The Oka Sho (桜花賞?) is a Japanese Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at the Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyōgo in April.
It was first run in 1939 and is the Japanese equivalent of the English 1,000 Guineas.
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