| Surface: | Turf |
| Class: | Grade 2 |
| Location: | Chukyo Racecourse |
| Inaugurated: | 1965 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Distance: | 2000 metres |
| Track: | Left-handed |
| Qualification: | 4-y-o + |
| Weight: | 56kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg. |
The Kinko Sho (Japanese 金鯱賞) is a Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over run in March over a distance of 2000 metres at Chukyo Racecourse.[1]
It was first run in 1965 and was promoted to Grade 3 in 1984 before becoming a Grade 2 race in 1996. The race was run in May until 2011 and in December from 2012 until 2016.
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Meisho Doto | 4 | Yasuhiko Yasuda | Isao Yasuda | 1:58.5 | |
| 2001 | Mikki Dance | 5 | Tetsuzo Sato | Toshiyuki Hattori | 1:59.9 | |
| 2002 | Tsurumaru Boy | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kenji Yamauchi | 1.58.3 | |
| 2003 | Tap Dance City | 6 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shozo Sasaki | 1:58.9 | |
| 2004 | Tap Dance City | 7 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shozo Sasaki | 1:57.5 | |
| 2005 | Tap Dance City | 8 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shozo Sasaki | 1:58.9 | |
| 2006 | Kongo Rikishio | 4 | Yasunari Iwata | Kenji Yamauchi | 1:58.8 | |
| 2007 | Rosenkreuz | 5 | Yusuke Fujioka | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 1:57.2 | |
| 2008 | Eishin Deputy | 6 | Yasunari Iwata | Akira Nomoto | 1:59.1 | |
| 2009 | Sakura Mega Wonder | 6 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Yasuo Tomomichi | 1:58.4 | |
| 2010 | Earnestly | 5 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shozo Sasaki | 1:59.5 | |
| 2011 | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Katsuhiko Sumii | 2:02.4 | ||
| 2012 | Ocean Blue | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Yasutoshi Ikee | 2:00.4 | |
| 2013 | Curren Mirotic | 5 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Osamu Hirata | 1:59.6 | |
| 2014 | Last Impact | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 1:58.8 | |
| 2015 | Mitra | 7 | Yuichi Shibayama | Kiyoshi Hagiwara | 1:58.8 | |
| 2016 | Yamakatsu Ace | 4 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Kaneo Ikezoe | 1:59.7[2] | |
| 2017 | Yamakatsu Ace | 5 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Kaneo Ikezoe | 1:59.2[3] | |
| 2018 | Suave Richard | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Yasushi Shono | 2:01.6[4] | |
| 2019 | Danon Premium | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 2:00.1 | |
| 2020 | Saturnalia | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Katsuhiko Sumii | 2:01.6 | |
| 2021 | Gibeon | 6 | Atsuya Nishimura | Hideaki Fujiwara | 2:01.8 | |
| 2022 | Jack d'Or | 4 | Yusuke Fujioka | Kenichi Fujioka | 1:57.2 | |
| 2023 | Prognosis | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 1:59.8 | |
| 2024 | Prognosis | 6 | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 1:57.6 |
The 2010 and 2011 races took place at Kyoto Racecourse in May.