Miho Training Center

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Japanese. (August 2026) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Japanese article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must follow the LLM translation guideline, revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 1,650 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at [[:ja:美浦トレーニングセンター]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|ja|美浦トレーニングセンター}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Miho Training Center
美浦トレーニングセンター
Aerial view of the Miho Training Center
General information
Location	Miho, Inashiki District, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates	35°59′3.5″N 140°18′29.5″E / 35.984306°N 140.308194°E / 35.984306; 140.308194
Owner	Japan Racing Association
Operator	Japan Racing Association

Miho Training Center (Japanese: 美浦トレーニングセンター, Miho Torēningu Sentā) is a Japan Racing Association (JRA) facility in Miho, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It serves as the primary training base for East Japan (Kanto) racehorses.

History and facilities

The facility opened on 10 April 1978, consolidating stables previously located at Tokyo, Nakayama, and Shiroi. It is the largest racehorse training facility in Japan, accommodating over 2,600 horses across six tracks, including a 2,000-metre woodchip course, a steeplechase course, and a 33-metre elevation hill road completed in 2023. The site includes on-site housing for approximately 5,000 racing personnel and their families.

Operations

Since the late 1980s, horses based at Miho (Kanto horses) statistically underperformed compared to those based at the Ritto Training Center (Kansai horses), a disparity referred to as "west high east low". To mitigate this, some Miho trainers utilize "Ritto study abroad" (Ritto ryūgaku), transporting horses to Ritto for pre-race training ahead of Kansai-based events. In 2023, Kanto horses won more flat GI races than Kansai horses for the first time in 25 years.

Individuals associated with Miho

• Masayoshi Ebina
• Kazuo Fujisawa
• Nanako Fujita
• Noriyuki Hori
• Tetsuya Kimura
• Sakae Kunieda
• Yukio Okabe
• Takeshi Okumura
• Kosei Miura
• Yoshitomi Shibata
• Yūichi Shikato
• Hiroyasu Tanaka
• Keita Tosaki
• Akihide Tsumura
• Kazuo Yokoyama
• Norihiro Yokoyama
• Takeshi Yokoyama
• Tomio Yokoyama

See also

• Ritto Training Center

References

External links

• Miho Training Center - Japan Racing Association

35°59′3.5″N 140°18′29.5″E / 35.984306°N 140.308194°E / 35.984306; 140.308194