Track Notes
Course Summary
Right-handed medium-distance dirt course and one of Japan’s premier sand tests. The 500m opening straight gives the field time to settle, while broad turns and Ooi’s huge flat homestretch create a pure sustained-speed finish.
Fun Facts
• Hosts the Tokyo Daishoten, an international G1 held on December 29.
• From 2024, the Japan Dirt Classic became the third leg of the Japanese Dirt Triple Crown, along with the Haneda Hai and Tokyo Derby. Geldings are no longer eligible, and the first-place prize money was increased to 70,000,000 yen.
• Hokuto Vega, Admire Don, Vermilion, and Hokko Tarumae won the Teio Sho before winning the JRA Award for Best Dirt Horse.
• Also hosts the Teio Sho, a major mid-year dirt championship.
• Hokko Tarumae is strongly associated with elite Ooi 2000m dirt success.
• Twinkle Race night conditions make this one of the most iconic dirt stages.
• From 2024, the Japan Dirt Classic became the third leg of the Japanese Dirt Triple Crown, along with the Haneda Hai and Tokyo Derby. Geldings are no longer eligible, and the first-place prize money was increased to 70,000,000 yen.
• Hokuto Vega, Admire Don, Vermilion, and Hokko Tarumae won the Teio Sho before winning the JRA Award for Best Dirt Horse.
• Also hosts the Teio Sho, a major mid-year dirt championship.
• Hokko Tarumae is strongly associated with elite Ooi 2000m dirt success.
• Twinkle Race night conditions make this one of the most iconic dirt stages.
