Kyoto Racecourse

Kyoto Racecourse
京都競馬場

Kyoto Racecourse
Location	Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Coordinates	34°54′25.35″N 135°43′28.65″E
Owned by	Japan Racing Association
Date opened	December 1, 1925
Screened on	KBS Kyoto Kansai TV (Sun) TVG Network (USA)
Course type	Flat, Steeplechase
Notable races	Kikuka Sho Tenno Sho (Spring) Shuka Sho Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup Mile Championship
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Kyoto Racecourse (京都競馬場, Kyōto-keibajō) is located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It has a capacity of 120,000. It was built in 1999. It has 28,000 seats.

Physical attributes

Kyoto Race Course has two turf courses, a dirt course, and a jump course.

The turf's outer oval (外回り, sotomawari) measures 1894m (1 1/8 miles + 274 feet), and the inner oval (内回り, uchimawari) measures 1783m (1 1/16 miles + 240 feet). A chute permits races to be run on either oval at distances between 1400m and 1800m. Races can be run on the "A Course" rail setting (on the hedge), the "B Course" setting (rail out 4 meters), the "C Course" setting (rail out 7 meters) or the "D Course" setting (rail out 10 meters).

The dirt course measures 1608 meters (4 feet less than 1 mile), with a 1400m chute.

Source: JAIR, Kyoto Racecourse, http://www.japanracing.jp/course/j03.html, retrieved 2007-02-26 

Notable races

Month	Race	Distance	Age/Sex
Grade I
Apr./May.	Tenno Sho (Spring)	Turf 3200m	4yo +
Oct.	Shuka Sho	Turf 2000m	3yo f
Oct.	Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger)	Turf 3000m	3yo c&f
Nov.	Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup	Turf 2200m	3yo + f
Nov.	Mile Championship	Turf 1600m	3yo +
Grade II
Jan.	Nikkei Shinshun Hai (Handicap)	Turf 2400m	4yo +
Feb.	Kyoto Kinen	Turf 2200m	4yo +
Apr.	Milers Cup	Turf 1600m	4yo +
May	Kyoto Shimbun Hai	Turf 2200m	3yo
May	Takai Stakes	Dirt 1900m	4yo +
Oct.	Daily Hai Nisai Stakes	Turf 1600m	2yo
Oct.	Kyoto Daishoten	Turf 2400m	3yo +
Oct.	Swan Stakes	Turf 1400m	3yo +
Grade III
Jan.	Kyoto Kimpai (Handicap)	Turf 1600m	4yo +
Jan.	Shinzan Kinen	Turf 1600m	3yo
Jan.	Heian Stakes	Dirt 1800m	4yo +
Jan./Feb.	Kyoto Himba Stakes	Turf 1600m	4yo + f
Jan/Feb.	Silk Road Stakes (Handicap)	Turf 1200m	4yo +
Feb.	Kisaragi Sho (NHK Sho)	Turf 1800m	3yo
Nov.	Miyako Stakes	Dirt 1800m	3yo +
Nov.	Fantasy Stakes	Turf 1400m	2yo f
Nov.	Keihan Hai	Turf 1200m	3yo +
J-Grade II (Steeplechase)
May	Kyoto High-Jump	Turf 3930m	3yo +
J-Grade III (Steeplechase)
Nov	Kyoto Jump Stakes	Turf 3170m	4yo +

See also

• Yodo Station - Keihan Electric Railway Keihan Main Line