Japan Racing Association

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Japan Racing Association

日本中央競馬会
Hibiya Fort Tower, the location of the JRA Headquarter
Abbreviation	JRA
Established	September 16, 1954; 72 years ago (1954-09-16)
Type	Public company
Headquarters	Hibiya Fort Tower 1–1–1 Nishishimbashi Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003 Japan
Location	Japan
Official language	Japanese
President and CEO	Masayoshi Yoshida
Vice-president	Hideaki Yamaguchi
Senior Executive Director	Masahiro Usuda
Parent organization	Government of Japan
Affiliations	Asian Racing Federation (Asia) International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (World)
Website	jra.jp

The Japan Racing Association (Japanese: 日本中央競馬会 Nippon Chūō Keiba Kai, or JRA) is a public company established in Japan under a law to operate Chūō Keiba (中央競馬 Central horse racing) and to manage racecourses, betting facilities, and horse-training facilities in the country.

It was founded in 1954, according to the Horse Racing Law (競馬法 Keiba Hō) and the Japan Racing Association Law (日本中央競馬会法 Nippon Chūō Keiba Kai Hō) and is operated under the strict oversight of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan).

Facilities

• Racecourses (競馬場 Keiba Jō) – All racecourses in Japan have one oval dirt course inside and one or two turf courses outside. Some also have jump courses. Only three (Tokyo, Niigata and Chukyo) are left-handed (counter-clockwise) and the others are right-handed (clockwise).
  • Tokyo Racecourse (Fuchu, Tokyo)
  • Nakayama Racecourse (Funabashi, Chiba)
  • Kyoto Racecourse (Kyoto, Kyoto)
  • Hanshin Racecourse (Takarazuka, Hyogo)
  • Sapporo Racecourse (Sapporo, Hokkaido)
  • Hakodate Racecourse (Hakodate, Hokkaido)
  • Fukushima Racecourse (Fukushima, Fukushima)
  • Niigata Racecourse (Niigata, Niigata)
  • Chukyo Racecourse (Toyoake, Aichi)
  • Kokura Racecourse (Kitakyushu, Fukuoka)
• Off course betting facilities "WINS", "Light WINS" and "EXCEL" (about 40 locations around the country).The race course without racing will be an off course betting facilities named "Park WINS".
  • Admission fee is collected at the racecourses where the race is held, but not at "Park WINS" where the race is not held. However, reserved seats are charged.
  • "WINS" and "Light WINS" can be entered by anyone over the age of 20 who can purchase betting tickets, but "Excel" is not admitted until the membership registration is completed.
  • Some "WINS" have an "EXCEL Floor" with reserved seats. This is not a membership system, but an admission fee is required.
  • "Light WINS" is a facility that reduces running costs and initial costs, so the facility is small. There is no display to show the race broadcast or get various information.
  • There is also an off course betting facilities operated by racecourses belonging to the National Association of Racing, but betting tickets for Japan Racing Association may also be sold here.
• Training Centers
  • Miho Training Center (Miho, Ibaraki)
  • Ritto Training Center (Ritto, Shiga)
• Horseracing School (Shiroi, Chiba)
• Equine Research Institute (Utsunomiya, Tochigi)
• Equestrian Park (Setagaya, Tokyo)
• Hidaka Yearling Training Farm (Urakawa, Hokkaido)
• Miyazaki Yearling Training Farm (Miyazaki, Miyazaki)
• Gate J. (promotion centers, Shimbashi, Minato, Tokyo and Umeda, Osaka, Osaka)

Grade I Races

See also

• National Association of Racing (NAR) – Other horse racing organization in Japan
• Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association (JBBA) – Thoroughbred breeder organization in Japan

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Japan Racing Association.

• Official WebSite
• Japan race horse database