Niigata Racecourse

Niigata Racecourse
新潟競馬場
	Niigata Racecourse
	Interactive map of Niigata Racecourse; 新潟競馬場
Location	Kita-ku Niigata, Japan
Owned by	Japan Racing Association
Date opened	1965
Course type	Flat, Steeplechase
Notable races	Ibis Summer Dash; Niigata Daishoten
	Official website

Niigata Racecourse (新潟競馬場, Niigata keibajō) is located in Kita-ku Niigata, Niigata in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is used for horse racing.^[1] It was built in 1965. The capacity of the grandstand is 75,000.

Physical attributes

Niigata Race Course has a turf course with two distinct ovals, and a dirt course. Jump races are conducted using fences on the turf course.^[2]

The turf's outer oval (外回り, sotomawari) measures 2248m (1+1⁄4 miles + 144 feet), the inner oval (内回り, uchimawari) measures 1648m (1 + 42 feet) and the straight (直線, chokusen) measures 1000m (1/2 miles + 639 feet).

The dirt course measures 1,472 meters (7/8 miles + 207 feet).

Notable races

Month	Race	Distance	Age/Sex
Grade III
May	Niigata Daishoten (Handicap)	Turf 2000m	4yo+
Jul.	Sekiya Kinen (Handicap)	Turf 1600m	3yo+
Aug.	Ibis Summer Dash	Turf 1000m	3yo+
Aug.	Leopard Stakes	Dirt 1800m	3yo
Aug.	Niigata Kinen	Turf 2000m	3yo+
Sep.	Niigata Nisai Stakes	Turf 1600m	2yo
J-Grade III (Steeplechase)
Aug.	Niigata Jump Stakes	Turf 3250m	3yo+

Track records

Source：レコードタイム表 (Record time table) -> 新潟競馬場 (Niigata Racecourse)

† Reference Time.
Last updated on August 23, 2026.

Turf course (2yo)

Distance	Time	Racehorse	Sex	Weight	Jockey	Date Recorded
1000m	55.0	Regina Forte	Filly	54 kg	Takuya Ono	August 28, 2016
1200m	1:08.7	Tagano Rafflesia	Filly	54 kg	Ryuji Wada	July 20, 2002
1400m	1:20.4	Lukewarm	Filly	55 kg	Akihide Tsumura	August 8, 2026
1600m	1:33.3	Purpur Ray	Colt	54 kg	Mirco Demuro	July 25, 2021
1800m	1:45.5	Embroidery	Filly	55 kg	Christophe Lemaire	July 27, 2024
2000m	2:00.0	La Garriga	Colt	55 kg	Ryusei Sakai	August 9, 2026

Turf course (3yo+)

Distance	Time	Racehorse	Sex	Weight	Jockey	Date Recorded
1000m	53.5	Puro Magic	Mare 5	56 kg	Hironobu Tanabe	August 2, 2026
1200m	1:07.5	Gun and Rose	Filly 4	54 kg	Katsuharu Tanaka	August 3, 2002
1400m	1:19.0	Magnaten	Gelding 6	57 kg	Yukio Okabe	July 14, 2002
1600m	1:31.0	Kana Tape	Mare 6	54 kg	Rachel King	July 27, 2025
1800m	1:44.0	Cruzeiro do Sul	Colt 4	57 kg	Yuga Kawada	July 27, 2024
2000m	1:58.6	Meiner Lihim	Colt 3	57 kg	Kazuki Kikuzawa	August 8, 2026
Outer 2000m	1:56.4†	Tsujino Wonder	Horse 5	57 kg	Yoshitomi Shibata	July 14, 2001
2200m	2:09.3	Lord Filer	Colt 3	55 kg	Keita Tosaki	August 15, 2026
2400m	2:24.4	Ray of Water	Colt 3	54 kg	Yuichi Fukunaga	July 24, 2021

Dirt course (2yo)

Distance	Time	Racehorse	Sex	Weight	Jockey	Date Recorded
1200m	1:10.8	Satono Voyage	Colt	55 kg	Keita Tosaki	August 9, 2025
1800m	1:53.0	Shonan Mario	Colt	52 kg	Akira Sugawara	October 5, 2019

Dirt course (3yo+)

Distance	Time	Racehorse	Sex	Weight	Jockey	Date Recorded
1200m	1:09.1	Mallard the Record	Gelding 5	57 kg	Hayato Yoshida	October 19, 2019
1700m	1:46.6	Makarios	Colt 4	57 kg	Daisaku Matsuda	June 11, 2011
1800m	1:49.2	Kenshinko	Colt 3	56 kg	Genki Maruyama	August 9, 2020
2500m	2:38.8	Meme Lantern	Colt 3	54 kg	Tsubasa Wada	October 6, 2019