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The race carries a purse of ¥142.5 million (about US$1.68 million). In Japan, jump racing is generally less popular than flat racing. Racecourses do not hold more than two jump races in a single day. Every Japanese jump horse has experience of running on the flat. Usually, all of them aim for success on the flat.
Month Race Distance Age/Sex; JPN I June: Sakitama Hai: Dirt 1400m: 3yo+ JPN II November: Urawa Kinen: Dirt 2000m: 3yo+ JPN III September: Teletama Hai Oval Sprint
Main grandstand at the Tokyo Racecourse Turf Vision video screen. Tokyo Racecourse (東京競馬場, Tōkyō Keiba-jō) is located in Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan. [1] Built in 1933 for horse racing, it is considered the "racecourse of racecourses" in Japanese horseracing. [1]
The Nikkei Sho (Japanese 日経賞) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds of at least four years of age. It is run over a distance of 2,500 metres at Nakayama Racecourse in March. [1] The Nikkei Sho was first run in 1953 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 1984.
The Radio Nikkei Sho (Japanese ラジオNIKKEI賞) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run in late June or early July over a distance of 1800 metres at Fukushima Racecourse. [1] The race was first run in 1952 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 1984.
The Nakayama Grand Jump (中山グランドジャンプ) is a Japanese horse racing steeplechase, held at Nakayama Racecourse every year in mid-April. It is for thoroughbreds, four years old and older, run at a distance of 4250m (2 5/8 miles + 84 feet).
The 2023 Breeders’ Cup Classic takes place on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 6:40 p.m. ET / 3:40 p.m. ET. Competed across 1¼ miles, this race features male and female horses three-years old and older ...
The Tōkyō Yūshun (東京優駿), also called the Japanese Derby (日本ダービー, Nippon Dābī) is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at the Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchū, Tokyo in late May or early June.