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The Ōka Shō is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan. The race is restricted to three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies and is run over a distance of 1,600 metres at Hanshin Racecourse in Takarazuka, Hyōgo.
2021 Ōka Shō winner Sodashi
In Japanese horseracing, the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing can refer to one of five national-level titles, each a series of three races run within a single year.
Oka Shō
…1967, 1991 and 1995. It is one of Japan's five Classic races, and the first of two restricted to fillies. It can also serve as the opening leg of the Japanese Triple Tiara, followed by the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) and the Shuka Sho. Winners of the Ōka Shō usually go on to contest the Yushun Himba, run in May, and the…
Saint Lite, the first Classic Triple Crown winner
Mejiro Ramonu, the first Triple Tiara winner
T. M. Opera O, the first Autumn Triple Crown winner
Orion the Thanks, the first horse to win all three Dirt Triple Crown legs (pre-establishment; not officially recognised as a Triple Crown winner)