Hakodate Racecourse (函館競馬場, Hakodate-keibajō) is a horse racing track in Hakodate, Japan, built in 1896. During the period between 2008 and 2009, Hakodate Racecourse was closed for renovation and refurbishment of the grandstand. Work was completed in June 2010.[1] As part of this refurbishment, Mitsubishi Electric installed a Diamond Vision Screen.[2] Races that were supposed to be held at Hakodate during that period were moved to Sapporo Racecourse. Hakodate Racecourse has both a grass course, and a dirt course.

Hakodate Racecourse
函館競馬場
Hakodate Racecourse Main Stand
Location12-2 Komaba-chō, Hakodate Hokkaidō, Japan
Coordinates41°46′50.3″N 140°46′31.2″E / 41.780639°N 140.775333°E / 41.780639; 140.775333
Owned byJapan Racing Association
Date opened1896
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Course typeTurf & Dird
Notable racesHakodate Kinen (GIII)
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Physical attributes

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Main Turf Course

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1000m, 1200m, 1700m, 1800m, 2000m, and 2600m races are run on the Main turf Course.

Length Width
A-course 1,627m A-course 29m
B-course 1,652m B-course 25m
C-course 1,677m C-course 21m

Dirt Course

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1000m, 1700m, and 2400m races run on the dirt oval.

Length Width
1,476m 20m

Notable races

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Month Race Distance Age/Sex
Grade III
June Hakodate Sprint Stakes Turf 1200m 3yo +
July Hakodate Nisai Stakes Turf 1200m 2yo
July Hakodate Kinen (Handicap) Turf 2000m 3yo +

Track records

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Source:レコードタイム表 (Record time table) -> 函館競馬場 (Hakodate Racecourse)

  • † Reference Time.
  • Last updated on July 2, 2022.

Turf course (2yo)

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Distance Time Racehorse Sex Weight Jockey Date Recorded
1000m 57.2 Hagino Top Lady Filly 52kg Kiyoaki Ueno August 12, 1979
1200m 1:08.7 Mon Favori Filly 54kg Yutaka Take June 20, 2020
1700m 1:43.8 Win Stone Colt 53kg Takaaki Sugahara August 30, 1986
1800m 1:48.3 Victoria Filly 54kg Yasunari Iwata July 22, 2018
2000m 2:03.9† Rond Filly 54kg Yutaka Take August 1, 2021

Turf course (3yo+)

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Distance Time Racehorse Sex Weight Jockey Date Recorded
1000m 57.0 Solo Singer Mare 4 53kg Hirofumi Shii June 22, 1997
1200m 1:06.8 Jeune Ecole Filly 3 50kg Yuichi Kitamura June 18, 2017
1700m 1:41.0 Keishu Leader Horse 4 57kg Yoshiyasu Tajima August 14, 1983
1800m 1:45.7 Crocosmia Mare 4 56kg Yasunari Iwata June 18, 2017
2000m 1:57.8 Soccer Boy Colt 3 56kg Hiroshi Kawachi August 21, 1988
2600m 2:37.3 Meisho Garden Mare 4 55kg Kyōsuke Kokubun June 17, 2017

Dirt course (2yo)

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Distance Time Racehorse Sex Weight Jockey Date Recorded
1000m 58.5 Luce d'Oro Colt 54kg Takeshi Yokoyama June 27, 2020
1700m 1:47.3 Kazu Laponian Colt 54kg Kazuo Yokoyama July 24, 2021

Dirt course (3yo+)

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Distance Time Racehorse Sex Weight Jockey Date Recorded
1000m 57.7 Epigraph Colt 3 54kg Mikio Matsunaga July 23, 2000
1700m 1:41.7 Monde Classe Horse 5 57kg Kosei Miura June 25, 2016
2400m 2:32.2 Yamano Mataka Horse 5 57kg Yūji Tannai July 2, 2022

References

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  1. ^ "Hakodate Racecourse". Horse Racing in Japan. Japan Association for International Horse Racing. 2010-10-10. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
  2. ^ "Mitsubishi Electric Completes Installation of Main Diamond Vision Screen at Hakodate Racecourse". mitsubishielectric.eu. 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2010-10-09.[permanent dead link]