Track Notes
Course Summary
Right-handed outer 3000m marathon starting on a gentle uphill before the first pass through Corner 3. Runners cover about one and a half laps and must handle the Yodo Hill climb and descent twice.
Fun Facts
• Hosts the Kikuka Sho, the final leg of the Japanese Triple Crown.
• The Kikuka Sho has been run at Kyoto since 1938, except for editions held at Hanshin in 1979, 2021, and 2022.
• Rice Shower famously defeated Mihono Bourbon here in the 1992 Kikuka Sho.
• Gold Ship's 2012 Kikuka Sho featured his famous downhill “warp.”
• Super Creek and Mayano Top Gun each earned their first G1 victory in the Kikuka Sho.
• The Kikuka Sho has been run at Kyoto since 1938, except for editions held at Hanshin in 1979, 2021, and 2022.
• Rice Shower famously defeated Mihono Bourbon here in the 1992 Kikuka Sho.
• Gold Ship's 2012 Kikuka Sho featured his famous downhill “warp.”
• Super Creek and Mayano Top Gun each earned their first G1 victory in the Kikuka Sho.
