The Course Features

(THU) November 14th, 2024

8:20 p.m. The mile course on Kyoto turf where Mile Championship is held has only one turn. It starts from a spur track and the distance to the third corner including the back stretch is 712 meters, which resultingly becomes the longest straight of all Japanese race courses except for the notorious Niigata 1000m. The only one turn cannot be called a corner of a track in my opinion, as it's a combination of two nearly perpendicular corners with a short straight in between, I'd say.

All in all, it gives me the impression of a "clockwise Tokyo mile". What I'm trying to say here, is that the course features would benefit horses that aren't dexterous enough to win at Chukyo, Kokura, or Sapporo, but do well on Tokyo or Niigata turf.

The entry has been closed in the meantime and 17 horses will be running this year, including a challenger from U.K.

The End

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