Japan Racing Association
The Japan Racing Association is a public company established in Japan under a law to operate Chūō Keiba and to manage racecourses, betting facilities, and horse-training facilities in the country.
It was founded in 1954, according to the Horse Racing Law and the Japan Racing Association Law and is operated under the strict oversight of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Facilities
- Racecourses - All racecourses in Japan have one oval dirt course inside and one or two turf courses outside. Some also have jump courses. Only three are left-handed and the others are right-handed.
- * Tokyo Racecourse
- * Nakayama Racecourse
- * Kyoto Racecourse
- * Hanshin Racecourse
- * Sapporo Racecourse
- * Hakodate Racecourse
- * Fukushima Racecourse
- * Niigata Racecourse
- * Chukyo Racecourse
- * Kokura Racecourse
- Off course betting facilities "WINS", "Light WINS" and "EXCEL".The race course without racing will be an off course betting facilities named "Park WINS".
- * Admission fee is collected at the racecourses where the race is held, but not at "Park WINS" where the race is not held. However, reserved seats are charged.
- * "WINS" and "Light WINS" can be entered by anyone over the age of 20 who can purchase betting tickets, but "Excel" is not admitted until the membership registration is completed.
- * Some "WINS" have an "EXCEL Floor" with reserved seats. This is not a membership system, but an admission fee is required.
- * "Light WINS" is a facility that reduces running costs and initial costs, so the facility is small. There is no display to show the race broadcast or get various information.
- * There is also an off course betting facilities operated by racecourses belonging to the National Association of Racing, but betting tickets for Japan Racing Association may also be sold here.
- Training Centers
- * Miho Training Center
- * Ritto Training Center
- Horseracing School
- Equine Research Institute
- Equestrian Park
- Hidaka Yearling Training Farm
- Miyazaki Yearling Training Farm
- Gate J.
Grade I Races
Two-year-olds
- The Hanshin Juvenile Fillies, Hanshin, Turf 1600m
- The Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes, Hanshin, Turf 1600m
- The Hopeful Stakes, Nakayama, Turf 2000m
Three-year-olds
- The Oka Sho, Hanshin, Turf 1600m
- The Satsuki Shō, Nakayama, Turf 2000m
- The NHK Mile Cup, Tokyo, Turf 1600m
- The Yushun Himba, Tokyo, Turf 2400m
- The Tōkyō Yūshun, Tokyo, Turf 2400m
- The Shūka Sho, Kyoto, Turf 2000m
- The Kikuka-shō, Kyoto, Turf 3000m
Three (or Four) -year-olds and up
Turf 1600m or less
- The Takamatsunomiya Kinen , Chukyo, Turf 1200m
- The Victoria Mile, Tokyo, Turf 1600m
- The Yasuda Kinen, Tokyo, Turf 1600m
- The Sprinters Stakes, Nakayama, Turf 1200m
- The Mile Championship, Kyoto, Turf 1600m
Turf 1800m and over
- The Ōsaka Hai, Hanshin, Turf 2000m
- The Tenno Sho , Kyoto, Turf 3200m
- The Takarazuka Kinen, Hanshin, Turf 2200m
- The Tenno Sho , Tokyo, Turf 2000m
- The Queen Elizabeth II Cup, Kyoto, Turf 2200m
- The Japan Cup, Tokyo, Turf 2400m
- The Arima Kinen, Nakayama, Turf 2500m
Dirt course
- The February Stakes, Tokyo, Dirt 1600m
- The Champions Cup, Chukyo, Dirt 1800m
Steeple-chase (J. GI)
- The Nakayama Grand Jump, Nakayama, Turf 4250m
- The Nakayama Daishogai, Nakayama, Turf 4100m