This looked behind the scenes of the race, paddock at the horse race track and exclusive passage

Tokyo RacecoursePeople who come to see naturally come to see the horse race, but there are many people working behind the scenes to establish the race. As I heard it, perhaps about 1000 people including everything, JRA officials alone about 100 people, on a big race day cheering from nearby racecourse etc. We sometimes call for support, so the total strict number of people is I do not know well because I have never thought about it, but there are plenty of mountains in any case.

That's why I did not have the intention of watching it by invitation, so I brought him to places I would not normally put in at the end of the phrase that I shot a lot of times.

Details are as below.
It is an underground passage for owner and stakeholders, but it seems to be in the illusion that the end is too long to be seen though it is a straight line. I will go through here.


"Weighing room" to receive post-calibration after the race is over.


The number is on the arrival order.


The state of this calibration room is "Hose previewFrom the glass you can also see the general public for free. This time it went inside this glass.


This is a paddock


It seems small from the top, but it stands a little wide


Looking at the movie is like this.

YouTube - Paddock at Tokyo Racecourse


We took a tour from a place such as the players' waiting room.


Because I see it standing on the same horizon as a horse, the impression that I receive is totally different is Odoroki.


Normally in this way the paddock looks down from above, but it is more interesting to standing on the same horizon as much as possible.


If you look closely, the curtain of support and so on around the paddock.


Looking at a movie like this. As a result of asking the person in JRA, this cheering curtain is what voluntarily people who support stables, jockeys, and horses are, and basically where to put the curtains is on a first-come-first-served basis, procedures Although it seems to be slightly different for each racecourse, basically go to the organizing headquarters that accepts the support curtain on the second floor, fill in the necessary information on the banner notice permit application form, and apply for permission It seems to be the flow of. People and groups who make crispy curtains and groups will come out early in the morning to work hard to keep the curtains in a prominent position.

YouTube - Tokyo Race Track, paddock cheering curtain


Part of the underpass that leads from the paddock to the calibration room and so on. It is a place to pass before the hose preview.


Hakuba who leads the paddock appeared from the side saying.

YouTube - Hakuba leading the paddock


The horse seems to have been connected here


It is said that there are 2 kilometers under this underpass.


Too long so the staff at Tokyo Racecourse will move by bicycle like this. Charitya ♪


A press club in front of the calibration room. We will do interviews here.


If you look closely it also happens


There is a place to measure the weight of a jockey in the player waiting room on the side of the paddock


Weigh the combined weight of horsemen and saddle that the horse will bear on the race when calling it "weight", and put the metal weight here in your pocket if you do not have the proper weight, I put it in the saddle and adjust it. When weighing about 1 kilogram, it becomes advantageous about 1 horse body, so if the calibration result after the race is too light than the calibration result before the race is considered to be invalid and you are disqualified Also.


This is in the players' waiting room. During the race, the players are holding down and can not enter the room, so after having finished all the races, I was allowed to enter for shooting


You are going to paddock from here


There is a strange atmosphere



Each horseman's hat etc. basically have the same color of the contents, and the mechanism that the color is overlaid like this from above


This is an event held in the paddock after the end of all the races. The guest announces here whether the content predicted during the day is hit. By doing such an event, it seems that the crowd is prevented as much as possible by preventing the spectators from returning all at once. It is fascinating that casual events, places, things and others are also devised.


Also, this is a "horse car" discovered by chance on the way home.


There must be racehorses who finished the race in.