Japan Racing Association

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 (Spring), Kyoto, Turf 3200m
• The Takarazuka Kinen, Hanshin, Turf 2200m
• The Tenno Sho (Autumn), 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