Track Notes
Course Summary
Left-handed sprint course and major G1 sprint venue. Chukyo’s wide layout gives this race more breathing room than many local sprint tracks, but the steep 2m uphill finish makes Power and Guts important even at 1200m.
Fun Facts
• Hosts the Takamatsunomiya Kinen, one of Japan's premier sprint G1 races.
• King Halo won his career-defining first and only G1 here in the 2000 Takamatsunomiya Kinen.
• The CBC Sho was first run over its current 1200m distance in 1965. With the introduction of the grading system, the race was rated Grade 3 in 1984, elevated to Grade 2 in 1990, then downgraded back to Grade 3 in 2006.
• King Halo won his career-defining first and only G1 here in the 2000 Takamatsunomiya Kinen.
• The CBC Sho was first run over its current 1200m distance in 1965. With the introduction of the grading system, the race was rated Grade 3 in 1984, elevated to Grade 2 in 1990, then downgraded back to Grade 3 in 2006.
