Sekiya Kinen

The Sekiya Kinen is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over. It is run in August over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Niigata Racecourse, in Kita-ku, Niigata.
The name "Sekiya" is taken from the district the old Niigata Racecourse was located, prior to being relocated to its current location in 1965.
The Sekiya Kinen was first run in 1966 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race distance was 2000 metres before being reduced to 1800 metres in 1970 and to 1600 metres in 1975. The race was run twice at Fukushima Racecourse, over 1200 metres in 1988 and 1700 metres in 2000.

Weight

54 kg for three-year-old, 57 kg for four-year-old and above.
Allowances:

Penalties :