Sapporo Racecourse

Sapporo Racecourse
札幌競馬場
Sapporo Racecourse Main Gate
LocationChuō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan
Coordinates43°04′40″N 141°19′32″E / 43.07778°N 141.32556°E / 43.07778; 141.32556
Owned byJapan Racing Association
Date opened1907
Race typeThoroughbred - flat racing
Course typeTurf, dirt
Notable racesSapporo Kinen (GII)
Official website

Sapporo Racecourse (札幌競馬場, Sapporo-keibajō) is a racecourse run by the Japan Racing Association located in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Built in 1907, it has a seating capacity of 12,000, and can accommodate 30,000 spectators in total.

Sapporo Racecourse hosts one GII (Grade 2) horse race, the Sapporo Kinen.

Physical attributes

Main turf course

1000m, 1200m, 1500m, 1800m, 2000m, and 2600m races are run on the Main turf course.

Length Straight Width
A-course 1640.9 m A-course 266.1 m A-course 25–27 m
B-course 1650.3 m B-course 267.6 m B-course 23.5-25.5 m
C-course 1659.8 m C-course 269.1 m C-course 22–24 m

Dirt course

1000 m, 1200 m, 1500 m, 1800 m, 2000 m, and 2600 m races are run on the dirt oval.

Length Straight Width
1487.0 m 264.3 m 20 m

Emergency use

It has been designated as a "wide-area evacuation site" by the city of Sapporo and can also be used as an evacuation shelter in the event of a large-scale fire .[1]

Notable races

Month Race Distance Age/sex
Grade II
Aug Sapporo Kinen Turf 2000m 3yo +
Grade III
Jul Queen Stakes Turf 1800m 3yo + f
Aug Keeneland Cup (Sprinters Stakes Trial) Turf 1200m 3yo +
Aug Elm Stakes Dirt 1700m 3yo +
Sep Sapporo Nisai Stakes Turf 1800m 2yo

Access

Track records

Source：レコードタイム表 (Record time table) -> 札幌競馬場 (Sapporo Racecourse)

  • † Reference Time.
  • Last updated on July 23, 2023.

Turf course (2yo)

Distance Time Racehorse Sex Weight Jockey Date Recorded
1000m 56.9 Kaikano Kiseki Filly 54kg Katsuma Sameshima June 12, 2021
1200m 1:07.9 Pomeranc Filly 54kg Yūsuke Fujioka June 19, 2021
1500m 1:29.1 Candy Barows Filly 54kg Christophe Lemaire August 23, 2015
1800m 1:48.2 Sodashi Filly 54kg Hayato Yoshida September 5, 2020
2000m 2:02.1 Miyamazakura Filly 54kg Yūsuke Fujioka August 31, 2019

Turf course (3yo+)

Distance Time Racehorse Sex Weight Jockey Date Recorded
1000m 56.5 Ogi Tiffany Mare 5 54kg Hiroshi Gōhara June 23, 1996
1200m 1:07.4 Schwarz Kaiser Gelding 5 55kg Kenichi Ikezoe July 23, 2023
1500m 1:27.3 Vatreni Gelding 3 54kg Kazuo Yokoyama June 27, 2021
1800m 1:45.7 Quatre Feuilles Mare 5 55kg Yuichi Fukunaga August 3, 2014
2000m 1:58.6 Tascata Sorte Horse 4 57kg Norihiro Yokoyama August 24, 2008
2600m 2:37.6 Pont des Arts Mare 5 54kg Christophe Lemaire August 8, 2020

Dirt course (2yo)

Distance Time Racehorse Sex Weight Jockey Date Recorded
1000m 58.5 Grandson Colt 53kg Yasuhiko Yasuda September 15, 2001
1700m 1:44.9 Sage Minoru Colt 53kg Ryusei Sakai August 12, 2017

Dirt course (3yo+)

Distance Time Racehorse Sex Weight Jockey Date Recorded
1000m 57.5 Million Sempu Horse 6 55kg Masato Shibata June 24, 1990
1700m 1:40.9 London Town Horse 4 57kg Yasunari Iwata August 13, 2017
2400m 2:32.1 Endowment Colt 3 54kg Hayato Yoshida August 24, 2019

References

  1. ^ 札幌市. "避難場所等（中央区）". 札幌市 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-03-17.
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