After the awards ceremony for the 『Kanazawa Horse Racing 50th Anniversary』 race held on April 9 (Sun.), “Dorayaki” were distributed to visitors, and they were so popular that they were gone in no time.
Kanazawa Racecourse (image from 『Kanazawa Horse Racing』 Instagram)
Racetracks with lines of people waiting in line even before the gates open.
It was announced in advance that 「the first 200 visitors at the opening gate」 and 「the first 100 visitors at the awards ceremony」 would receive dorayaki as gifts….
There was a line even before the gates opened, and there were even tweets of 「Isn’t 200 pieces too few?」
Rider Hiroto Yoshihara distributes and heats up even more.
The 50th anniversary of the relocation of Kanazawa horse racing was won by Haxan Amazoness, ridden by Hiroto Yoshihara.
Haxan Amazoness (image from 『Kanazawa Horse Racing』 Instagram)
Rider Hiroto Yoshihara and Haxan Amazoness smiling after winning the race (image from 『Kanazawa Horse Racing』 Instagram)
Fans were delighted as jockey Yoshihara personally handed out dorayaki after the awards ceremony.
He even responded to a request for an autograph.
The rare dorayaki were given out in no time.Here is the contribution of the lucky person who got one.
You can see 「50TH」 on the bag of dorayaki.
Incidentally, the winner of this race, Haksan Amazoness (mare 6), is trained by Kazuyoshi Kato at Kanazawa Stables, and was the favorite on the day, taking the lead and finishing ahead of the second-place finisher, M.T. Ange (mare 4), who was the third favorite.
Kanazawa Racecourse Information
Facility Name | Kanazawa Racecourse |
Location | 1, Hatta-cho Nishi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture |
Phone number | 076-258-5761 (Ishikawa Horse Racing Business Bureau) |
HP | https://www.kanazawakeiba.com/ |