目黒競馬場, 東京都目黒区にあった競馬場(1907-1933)
Meguro Racecourse was a one-mile oval track on about 64,580 tsubo (roughly 210,000 m²) in what is now Shimo-Meguro, Meguro. Its two grandstands were Hall 1, a three-storey building with a floor area of 500 tsubo that held the imperial box and guest seats, and Hall 2, with 900 tsubo. A paddock was added between the rear of the two stands after the Horse Administration Bureau required one in May 1908.
Meguro Racecourse opened in December 1907, built by the Nihon Keibakai on about 65,000 tsubo, most of it leased land. In 1910 the Tokyo Keiba Club took over and made it Tokyo's only racecourse. The first Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) was run here in 1932. It closed after the spring 1933 meet, and racing moved to Fuchu.
The course lay about 1 km from three stations: Meguro on the Yamanote line, Fudomae on the Meguro-Kamata line and Yutenji on the Toyoko line, all roughly equidistant. The site is now built over, so nothing of the track can be walked today; the former location in Shimo-Meguro can be traced on foot from Meguro Station.
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