race starts midway through the front stretch, making for a course that extends slightly more than one and a half laps. Horses face a 417-meter run to the first corner and a 404-meter final straight when the A Course is used. Like the 3000-meter races, horses that can save ground on the inside and manage their pace efficiently tend to perform well, requiring substantial stamina and pacing skills. Endurance in maintaining a strong finish from the downhill stretch to the finish line is also crucial. The course record was set in 2017 by Kitasan Black, who clocked a time of 3:12.5.

Tenno Sho (Spring) Past Winners

TENNO SHO (SPRING) Feature

Latest information on the Tenno Sho (Spring) (G1).