Track Notes
Course Summary
Right-handed inner-loop sprint with a 315m opening straight and Kyoto’s famous Yodo Hill through Corner 3. The short 328m final straight rewards runners that keep momentum through the climb, descent, and tight final bend.
Fun Facts
• Hosts the Silk Road Stakes, a late-January sprint G3.
• The Yodo Hill climb and descent can create major mid-race momentum shifts.
• Downhill and slope-resistance skills are thematically useful here.
• Aston Machan is strongly associated with this kind of Kyoto sprint profile.