Sekiya Kinen

The Sekiya Kinen (Japanese 関屋記念) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in August over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Niigata Racecourse.

[1] The Sekiya Kinen was first run in 1966 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984.

The race was run twice at Fukushima Racecourse, over 1200 metres in 1988 and 1700 metres in 2000.

54 kg for three-year-old, 57 kg for four-year-old and above.

[2] Allowances: Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):