1. Tenno Sho (Spring) Latest News
2. Tenno Sho (Spring) 2025 Entries Horse
3. Tenno Sho (Spring) 2025 Notable runners
4. Tenno Sho (Spring) race overview
5. Racecourse Feature
6. Tenno Sho (Spring) Past Winners

Tenno Sho (Spring) Latest News

Tenno Sho (Spring) 2025 Entries Horse

2023 TENNO SHO (SPRING) (G1) winner Justin Palace, 2024 TAKARAZUKA KINEN (G1) winner Blow the Horn and 2025 HANSHIN DAISHOTEN (G2) winner Sunrise Earth etc are scheduled to run.

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

Tenno Sho (Spring) 2025 Notable runners

Redentor

He has raced over 2000m since his debut and finished second to Urban Chic in last year's Kikuka Sho despite a late start.

He won his first graded stakes in the G3 Diamond Stakes on his last outing. He has won five of his eight starts and his record has been consistent, finishing second twice and dropping below third only once.

His weakness is a slow start, but he always stretches out in the final stretch and has a good chance of winning a GI if he gets off to a good start.

Sunrise Earth

Since his debut, he has also raced over middle-distances and last year competed in the Colt's Classics such as the G1 Satsuki Sho and the G1 Japanese Derby.

He won his first graded stakes in his last race, the G2 Hanshin Daishoten. Although his results have been uneven and he lacks a bit of consistency, his nimble leading ability is not to be underestimated.

Hayatenofukunosuke

His father, Win Variation, finished second in the G1 Japanese Derby and the G1 Kikuka Sho in the 2011 Colt's Classic when Orfevre won the Triple Crown.

He also had two other second places in the GI, won two graded stakes and was stallioned in Aomori Prefecture.

His nimble lead is his speciality and if he doesn't start too late, it wouldn't be out of the question for him to become the first Aomori-bred horse to win a GI in 24 years.

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).