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1stUrban Chic3yo by Suave Richard × Edgy Style¥200,000,000
2ndRedentorby Rulership × Corcovado¥80,000,000
3rdAdmire Terraby Rey de Oro × Admire Miyabi¥50,000,000
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Urban Chic
Purse¥380,000,000
To the winner¥200,000,000
Distance3000 metres
Winning time3m 04.1s
SurfaceTurf
Conditions3-year-old colts and fillies
Runners18

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Result

18 runners · prize money to 5th place
PosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
1stUrban Chicby Suave Richard × Edgy StyleChristophe LemaireR Takei¥200,000,000
2ndRedentorby Rulership × CorcovadoKeita TosakiTetsuya Kimura2.1/2¥80,000,000
3rdAdmire Terraby Rey de Oro × Admire MiyabiYutaka TakeYasuo TomomichiNose¥50,000,000
4thShonan la Puntaby Kizuna × Furia AztecaKatsuma SameshimaTomokazu TakanoNeck¥30,000,000
5thByzantine Dreamby Epiphaneia × Japoni CharaAndrasch StarkeT SakaguchiNeck¥20,000,000
6thDanon Decileby Epiphaneia × Top DecileN YokoyamaShogo Yasuda1.1/2
7thSchwarze Kugelby Kizuna × SoberaniaKohei MatsuyamaYuichi Shikato7
8thHayatenofukunosukeby Win Variation × Sakura InspireMirai IwataN Nakamura1.1/2
9thEcoro Walzby Black Tide × Petit PrincesseY IwataM MakiuraNose
10thAllegro Brillanteby Deep Brillante × CentenaryKazuo YokoyamaYuki Uehara5
11thWest Nowby Kizuna × FavolaAtsuya NishimuraS Sasaki3/4
12thMr G Tby Duramente × ListenRyusei SakaiYoshito Yahagi1/2
13thMelioremby Cheval Grand × MelioraY FujiokaYasuo Tomomichi4
14thCosmo Kurandaby Al Ain × Southern SpeedM DemuroS Kato2.1/2
15thPeace One Ducby Greater London × Peace One OleY ShibataMasahiro Otake4
16thMeisho Tabaruby Gold Ship × Meisho TsubakuroS HamanakaMamoru Ishibashi1.1/4
17thAsk Come On Moreby Bricks and Mortar × Maximum de ParisYuichi KitamuraHideaki Fujiwara3
18thNoble Skyby Neo Universe × Hosho WorldKenichi IkezoeDaisuke Takayanagi10L +

Pedigree of the winner

As of race day 20.10.24
Urban Chic
Edgy StyleDamby Harbinger
DamEdgy Style

Urban Chic is the only winner among the two runners of Edgy Style (Harbinger), who won three races. She is a half-sister to the dam of Stellenbosch (Epiphaneia), winner of the Gr.1 Oka Sho and multiple Group 1-placed.

Second damLand's Edge

Second dam Land's Edge (Dance in the Dark) was placed on three occasions and is the dam of six further winners. They include the Group 2-placed Valcos (Novellist), the Group 3-placed Roca (Harbinger), dam of Regaleria, winner of the Gr.1 Hopeful S., and of the Group 3-placed Douradores, and the three-time winner Bloukrans (Rulership), dam of Stellenbosch. Land's Edge is a half-sister to Deep Impact, to Veil Of Avalon (Thunder Gulch), a Grade 2 winner in the US, to the stakes winners New Beginning (Agnes Tachyon) and Black Tide, and to the dam of Jeremy, winner of the Gr.2 Sandown Mile S., Group 1-placed and a sire.

Third damWind in Her Hair

Third dam is the Group 1 winner and Japanese blue hen Wind in Her Hair (Alzao), who won the Gr.1 Aral-Pokal and was second in the Gr.1 Oaks. She is the dam of Deep Impact (Sunday Silence), the Japanese Triple Crown winner, a multiple Group 1 winner, twice Horse of the Year in Japan and a multiple champion sire, and of his full brother Black Tide, a stakes winner and group-placed in Japan and the sire of Kitasan Black.

Wider family

Further sire lines have come from Wind in Her Hair's daughters and granddaughters, notably that of Rey de Oro.

Next generation

Edgy Style was sent to Australia in 2022, was not covered that year and has a 2023 colt by Castelvecchio.

Connections

All winners since 2020

YearWinnerTrainer / JockeyOwner / BreederVideo
2023DurezzaDuramente × More Than SacredT OzekiChristophe LemaireU.Carrot FarmNorthern Farm
2022Ask Victor MoreDeep Impact × KarticaY TamuraH TanabeHirosaki Toshihiro HD Co. Ltd.Shadai Farm
2021TitleholderDuramente × MowenToru KuritaTakeshi YokoyamaHiroshi YamadaOkada Stud
2020ContrailDeep Impact × RhodochrositeYoshito YahagiYuichi FukunagaShinji MaedaNorth Hills Co . Ltd.

History since 1938

Kikuka Sho
85Editions since 1938
0Multiple winners
3:01.00Fastest winning timeToho Jackal · 2014

Record holders

Most wins since 1938
1Yutaka TakeJockey · 1988, 1996, 2000, 2005, 20195 wins
2Deep ImpactSire · 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 20225 wins
3TournesolDamsire · 1940, 1956, 19603 wins
4Sunday SilenceDamsire · 2006, 2007, 20103 wins
All 85 winners since 1938
YearWinnerTrainer / JockeyOwner / BreederOdds
2024Urban Chic
Suave Richard
Ryo Takei
Christophe Lemaire
Silk Racing
Northern Farm
4.00
2023Durezza
Duramente
Tomohito Ozeki
Christophe Lemaire
Carrot Farm
Northern Farm
7.00
2022Ask Victor More
Deep Impact
Yasuhito Tamura
Hironobu Tanabe
Hirosaki Toshihiro HD
Shadai Farm
4.00
2021Titleholder
Duramente
Toru Kurita
Takeshi Yokoyama
Hiroshi Yamada
Okada Stud
8.00
2020Contrail
Deep Impact
Yoshito Yahagi
Yuichi Fukunaga
Shinji Maeda
North Hills
1.00
2019World Premiere
Deep Impact
Yasuo Tomomichi
Yutaka Take
Ryoichi Otsuka
Northern Farm
6.50
2018Fierement
Deep Impact
Takahisa Tezuka
Christophe Lemaire
Sunday Racing
Northern Farm
14.50
2017Kiseki
Rulership
Katsuhiko Sumii
Mirco Demuro
Tatsue Ishikawa
Shimokobe Farm
4.50
2016Satono Diamond
Deep Impact
Yasutoshi Ikee
Christophe Lemaire
Hajime Satomi
Northern Farm
2.00
2015Kitasan Black
Black Tide
Hisashi Shimizu
Hiroshi Kitamura
Ōno Shoji
Yanagawa Bokujo
13.40
2014Toho Jackal
Special Week
Kiyoshi Tani
Manabu Sakai
Toho Bussan Co., Ltd.
Koji Takeshima
7.00
2013Epiphaneia
Symboli Kris S
Katsuhiko Sumii
Yuichi Fukunaga
Carrot Farm
Northern Farm
1.60
2012Gold Ship
Stay Gold
Naosuke Sugai
Hiroyuki Uchida
Eiichi Kobayshi
Deguchi Bokujo
1.40
2011Orfevre
Stay Gold
Yasutoshi Ikee
Kenichi Ikezoe
Sunday Racing
Shiraoi Farm, Shadai Corporation
1.40
2010Big Week
Bago
Hiroyuki Nagahama
Yuga Kawada
Yuzo Tanimizu
Country Bokujo
23.20
2009Three Rolls
Dance in the Dark
Kohei Take
Suguru Hamanaka
Nagai Shoji Co., Ltd.
Take Bokujo
19.20
2008Oken Bruce Lee
Jungle Pocket
Hidetaka Otonashi
Hiroyuki Uchida
Akira Fukui
Northern Farm
4.00
2007Asakusa Kings
White Muzzle
Ryuji Okubo
Hirofumi Shii
Keiko Tahara
Shadai Farm
8.40
2006Song of Wind
El Condor Pasa
Hidekazu Asami
Koshiro Take
Shadai Racehorse
Oiwake Farm
44.20
2005Deep Impact
Sunday Silence
Yasuo Ikee
Yutaka Take
Kaneko Makoto Holdings
Northern Farm
1.00
2004Delta Blues
Dance in the Dark
Katsuhiko Sumii
Yasunari Iwata
Sunday Racing
Northern Farm
45.00
2003That's the Plenty
Dance in the Dark
Kojiro Hashiguchi
Katsumi Andō
Shadai Racehorse
Shadai Farm
20.20
2002Hishi Miracle
Soccer Boy
Masaru Sayama
Koichi Tsunoda
Masaichiro Abe
Oscar Stud
36.60
2001Manhattan Cafe
Sunday Silence
Futoshi Kojima
Masayoshi Ebina
Kiyoshi Nishikawa
Shadai Farm
17.00
2000Air Shakur
Sunday Silence
Hideyuki Mori
Yutaka Take
Lucky Field Co., Ltd.
Shadai Farm
2.80
1999Narita Top Road
Soccer Boy
Yoshio Oki
Kunihiko Watanabe
Hidenori Yamaji
Sasaki Bokujo
4.00
1998Seiun Sky
Sheriff's Star
Kazutaka Yasuda
Norihiro Yokoyama
Masayuki Nishiyama
Nishiyama Stud
4.00
1997Matikanefukukitaru
Crystal Glitters
Hisao Nibun
Katsumi Minai
Masuo Hosokawa
Shinsei Bokujo
5.00
1996Dance in the Dark
Sunday Silence
Kojiro Hashiguchi
Yutaka Take
Shadai Racehorse
Shadai Farm
2.60
1995Mayano Top Gun
Brian's Time
Masahiro Sakaguchi
Seiki Tabara
Yu Tadokoro
Etsuo Kawakami
6.50
1994Narita Brian
Brian's Time
Masaaki Okubo
Katsumi Minai
Hidenori Yamaji
Hayata Farms
2.00
1993Biwa Hayahide
Sharrood
Mitsumasa Hamada
Yukio Okabe
Biwa Co., Ltd.
Hayata Farms
2.40
1992Rice Shower
Real Shadai
Yoshiji Iizuka
Hitoshi Matoba
Hideo Kuribayashi
Utopia Bokujo
7.00
1991Leo Durban
Maruzensky
Shinji Okuhira
Yukio Okabe
Ryuu Tanaka
Hayata Farms
5.60
1990Mejiro McQueen
Mejiro Titan
Yasuo Ikee
Koichi Uchida
Mejiro Shoji
Katashi Yoshida
7.80
1989Bamboo Begin
Bamboo Atlas
Tadashi Fuse
Katsumi Minai
Tatsuichi Takeda
Bamboo Stud
3.80
1988Super Creek
No Attention
Shuji Ito
Yutaka Take
Makoto Kikura
Kashiwadai Farm
8.50
1987Sakura Star O
Sakura Shori
Yuji Hirai
Shinji Azuma
Sakura Commerce Co., Ltd.
Fujiwara Breeding Stud
15.00
1986Mejiro Durren
Fidion
Yasuo Ikee
Yoshiyuki Muramoto
Mejiro Shoji
Katashi Yoshida
11.00
1985Miho Shinzan
Shinzan
Tomojiro Tanaka
Masato Shibata
Kanji Tsutsumi
Nisshin Farm
2.00
1984Symboli Rudolf
Partholon
Yuji Nohira
Yukio Okabe
Symboli Bokujo
Symboli Stud
2.00
1983Mr. C.B.
Tosho Boy
Yasuhisa Matsuyama
Masato Yoshinaga
Chigira Bokujo
Chigira Bokujo
2.80
1982Horisky
Maruzensky
—
Yasuo Sugawara
Sannosuke Horikawa
Nabekake Bokujo Co.,Ltd
26.00
1981Minagawa Manna
Shinzan
Yoshio Nakazumi
Yasuo Sugawara
—
Tanikawa Stud
56.00
1980North Gust
Aranas
Hisao Nibun
Yoshiyasu Tajima
Tadao Suzuki
Chuichi Sakato
14.00
1979Hashi Hermit
Tudor Period
Shigeharu Naito
Hiroshi Kawachi
—
Toshio Sakakibara
17.00
1978Inter Gushiken
Tesco Boy
—
Kunihiko Take
Masao Matsuoka
Hideji Takamura
13.80
1977Press Toko
Gustav
—
Hiroyuki Gohara
Kihachiro Watanabe
Mrs Ume Mori
7.20
1976Green Grass
Intermezzo
Takao Nakano
Tomio Yasuda
—
Suwa Bokujo
71.00
1975Kokusai Prince
Fidalgo
Toshio Hieda
Hiroyuki Nakajima
—
Shozo Fujiwara
13.00
1974Kitano Kachidoki
Tesco Boy
Masatoshi Hattori
Kunihiko Take
—
Setsuya Sasaki
1.60
1973Take Hope
Indiana
Yukio Inaba
Kunihiko Take
—
Tanikawa Stud
12.00
1972Ishino Hikaru
Marot
—
Sueo Masuzawa
—
Araki Bokujo
13.00
1971Nihon Pillow Moutiers
Moutiers
Masatoshi Hattori
Yoichi Fukunaga
—
Tsuji Bokujo
5.00
1970Date Tenryu
Wildeal
—
Akihiko Uda
—
Date Bokujo
6.20
1969Akane Tenryu
China Rock
Teruo Hashimoto
Toshihide Marume
Eiichi Sekino
Oscar Stud
6.00
1968Asaka O
Hindostan
Hiroshi Nakamura
Takemi Kaga
—
Kichibei Nakamura
6.00
1967Knit Eight
Guersant
Tamao Yagura
Takeo Ito
—
Iihara Nojo
32.50
1966Nasuno Kotobuki
Montaval
—
Hiroaki Moriyasu
—
Nasuno Bokujo
4.40
1965Dai Koter
Hindostan
Takeshi Ueda
Masaru Kurita
Seijiro Ueda
Kamada Bokujo
2.50
1964Shinzan
Hindostan
Bungo Takeda
Masaru Kurita
—
Yoshimatsu Matsuhashi
3.20
1963Great Yoruka
Hikaru Meiji
Tokichi Ogata
Takayoshi Yasuda
Akira Ono
Morita Bokujo
27.00
1962Hirokimi
Tosa Midori
Toshio Nihonyanagi
Santa Takamatsu
Yasutane Soma
Tsuji Bokujo
35.80
1961Azuma Tenran
The Phoenix
Toshio Nihonyanagi
—
—
Azuma Horse Farm Co.,Ltd.
6.50
1960Kitano Oza
Tosa Midori
Kinzo Kubota
Takeo Ito
Kiyoshi Tanaka
17.50
1959Haku Kurama
Rising Light
Tokichi Ogata
Takayoshi Yasuda
Hiroshi Nishi
2.80
1958Koma Hikari
Shimataka
Teruo Hashimoto
Kuniichi Asami
Ippei Suzuki
31.00
1957Rhapsody
Frankly
Kizo Konishi
Yoshio Yagura
—
12.00
1956Kitano O
Tosa Midori
Kinzo Kubota
Takeo Katsuo
—
3.00
1955Meiji Hikari
Kumohata
Tomiyoshi Fujimoto
Takegoro Ebina
—
2.20
1954Dainana Hoshu
Cyma
Takeshi Ueda
Michio Ueda
Seijiro Ueda
3.00
1953Hakuryo
Primero
Tokichi Ogata
Takayoshi Yasuda
Hiroshi Nishi
4.50
1952Saint O
Saint Lite
—
—
—
1.80
1951Track O
Raymond
Kinzo Kubota
Minoru Kobayashi
Masaichi Iwamoto
15.80
1950High Record
Theft
Bungo Takeda
Kuniichi Asami
—
12.00
1949Tosa Midori
Primero
—
—
—
1948Newford
Kumohata
—
—
—
1947Browny
Tokino Chikara
—
—
—
1946Azumarai
Primero
—
—
—
1943Kurifuji
Tournesol
T Ogata
C Maeda
—
1942Hayatake
Theft
K Iwai
I Sato
—
1941St Lite
Diolite
Kazuichiro Tanaka
K Konishi
—
1940Tetsuzakura
Diolite
K Ito
K Ito
—
1939Marutake
Hakuryu
S Shimizu
S Shimizu
—
1938Tetsumon
Shining Spear
T Ogata
S Ito
—

Source: G1Stars meeting database – winners, connections, times and starting prices as recorded. Group 1 grading began in 1971.

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