| Surface: | Turf |
| Class: | Grade 1 |
| Horse Race: | Kikuka-shō Japanese St. Leger 菊花賞 |
| Location: | Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture |
| Inaugurated: | 1938 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Distance: | 3000 meters |
| Track: | Right-handed |
| Qualification: | 3-y-o, Colts & Fillies |
| Weight: | Colt 57 kg, Filly 55 kg |
| Purse: | ¥ 432,000,000 1st: ¥ 200,000,000 (2023)[1] |
| Bonuses: | Classic Triple Crown Winner of Satsuki Shō, Tokyo Yūshun, Kikuka-shō[2] ¥ 300,000,000 |
The is a Japanese Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 3,000 metres (approximately 1 7/8 miles) at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture in October.
It was first run in 1938 and is the Japanese equivalent of the English St. Leger Stakes.
Trial races provide automatic berths to the winning horses or placed horses as specified.[3]
| Race | Grade | Racecourse | Distance | Condition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Lite Kinen | II | Nakayama | 2,200 meters | Top 3 horses | |
| Kobe Shimbun Hai | II | Hanshin | 2,400 meters | Top 3 horses |
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Mejiro McQueen | Koichi Uchida | Yasuo Ikee | Mejiro Farm | 3:06.2 | |
| 1991 | Leo Durban | Yukio Okabe | Shinji Okuhira | Ryu Tanaka | 3:09.5 | |
| 1992 | Rice Shower | Hitoshi Matoba | Yoshiji Iizuka | Hideo Kuribayashi | 3:05.0 | |
| 1993 | Biwa Hayahide | Yukio Okabe | Mitsumasa Hamada | Biwa Co Ltd | 3:04.7 | |
| 1994 | Narita Brian | Katsumi Minai | Masaaki Okubo | Hidenori Yamaji | 3:04.6 | |
| 1995 | Mayano Top Gun | Seiki Tabara | Masahiro Sakaguchi | Yu Tadokoro | 3:04.4 | |
| 1996 | Dance in the Dark | Yutaka Take | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Shadai Race Horse | 3:05.1 | |
| 1997 | Matikanefukukitaru | Katsumi Minai | Hisao Nibun | Masuo Hosokawa | 3:07.7 | |
| 1998 | Seiun Sky | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kazutaka Yasuda | Masayuki Nishiyama | 3:03.2 | |
| 1999 | Narita Top Road | Kunihiko Watanabe | Yoshio Oki | Hidenori Yamaji | 3:07.6 | |
| 2000 | Air Shakur | Yutaka Take | Hideyuki Mori | Lucky Field Co Ltd | 3:04.7 | |
| 2001 | Manhattan Cafe | Masayoshi Ebina | Futoshi Kojima | Kiyoshi Nishikawa | 3:07.2 | |
| 2002 | Hishi Miracle | Koichi Tsunoda | Masaru Sayama | Masaichiro Abe | 3:05.9 | |
| 2003 | That's the Plenty | Katsumi Ando | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Shadai Racehorse Co. | 3:04.8 | |
| 2004 | Delta Blues | Yasunari Iwata | Katsuhiko Sumii | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 3:04.8 | |
| 2005 | Deep Impact | Yutaka Take | Yasuo Ikee | Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co. | 3:04.6 | |
| 2006 | Song of Wind | Koshiro Take | Hidekazu Asami | Shadai Racehorse Co. | 3:02.7 | |
| 2007 | Asakusa Kings | Hirofumi Shii | Ryuji Okubo | Keiko Tahara | 3:05.1 | |
| 2008 | Oken Bruce Lee | Hiroyuki Uchida | Hidetaka Otonashi | Akira Fukui | 3:05.7 | |
| 2009 | Three Rolls | Suguru Hamanaka | Kohei Take | Nagai Shoji Co. | 3:03.5 | |
| 2010 | Big Week | Yuga Kawada | Hiroyuki Nagahama | Yuzo Tanimizu | 3:06.1 | |
| 2011 | Orfevre | Kenichi Ikezoe | Yasutoshi Ikee | Sunday Racing Co., Ltd. | 3:02.8 | |
| 2012 | Gold Ship | Hiroyuki Uchida | Naosuke Sugai | Eiichi Kobayshi | 3:02.9 | |
| 2013 | Epiphaneia | Yuichi Fukunaga | Katsuhiko Sumii | U Carrot Farm | 3:05.2 | |
| 2014 | Toho Jackal | Manabu Sakai | Kiyoshi Tani | Toho Bussan Co Ltd | 3:01.0 | |
| 2015 | Kitasan Black | Hiroshi Kitamura | Hisashi Shimizu | Ono Shoji | 3:03.9 | |
| 2016 | Satono Diamond | Christophe Lemaire | Yasutoshi Ikee | Hajime Satomi | 3:03.3 | |
| 2017 | Kiseki | Mirco Demuro | Katsuhiko Sumii | Tatsue Ishikawa | 3:18.9 | |
| 2018 | Fierement | Christophe Lemaire | Takahisa Tezuka | Sunday Racing | 3:06.1 | |
| 2019 | World Premiere | Yutaka Take | Yasuo Tomomichi | Ryoichi Otsuka | 3:06.0 | |
| 2020 | Contrail | Yuichi Fukunaga | Yoshito Yahagi | Shinji Maeda | 3:05.5 | |
| 2021 | Titleholder | Takeshi Yokoyama | Toru Kurita | Hiroshi Yamada | 3:04.6 | |
| 2022 | Ask Victor More | Hironobu Tanabe | Yasuhito Tamura | Hirosaki Toshihiro HD Co. Ltd. | 3:02.4 | |
| 2023 | Durezza | Christophe Lemaire | Tomohito Ozeki | U Carrot Farm | 3:03.1 |