The Kikuka Shō is a Japanese Grade 1 flat race for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run over a distance of 3,000 metres at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi, Kyoto, in late October.
The Tōkyō Yūshun, also called the Japanese Derby, is a Japanese Grade 1 flat race for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run over a distance of 2,400 metres at the Tokyo Racecourse,
Kikuka-shō
…final leg of the Japanese Triple Crown, preceded by the Satsuki Shō (the Japanese equivalent of the English 2,000 Guineas) in mid-to-late April and the Tōkyō Yūshun (the Japanese equivalent of the English Epsom Derby) in late May or early June. Trial races provide automatic berths to the winning horses or placed…