The is a 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...

 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 1/4 miles) at the Kyoto Racecourse

Kyoto Racecourse

is located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It has a capacity of 120,000. It was built in 1999. It has 28,000 seats.-Physical attributes:Kyoto Race Course has two turf courses, a dirt course, and a jump course....

, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto

Fushimi-ku, Kyoto

is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Famous places in Fushimi include the Fushimi Inari Shrine, with thousands of torii lining the paths up and down a mountain; Fushimi Castle, originally built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, with its rebuilt towers and gold-lined...

, Kyoto Prefecture

Kyoto Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Kyoto.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Kyoto prefecture was known as Yamashiro....

 in October.

The Shūka Shō is the final leg of the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown, preceded by the Oka Sho

Oka Sho

The is a Japanese Domestic Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 1,600 metres at the Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyōgo in April....

 and the Yushun Himba

Yushun Himba

The , also known as the is a Japanese domestic Grade 1 flat horse race for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 2,400 metres at the Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchū, Tokyo in May....

. In 1996 it was established as Domestic Grade 1 race, and in 2009 it was granted International Grade 1 status.

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1996	Fabulous la Fouine	Mikio Mastunaga	Hiroyuki Nagahama	Kazuko Yoshida	1:58.1
1997	Mejiro Dober	Yutaka Yoshida	Yokichi Okubo	Mejiro Shoji	2:00.1
1998	Phalaenopsis	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...	Mitsumasa Hamada	North Hills Management Co Ltd	2:02.4
1999	Buzen Candle	Yasuhiko Yasuda	Hiroshi Matsuda	Ueda Bokujo	1:59.3
2000	Tico Tico Tac	Koshiro Take Koshiro Take is a Japanese jockey. He is the younger brother of Yutaka Take.-Major wins: Japan* Kikuka Sho - - Song of Wind * NHK Mile Cup - - Win Kluger * Shuka Sho - - Tico Tico Tac ...	Masahiro Matsuda	Bamboo Bokujo	1:59.9
2001	T M Ocean	Masaru Honda	Katsuichi Nishiura	Masatsugu Takezono	1:58.5
2002	Fine Motion	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...	Yuji Ito	Tatsuo Fushikida	1:58.1
2003	Still in Love	Hideaki Miyuki	Shoichi Matsumoto	North Hills Management Co Ltd	1:59.1
2004	Sweep Tosho	Kenichi Ikezoe	Akio Tsurudome	Tosho Sangyo	1:58.4
2005	Air Messiah	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...	Yuji Ito	Lucky Field Co.,Ltd.	1:59.2
2006	Kawakami Princess	Masaru Honda	Katsuichi Nishiura	Mitsuishi Kawakami Bokujo	1:58.2
2007	Daiwa Scarlet Daiwa Scarlet is a Japanese racehorse which won the 2007 Oka Sho, Shūka Sho, Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup and the 2008 Arima Kinen....	Katsumi Ando	Kunihide Matsuda	Keizo Oshiro	1:59.1
2008	Black Emblem	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...	Shigeyuki Kojima	Kunio Tahara	1:58.4
2009	Red Desire	Hirofumi Shii	Mikio Matsunaga	Tokyo Horse Racing Co., Ltd.	1:58.2
2010	Apapane	Masayoshi Ebina Masayoshi Ebina is a Japanese jockey. Nicknamed Ebi-Shō.He is best known for riding El Condor Pasa.That won the Japan Cup and second in Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe .In 2010 he won the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown with Apapane....	Sakae Kunieda	Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co., Ltd. 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...	1:58.4