is located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto

Fushimi-ku, Kyoto

is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Famous places in Fushimi include the Fushimi Inari Shrine, with thousands of torii lining the paths up and down a mountain; Fushimi Castle, originally built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, with its rebuilt towers and gold-lined...

, Kyoto Prefecture

Kyoto Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Kyoto.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Kyoto prefecture was known as Yamashiro....

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It is used for horse racing

Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...

. 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 measures 1894m (1 1/8 miles + 274 feet), and the 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.

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Notable races

Month	Race	Distance	Age/Sex
Grade I
Apr/May	Tenno Sho (Spring)	Turf 3200m	4yo +
Oct	Shuka Sho Shūka Sho The is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture in October....	Turf 2000m	3yo f
Oct	Kikuka Sho Kikuka Sho The is a Japanese Domestic Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 3,000 metres at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture in October....  (Japanese St. Leger St. Leger Stakes The St. Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of 1 mile, 6 furlongs and 132 yards , and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.Established in 1776, the St. Leger... )	Turf 3000m	3yo c&f
Nov	Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup The Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup is an International Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old and above thoroughbred fillies and mares run over a distance of 2,200 metres on the turf at Kyoto Racecourse in November.The race was first run in 1976 over a distance of 2,400 metres...	Turf 2200m	3yo + f
Nov	Mile Championship Mile Championship The Mile Championship is an International Grade I flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,600 metres on the turf at Kyoto Racecourse in November...	Turf 1600m	3yo +
Grade II
Jan	Nikkei Shinshun Hai (Handicap)	Turf 2400m	4yo +
Feb	Kyoto Kinen Kyōto Kinen The is a Grade II race in Japan that is open to international horses. It is held mid February at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto, Japan.The race was first run in 1942. It was not run from 1944 to 1947 due to World War II...	Turf 2200m	4yo +
May	Kyoto Shimbun Hai	Turf 2200m	3yo
Oct	Kyoto Daishoten	Turf 2400m	3yo +
Oct	Daily Hai Nisai Stakes	Turf 1600m	2yo
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 NHK NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....  Sho)	Turf 1800m	3yo
Apr	Antares Stakes	Dirt 1800m	4yo +
Nov	Miyako Stakes	Dirt 1800m	3yo +
Nov	Fantasy Stakes	Turf 1400m	2yo f
Nov	Keihan Hai	Turf 1200m	3yo +
J-Grade II (Steeplechase)
Nov	Kyoto High-Jump	Turf 3930m	3yo +
J-Grade III (Steeplechase)
May	Kyoto Jump Stakes (Handicap)	Turf 3170m	4yo +