Nakayama Racecourse
中山競馬場

Nakayama Racecourse Grandstand
Location	Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
Owned by	Japan Racing Association
Date opened	1907
Screened on	TV Tokyo (Sat) Fuji TV (Sun) TVG Network (USA) NHK (both General TV and BS-hi) (selected races)
Course type	Flat, Steeplechase
Notable races	Arima Kinen (Grand Prix) Satsuki Sho Nakayama Grand Jump Sprinters Stakes Hopeful Stakes Nakayama Daishogai
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Nakayama Racecourse (中山競馬場, Nakayama-keibajō) was built in 1990 in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, for horse racing and up to 165,676 spectators.^[1]

Physical attributes

Nakayama Race Course has two grass courses, a dirt course and a jump course.^[2]

The turf's outer oval (外回り, sotomawari) measures 1840m (1 1/8 miles + 97 feet) with 1600m and 2200m chutes, and the inner oval (内回り, uchimawari) measures 1667m (1 mile + 189 feet) with a 1400m chute. Races can be run on the "A Course" rail setting (on the hedge), the "B Course" setting (rail out 3 meters), or the "C Course" setting (rail out 7 meters).

1000m, 1400m, 1800m, 2000m, 2500m and 3600m races run on the inner oval, while 1200m, 1600m, 2200m, 2600m and 4000m races run on the outer oval. 3200m races run on the outer oval first, then the inner oval.

The dirt course measures 1493 meters (7/8 mile + 278 feet), with a 1200m chute.

The jump course is unique because several different configurations can be used. In all races, horses must drop and climb over steep embankments at the rear of the course. One configuration contains the two most difficult jumps on the course, and is used only a few times a year, particularly for the Nakayama Grand Jump and Nakayama Daishogai races.

Nakayama Racecourse in 1989

Notable races

Track records

Source：レコードタイム表 (Record time table) -> 中山競馬場 (Nakayama Racecourse)

• † Reference Time.
• Last updated on September 9, 2023.

References

35°43′32″N 139°57′45″E / 35.72556°N 139.96250°E / 35.72556; 139.96250