Autumn
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Daiwa Major wins the 134th Tennō Shō |
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| Location | Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchu, Tokyo |
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| Inaugurated | 1937 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Website | japanracing.jp/ |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2000 meters (About 10 furlongs / 1 ¼ miles) |
| Track | Turf, Left-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o & Up, Thoroughbreds |
| Weight | 3-y-o 56 kg \ 4-y-o & up 58 kg |
| Purse | ¥251,200,000 (as of 2011) |
The Autumn Tenno Sho is held at Tokyo Racecourse, in late October. It is run over a distance of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). It is considered the first leg of the Japanese Autumn Triple Crown (the other two are the Japan Cup and the Arima Kinen).
Originally, the Autumn Tenno Sho was run over a distance of 3,200 metres (10,500 ft), but was shortened to its current distance to promote middle-distance horses and to promote 3-year-old horses as a shorter-distance alternative to the Kikuka Sho, the Japanese St. Leger, which is 3,000 metres (9,800 ft).
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