Located in Nagoya district, the largest metropolitan area between Tokyo and Osaka, Chukyo Racecourse ranks next to the four major JRA racecourses in prominence. Chukyo holds three race meetings each year. Its major races are the Takamatsunomiya Kinen (G1), the Tokai Stakes (G2), the Kinko Sho (G2), the Chukyo Kinen (G3), the CBC Sho (G3), the Aichi Hai (G3), the Falcon Stakes and the Chunichi Shimbun Hai.