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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese domestic Grade 1

Conditions races

Conditions races are horse races where the weights carried by the runners are laid down by the conditions attached to the race. Weights are allocated according to; the sex of the runners, with female runners carrying less weight than males; the age of the runners, with younger horses receiving...

 flat

Flat racing

Flat racing is a form of Thoroughbred horse racing which is run over a level track at a predetermined distance. It differs from steeplechase racing which is run over hurdles...

 horse race

Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...

 in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 for three-year-old thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...

 colts

Colt (horse)

A colt is a young male horse, under the age of four. The term "colt" is often confused with foal, which refers to a horse of either sex under one year of age....

 and fillies

Filly

A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....

 run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1 mile) at the Nakayama Racecourse

Nakayama Racecourse

is located in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It has a capacity of 165,676. It was built in 1990. It has 15,944 seats.-Physical attributes:Nakayama Race Course has two grass courses, a dirt course, and a jump course....

, Funabashi, Chiba

Funabashi, Chiba

is a city located in northwestern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2011, the city had an estimated population of 609,157 and a population density of 7110 persons per km². The total area was 85.64 km². It is the 7th most populous city in Greater Tokyo....

, in April.

It was first run in 1939 and is the Japanese equivalent of the English 2,000 Guineas. (Note that the original 2,000 Guineas is currently run at 1,609 metres, or one mile, about two furlongs shorter than the Satsuki Shō.)

Winners since 2001

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2001	Agnes Tachyon Agnes Tachyon Agnes Tachyon was an undefeated Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and a Leading sire in Japan....	Hiroshi Kawachi	Hiroyuki Nagahama	Takao Watanebe	2:00.3
2002	No Reason	Brett Doyle	Yasuo Ikee	Shinji Maeda	1:58.5
2003	Neo Universe	Mirco Demuro	Tsutomu Setoguchi	Shadai Racehorse Co. Ltd.	2:01.2
2004	Daiwa Major	Mirco Demuro	Hiroyuki Uehara	Daiwa Shoji Co.	1:58.6
2005	Deep Impact	Yutaka Take Yutaka Take is a Japanese jockey who is a multiple champion in his homeland and won the Japan Cup in 1999 on the horse Special Week...	Yasuo Ikee	Makoto Kaneko Makoto Kaneko is the President, CEO and Representative Director of Zuken Inc., a public listed multinational corporation in the Tokyo Stock Exchange.Makoto Kaneko is better known as a prominent horse owner in Japan...	1:59.2
2006	Meisho Samson Meisho Samson Meisho Samson is a Japanese racehorse which won the 2006 Tokyo Yūshun and Satsuki Sho....	Mamoru Ishibashi	Tsutomu Setoguchi	Yoshio Matsumoto	1:59.9
2007	Victory	Katsuharu Tanaka	Hidetaka Otonashi	Hideko Kondo	1:59.9
2008	Captain Thule	Yuuga Kawada	Hideyuki Mori	Shadai Racehorse Co. Ltd.	2:01.7
2009	Unrivaled	Yasunari Iwata Yasunari Iwata is a Japanese jockey who rode the winner of the 2006 Melbourne Cup, Delta Blues. It was Iwata's first race outside of Japan.In 2005, Iwata won the 19th World Super Jockey Series .-Major wins: Australia...	Yasuo Tomomichi	Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.	1:58:7
2010	Victoire Pisa	Yasunari Iwata Yasunari Iwata is a Japanese jockey who rode the winner of the 2006 Melbourne Cup, Delta Blues. It was Iwata's first race outside of Japan.In 2005, Iwata won the 19th World Super Jockey Series .-Major wins: Australia...	Katsuhiko Sumii Katsuhiko Sumii is a Japanese horse trainer.He trained the first and second placing horses in the 2006 Melbourne Cup, Delta Blues and Pop Rock.- Famous Horses :* Delta Blues - Won Melbourne Cup , Kikuka Sho (born March 28, 1964, Kanazawa, Ishikawa) is a Japanese horse trainer.He trained the first and second...	Yoshimi Ichikawa	2:00.8
2011	Orfevre	Ken-ichi Ikezoe	Yasutoshi Ikee	Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.	2:00.6