| Surface: | Turf |
| Class: | Grade 3 |
| Horse Race: | Tanabata Sho 七夕賞 |
| Location: | Fukushima Racecourse |
| Inaugurated: | 1965 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Distance: | 2000 metres |
| Track: | Right-handed |
| Qualification: | 3-y-o+ |
| Weight: | Handicap |
The Tanabata Sho (Japanese 七夕賞) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in July over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Fukushima Racecourse.[1]
It was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was initially run over 1800 metres before being moved up to its current distance in 1980. It was run at Niigata Racecourse in 1974 and 1989, Tokyo Racecourse in 2000 and Nakayama Racecourse in 2011.
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Long Kaiun | 7 | Takanori Kikuzawa | Hiroyuki Nagahama | 2:01.1 | |
| 2001 | Gaily Tomahawk | 5 | Hiroshi Gohara | Akiyama Masakazu | 2:01.2 | |
| 2002 | Eagle Cafe | 5 | Katsuharu Tanaka | Futoshi Kojima | 1:59.2 | |
| 2003 | Mideon Bit | 6 | Katsuharu Tanaka | Michifumi Kono | 2:00.7 | |
| 2004 | Cheers Brightly | 6 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Kenji Yamauchi | 2:01.7 | |
| 2005 | Daiwa Raiders | 6 | Hiroki Goto | Yasuhisa Matsuyama | 2:00.4 | |
| 2006 | Meisho Kaido | 7 | Yutaka Take | Masahiro Sakaguchi | 1:59.3 | |
| 2007 | San Valentin | 6 | Hiroki Goto | Shozo Sasaki | 2:00.3 | |
| 2008 | Miyabi Ranveli | 5 | Yutaka Yoshida | Keiji Kato | 1:59.8 | |
| 2009 | Miyabi Ranveli | 6 | Yuichi Kitamura | Keiji Kato | 2:00.2 | |
| 2010 | Domonarazu | 5 | Yohitomi Shibata | Hidetaka Otonashi | 2:00.4 | |
| 2011 | Italian Red | 5 | Eiji Nakadate | Sei Ishizaka | 2:00.5 | |
| 2012 | Asuka Kurichan | 5 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Naosuke Sugai | 2:01.1 | |
| 2013 | Meiner Lacrima | 5 | Daichi Shibata | Hiroyuki Uehara | 1:58.9 | |
| 2014 | Meisho Naruto | 6 | Hironobu Tanabe | Hiroshi Takeda | 1:58.7 | |
| 2015 | Grandezza | 6 | Yuga Kawada | Osamu Hirata | 1:58.2 | |
| 2016 | Albert Dock | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Naosuke Sugai | 1:58.4[2] | |
| 2017 | Seewind | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Tetsuya Kimura | 1:58.2[3] | |
| 2018 | Meadowlark | 7 | Kyosuke Maruta | Mitsuru Hashida | 2:00.8[4] | |
| 2019 | Mikki Swallow | 5 | Kazuki Kikuzawa | Takanori Kikuzawa | 1:59.6 | |
| 2020 | Crescendo Love | 6 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Toru Hayashi | 2:02.5 | |
| 2021 | Taurus Gemini | 5 | Keita Tosaki | Satoru Kobiyama | 2:02.2 | |
| 2022 | Echt | 5 | Katsuharu Tanaka | Hideyuki Mori | 1:57.8 | |
| 2023 | Seiun Hades | 4 | Hideaki Miyuki | Shinsuke Hashiguchi | 1:59.8 | |
| 2024 | Red Radiance | 5 | Keita Tosaki | Yasuo Tomomichi | 1:57.9 |