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The Kikuka-shō (菊花賞 pronounced Kikka-shō) is a Japanese Grade 1 (Jpn I) flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 3000 metres (approximately 1 7/8 miles) at the Kyoto Racecourse Fushimi-ku Kyoto Kyoto Prefecture in October.It was first run in 1938 and is the Japanese equivalent of the English St. Leger Stakes.