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Some of the most famous fillies have taken out the Shuka Sho run at Hanshin on Sunday.

Almond Eye won three years ago so that says it all. Can we see more quality in the 2021 Shuka Sho (2000m) at Hanshin on Sunday?

2021 SHUKA SHO - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

The Shuka Sho is a Grade 1 race run under Set Weight conditions for three year old fillies at Hanshin racecourse conducted by the Japan Racing Association.

The Shuka Sho is run over 2000m. It was first run in 1996 and was won by Fabulous La Fouine.

The Shuka Sho is the final leg of the Japanese Fillies Triple Crown after Oka Sho and the Yushun Himba.

In 1996 it was established as Domestic Grade 1 race, and in 2009 it was granted International Grade 1 status.

The Shuka Sho was worth JPY216,000,000 in 2021.

Hanshin racecourse is a right handed course with the start in the front straight.

Gentildonna used this as her lead up to her first of two Japan Cups. Almond Eye had the same pattern in 2018.

Shonan Pandora was a Shuka Sho winner and a Japan Cup winner a year on.

Vivlos won a Shuka Sho and the next prep took the Dubai Turf. Deirdre tried the same pattern 12 months on but ran into Benbatl and Vivlos in Dubai.

Daring Tact joined the list of fillies to win the Triple Crown – the others are Mejiro Ramonu (1986), Still in Love (2003), Apapane (2010), Gentildonna (2012) and Almond Eye (2018).

Yataka Take has won it three times. Christophe Lemaire has the last couple.

Trainers have really shared this race around.

Notable winners of the Shuka Sho include Daring Tact (2020), Almond Eye (2018), Deirdre (2017), Vivlos (2016), Shonan Pandora (2014), Meisho Mambo (2013), Gentildonna (2012), Apapane (2010), Daiwa Scarlet (2007), Sweep Tosho (2004) and Still In Love (2003).

The 2020 Shuka Sho was won by Daring Tact from Magic Castle and Soft Fruit.