Tenno Sho (Spring) Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends

2024 Spring Tenno Sho Preview

Taken place at the Kyoto racecourse each May is the Spring Tenno Sho, the first of the Tenno Sho races with another version being run later in the year in Autumn. Open to runners who are aged four or older, the race is run over a distance of 3,200m (2m) and is a Grade 1. Established in 1938, Hase Park won the first-ever race and this can be a quickly run race considering it is run over two miles, Deep Impact when winning the 2006 renewal actually set the world record for the quickest run two-mile race, a record that stood until 2007.

Spring Tenno Sho Information:

• Spring Tenno Sho Past Winners
• Spring Tenno Sho Trainer Statistics
• Spring Tenno Sho Jockey Statistics

How competitive is the Spring Tenno Sho market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 10 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2014 when the race had an over-round of 124%. The race in 2023 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 129%, whilst on average over the last 10 renewals of the Spring Tenno Sho, the over-round has been 127%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £127 which is bet.

Spring Tenno Sho Trends:

• 2024 Spring Tenno Sho Trends
• Spring Tenno Sho Trend Analysis

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 10 if you had followed the winner of the Spring Tenno Sho next time out then you would have backed a total of 1 winner. Backing all 8 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -3.80. Remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

Over the last 10 renewals, it was the Hisashi Shimizu trained Kitasan Black ridden by Yutaka Take who set the fastest winning time in the Spring Tenno Sho, the runner won the race in a time of 3:12.50 was set when winning the race in 2017. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Takahisa Tezuka and jockey Christophe-Patrice Lemaire with Fierement who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 3:16.50 in the 2020 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Spring Tenno Sho over the last 10 renewals:

• 2017 - Kitasan Black (3:12.50)
• 2021 - World Premiere (3:14.70)
• 2015 - Gold Ship (3:14.70)

Spring Tenno Sho Past Winners

Here are the Spring Tenno Sho past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. Also detailed is the stall where the horse came from and also the total number of runners in the race. The trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Spring Tenno Sho as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Spring Tenno Sho have been based:

• JPN: 10 winners with an additional 20 placings from 165 runners
• GB: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

Spring Tenno Sho Trainer Statistics

There are two leading trainers in the Spring Tenno Sho over the last 10 renewals with both Takahisa Tezuka and Hisashi Shimizu who have both won the race two times. Takahisa Tezuka winners have been with Fierement (2019 & 2020). Hisashi Shimizu winners have been with Kitasan Black (2016 & 2017). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Spring Tenno Sho, Yasutoshi Ikee has sent a total of 12 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Spring Tenno Sho trainer statistics over the last 10 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

Spring Tenno Sho Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Spring Tenno Sho over the last 10 renewals is Christophe-Patrice Lemaire who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Fierement (2019 & 2020) and Justin Palace (2023). The only other jockey to have recorded multiple wins in the Spring Tenno Sho is Yutaka Take (2 wins).

Here are some of the top Spring Tenno Sho jockey statistics over the last 10 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

2024 Spring Tenno Sho Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 4, 7, 12, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, PU

The percentage shown is the percentage of the total number of runners who fell under that factor. High percentages are less appealing than lower ones as you would expect them to do well. The trend information is based on the available information on the racing post in terms of previous runs etc.

• 10 / 10 (15%) - Furthest Won 1m7f - 2mf
• 10 / 10 (25%) - Within the first 4 of market
• 10 / 10 (27%) - No bigger than 21/2
• 10 / 10 (29%) - Achieved an RPR of 115+ (LTO)
• 10 / 10 (35%) - Highest Placed is G1
• 10 / 10 (35%) - Had 1 - 8 placings (Class)
• 10 / 10 (46%) - Not in a G3/LST/Cl2 (Last Win)
• 10 / 10 (50%) - Carried 123 - 128lbs (Last Win)
• 10 / 10 (52%) - Had 4 - 15 placings (Career)
• 10 / 10 (54%) - Ran in a Non-Handicap (Last Win)
• 10 / 10 (58%) - Ran over 1m1f - 1m2f (Debut)
• 10 / 10 (59%) - In a field of 9 - 15 (Debut)
• 10 / 10 (63%) - No bigger than 87/5 (LTO)
• 10 / 10 (72%) - Beaten no more -4l (Debut)
• 10 / 10 (77%) - No older than a 6yo

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Spring Tenno Sho Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 5+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +16.20 is when runners ran in a Class 1 (G1) when last winning. The worst performing factor which has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 0 career places in the class, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-108.

Here are the most recent winning draws along with the further placings in brackets:

• 2023: Winner in 1 (7,16) [17 Runners]
• 2022: Winner in 16 (18,7) [18 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 1 (12,3) [17 Runners]
• 2020: Winner in 14 (6,5) [14 Runners]
• 2019: Winner in 10 (7,8) [13 Runners]

The courses which have produced the most winners of the Spring Tenno Sho are Hanshin and Nakayama, there has been a total number of 5 winners from each of those courses.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 10 winners from a total of 155 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 11 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Spring Tenno Sho:

• Deep Impact (4 Wins)
• Stay Gold (3 Wins)
• Black Tide (2 Wins)

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Spring Tenno Sho despite multiple attempts:

• Hearts Cry (0 Wins from 22 runners)
• King Kamehameha (0 Wins from 16 runners)
• Orfevre (0 Wins from 12 runners)
• Admire Don (0 Wins from 6 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 10 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Fenomeno in 2014, winning for Hirofumi Toda at odds of 105/10 under the guidance of Masayoshi Ebina. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 10 renewals there has been a total of 3 winning favourites in the race. All figures and trends above, such as the horse's previous runs are based on the information that is available on the racing post.

Other Principal races at Kyoto Racecourse

Here are some other notable races at the Kyoto racecourse throughout the racing season that you may be interested in.

Races in November

• Mile Championship
• Queen Elizabeth II Cup