Niigata Racecourse

Niigata Racecourse
新潟競馬場
	Niigata Racecourse
Location	Kita-ku Niigata, Japan
Owned by	Japan Racing Association
Date opened	1965
Course type	Flat, Steeplechase
Notable races	Ibis Summer Dash; Niigata Daishoten
	Official website

Niigata Racecourse (新潟競馬場, Niigata keibajō) is located in Kita-ku Niigata, Niigata. It is used for horse racing.^[1] It was built in 1965. The capacity of the grandstand is 75,000.

Physical attributes[edit]

Niigata Race Course has a turf course with two distinct ovals, and a dirt course. Jump races are conducted using fences on the turf course.^[2]

The turf's outer oval (外回り, sotomawari) measures 2248m (1+1⁄4 miles + 144 feet), the inner oval (内回り, uchimawari) measures 1648m (1 + 42 feet) and the straight (直線, chokusen) measures 1000m (1/2 miles + 639 feet).

The dirt course measures 1,472 meters (7/8 miles + 207 feet).

Notable races[edit]

Month	Race	Distance	Age/Sex
Grade III
May	Niigata Daishoten (Handicap)	Turf 2000m	4yo+
Jul.	Ibis Summer Dash	Turf 1000m	3yo+
Aug.	Sekiya Kinen	Turf 1600m	3yo+
Aug.	Leopard Stakes	Dirt 1800m	3yo
Aug.	Niigata Kinen (Handicap)	Turf 2000m	3yo+
Sep.	Niigata Nisai Stakes	Turf 1600m	2yo
J-Grade III (Steeplechase)
Aug.	Niigata Jump Stakes	Turf 3250m	3yo+

Track records[edit]

Source：レコードタイム表 (Record time table) -> 新潟競馬場 (Niigata Racecourse)

† Reference Time.
Last updated on August 6, 2023.

Turf course (2yo)[edit]

Distance	Time	Racehorse	Sex	Weight	Jockey	Date Recorded
1000m	55.0	Regina Forte	Filly	54 kg	Takuya Ono	August 28, 2016
1200m	1:08.7	Tagano Rafflesia	Filly	54 kg	Ryuji Wada	July 20, 2002
1400m	1:20.8	Jazz Blues	Colt	54 kg	Yuichi Fukunaga	July 24, 2021
1600m	1:33.3	Purpur Ray	Colt	54 kg	Mirco Demuro	July 25, 2021
1800m	1:46.4	Cantiamo	Filly	55 kg	Yuga Kawada	July 30, 2023
2000m	2:01.3	Danon Dreamer	Colt	54 kg	Mirai Iwata	October 10, 2020

Turf course (3yo+)[edit]

Distance	Time	Racehorse	Sex	Weight	Jockey	Date Recorded
1000m	53.7	Calstone Light O	Horse 4	56 kg	Naohiro Onishi	August 18, 2002
1200m	1:07.5	Gun and Rose	Mare 4	54 kg	Katsuharu Tanaka	August 3, 2002
1400m	1:19.0	Magnaten	Gelding 6	57 kg	Yukio Okabe	July 14, 2002
1600m	1:31.5	Donau Blue	Mare 4	54 kg	Hiroyuki Uchida	August 12, 2012
1800m	1:44.1	Jun Blossom	Colt 3	54 kg	Yuga Kawada	July 31, 2022
2000m	1:58.9	Deadly	Filly 3	54 kg	Yuga Kawada	August 6, 2023
Outer 2000m	1:56.4†	Tsujino Wonder	Horse 5	57 kg	Yoshitomi Shibata	July 14, 2001
2200m	2:10.8	Double Flat	Colt 3	54 kg	Hironobu Tanabe	August 5, 2018
2400m	2:24.4	Ray of Water	Colt 3	54 kg	Yuichi Fukunaga	July 24, 2021

Dirt course (2yo)[edit]

Distance	Time	Racehorse	Sex	Weight	Jockey	Date Recorded
1200m	1:11.0	Scuba	Colt	54 kg	Mirai Iwata	July 31, 2022
1800m	1:53.0	Shonan Mario	Colt	52 kg	Akira Sugawara	October 5, 2019

Dirt course (3yo+)[edit]

Distance	Time	Racehorse	Sex	Weight	Jockey	Date Recorded
1200m	1:09.1	Mallard the Record	Gelding 5	57 kg	Hayato Yoshida	October 19, 2019
1700m	1:46.6	Makarios	Horse 4	57 kg	Daisaku Matsuda	June 11, 2011
1800m	1:49.2	Kenshinko	Colt 3	56 kg	Genki Maruyama	August 9, 2020
2500m	2:38.8	Meme Lantern	Colt 3	54 kg	Tsubasa Wada	October 6, 2019