| Surface: | Turf |
| Class: | Grade 2 |
| Horse Race: | Tulip Sho チューリップ賞 |
| Location: | Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyogo. |
| Inaugurated: | 1986 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Distance: | 1600 metres |
| Track: | Right-handed |
| Qualification: | 3-y-o fillies |
| Weight: | 54kg |
The Tulip Sho (Japanese チューリップ賞) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 1,600 metres at Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyogo. The race is run in March and serves as a major trial race for the Oka Sho.[1]
The Tulip Sho was first run in 1986. It became a Grade 3 race in 1994 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 2018.[2] Among the winners of the race have been Air Groove, Sweep Tosho, Vodka, Buena Vista, Harp Star and Sinhalite.
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Jo De Shiraoki | Koshiro Take | Kunihide Matsuda | 1:39.7 | |
| 2001 | T M Ocean | Masaru Honda | Katsuichi Nishiura | 1:35.3 | |
| 2002 | Health Wall | Mirco Demuro | Hideyuki Mori | 1:35.2 | |
| 2003 | Osumi Haruka | Katsumi Ando | Masatoshi Ando | 1:35.9 | |
| 2004 | Sweep Tosho | Kenichi Ikezoe | Akio Tsurudome | 1:35.5 | |
| 2005 | Eishin Tender | Koshiro Take | Kohei Take | 1:35.3 | |
| 2006 | Admire Kiss | Yutaka Take | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 1:36.5 | |
| 2007 | Vodka | Hirofumi Shii | Katsuhiko Sumii | 1:33.7 | |
| 2008 | Air Pascale | Yusuke Fujioka | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:35.8 | |
| 2009 | Buena Vista | Katsumi Ando | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 1:36.5 | |
| 2010 | Shoryu Moon | Takeshi Kimura | Shozo Sasaki | 1:36.1 | |
| 2011 | Reve d'Essor | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 1:34.5 | |
| 2012 | Hana's Goal | Cristian Demuro | Kazuhiro Kato | 1:35.5 | |
| 2013 | Kurofune Surprise | Yutaka Take | Hidetaka Tadokoro | 1:34.9 | |
| 2014 | Harp Star | Yuga Kawada | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 1:34.3 | |
| 2015 | Kokorono Ai | Norihiro Yokoyama | Tomohito Ozeki | 1:37.47 | |
| 2016 | Sinhalite | Kenichi Ikezoe | Sei Ishikawa | 1:32.8[3] | |
| 2017 | Soul Stirring | Christophe Lemaire | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:33.2[4] | |
| 2018 | Lucky Lilac | Shu Ishibashi | Mikio Matsunaga | 1:33.4[5] | |
| 2019 | Danon Fantasy | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 1:34.1 | |
| 2020 | Maltese Diosa | Hironobu Tanabe | Takahisa Tezuka | 1:33.3 | |
| 2021 | Elizabeth Tower (DH) | Yuga Kawada | Tomokazu Takano | 1:33.8 | |
| Meikei Yell (DH) | Yutaka Take | Hidenori Take | |||
| 2022 | Namur | Takeshi Yokoyama | Tomokazu Takano | 1:33.2 | |
| 2023 | Mozu Meimei | Yutaka Take | Hidetaka Otonashi | 1:34.0 | |
| 2024 | Sweep Feet | Yutaka Take | Yasushi Shono | 1:33.1 |