Track Notes
Course Summary
Right-handed inner-loop course with only about 175m before Corner 1. Early traffic can get tight fast, and the race demands controlled pacing through four turns before the steep uphill finish.
Fun Facts
• Cesario earned her first graded win here in the Flower Cup.
• Mihono Bourbon won the Asahi Hai, Spring Stakes, and Satsuki Sho here during his nearly undefeated run, showing dominance on the Nakayama stage.
• Silence Suzuka took on a stacked lineup here in the 1998 Nakayama Kinen and won by a 3/4 length margin against Stay Gold and Air Groove, who finished together by a neck. Mejiro Dober and Mejiro Bright did not fare as well, taking 5th and 11th respectively.
• Duramente returned after a nine-month injury hiatus following the Japanese Derby to win the G2 Nakayama Kinen by a neck, an achievement reminiscent of Tokai Teio's miraculous comeback.
• Mihono Bourbon won the Asahi Hai, Spring Stakes, and Satsuki Sho here during his nearly undefeated run, showing dominance on the Nakayama stage.
• Silence Suzuka took on a stacked lineup here in the 1998 Nakayama Kinen and won by a 3/4 length margin against Stay Gold and Air Groove, who finished together by a neck. Mejiro Dober and Mejiro Bright did not fare as well, taking 5th and 11th respectively.
• Duramente returned after a nine-month injury hiatus following the Japanese Derby to win the G2 Nakayama Kinen by a neck, an achievement reminiscent of Tokai Teio's miraculous comeback.
