Yayoi Sho

Yayoi Sho
弥生賞

Grade 2 race
2023 Yayoi Sho winner Tastiera
Location	Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba.
Inaugurated	1964
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2000 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o
Weight	56kg, Fillies allowed 2kg.
Purse	¥ 117,540,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 54,000,000 2nd: ¥ 22,000,000 3rd: ¥ 14,000,000

The Yayoi Sho (Deep Impact Kinen) (弥生賞ディープインパクト記念, Yayoi-shō (Deep Impact Kinen)) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in March and serves as a major trial race for the Satsuki Sho.^[1] Yayoi means "March" in ancient Japanese calendar.

It was first run in 1964 as the Yayoi Sho (弥生賞, （Yayoi-shō）) . The race was run at Tokyo Racecourse in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 and 1988. Among the winners of the race have been Mr C B, Symboli Rudolf, Special Week, Agnes Tachyon, Deep Impact, Admire Moon and Victoire Pisa.

In October 2019, JRA decided to change the name to Yayoi Sho (Deep Impact Kinen) in memory of the late Deep Impact.^[2].