Track Layout

Tokyo Dirt 1600

Course notes and real-life context will be added here.

Venue Tokyo Surface Dirt Distance 1600m Direction Left

Track Notes

Course Summary

Premier left-handed dirt mile with a turf-start segment and a massive 640m opening straight before the turn. The huge Tokyo dirt homestretch favors strong late runners, but the uphill finish requires serious Power.

Fun Facts

• Starts on turf before transitioning onto dirt, rewarding hybrid aptitude.
• El Condor Pasa made her real-life debut over Tokyo 1600m dirt.
• Late-race spurt begins in Corner 4, making corner acceleration important before the stretch.
• In February 2025, Australian jockey Rachel King made history by becoming the first female rider to win a flat Grade 1 race in Japan.
• In 2016, the Cattleya Stakes began to be included as part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series.

Track Record

1:33.3 Kurofune Musashino Stakes · 2001

Oshi Cup Record

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Record Holder

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100% Survival/Spurt Stamina Statline (Does not factor recoveries) By track condition

Firm 690

Good 695

Soft 715

Heavy 740

Map and data contents credited to GameTora and members of Raecord.

Course Phase Data Positioning and spurt timing

Threshold Stat

The stat checked for this course layout, when applicable.

Speed/Stamina

Position Keep End

Approximate point where early positioning behavior ends.

667m

Spurt Start

Approximate start point for the final spurt calculation.

1,067m

Spurt Details

Course feature active around the spurt zone.

Final Corner

Last Spurt Start

Approximate start of the last spurt section.

1,333m

Final Corner / Straight

Whether final corner acceleration carries into the final straight.

After

Carryover Potential Inherited skill notes

Taiki Shuttle: early

Recommended Skills 11 skills

DDPP Good

Shrewd Step Good

Angling and Scheming Good

Victoria por plancha Situational · Late

Late activation on this track.

Budding Blossom Good

Let's Pump Some Iron Good

Louder! Tracen Cheer! Situational · Late

Late activation on this track.

Straightaway Spurt Situational · Late

Late activation on this track.

Give Mummy a Hug Situational · Late

Late activation on this track.

Final Push Situational · Situational

Gambling option on this track.

Highlander Situational · Situational

Gambling option on this track.

Real Races

Races on Tokyo Dirt 1600

9 races

Platanus Sho Cattleya Sho Hyacinth Stakes Seiryu Stakes Akhalteke Stakes Unicorn Stakes Musashino Stakes February Stakes Oasis Stakes

February Stakes

G1 Mile Mid February

Race Record 1:33.8 Cafe Pharoah · 2022

A Grade 1 dirt mile race for older horses, run over 1600 meters at Tokyo Racecourse.

Historical winner data is included as a lightweight reference for the real race connected to this track. The race was formerly run as the February Handicap before becoming the February Stakes.

Historical Winners

Year	Winner	Time
2026	Costa Nova	1:35.4
2025	Costa Nova	1:35.5
2024	Peptide Nile	1:35.7
2023	Lemon Pop	1:35.6
2022	Cafe Pharoah	1:33.8
2021	Cafe Pharoah	1:34.4
2020	Mozu Ascot	1:35.2
2019	Inti	1:35.6
2018	Nonkono Yume	1:36.0
2017	Gold Dream	1:35.1
2016	Moanin	1:34.0
2015	Copano Rickey Copano Rickey	1:36.3
2014	Copano Rickey Copano Rickey	1:36.0
2013	Grape Brandy	1:35.1
2012	Testa Matta	1:35.4
2011	Transcend	1:36.4
2010	Espoir City	1:34.9
2009	Success Brocken	1:34.6
2008	Vermilion	1:35.3
2007	Sunrise Bacchus	1:34.8
2006	Kane Hekili	1:34.9
2005	Meisho Bowler	1:34.7
2004	Admire Don	1:36.8
2003	Gold Allure	1:50.9
2002	Agnes Digital Agnes Digital	1:35.1
2001	Nobo True	1:35.6
2000	Wing Arrow	1:35.6
1999	Meisei Opera	1:36.5
1998	Gourmet Frontier	1:37.5
1997	? Shinko Windy No image Shinko Windy	1:36.0
1996	Hokuto Vega	1:36.5
1995	Lively Mount	1:36.4
1994	Cheers Atom	1:37.8
1993	Meisho Homura	1:35.7
1992	Russian Gold	1:35.4
1991	Narita Hayabusa	1:34.9
1990	Carib Song	1:36.7
1989	Velvet Glove	1:37.2
1988	Roman Prince	1:37.7
1987	Rikisan Power	1:36.5
1986	Hatsuno Amoy	1:36.7
1985	Andre Amon	1:36.9
1984	Robaria Amon	1:40.1