2020 News
June 22, 2020
COVID-19 News Update: Coronavirus-related Assistance
To all those who have suffered from the coronavirus and to all those affected in any number of ways by the spread of the virus, we would like to convey our heartfelt sympathy.
To lend support to coronavirus countermeasures, the Japan Racing Association will donate 5 billion yen from the race-day return of the Grade 1 Takarazuka Kinen.
In addition to the above, the JRA has given coronavirus-related assistance as follows.
| Description | Donation or contribution amount |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Financial assistance to municipalities where racecourses, training centers and off-track betting facilities are located. (All 44 such municipalities are to receive assistance.) |
500 million yen | |
| Medical equipment and supplies to be donated to medical facilities in the racecourses, and training center environs. (All 29 such facilities are to receive assistance) |
300 million yen | |
| Medical equipment and supplies to be donated to medical facilities in the Hidaka Training and Research Center and Miyazaki Yearling Training Farm area. |
10 million yen | A portion of earnings from the JRA Breeze Up Sale sales will be donated. |
(For reference)
| Organization (Donator) | Amount of donation or contribution |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Japan Owners' Association | 10 million yen appropriate | (Recipients to be decided) |
| Japan Trainers Association | 10 million yen | (Recipients to be decided) |
| Japan Jockeys Association | 7,684,000 yen Note: Amount as of Sunday, May 31 |
One thousand yen per mount of JRA race has been put aside. The fund recipients are; in Ibaraki Prefecture, “The Coronavirus Infectious Disease Control Medical Workers Support Fund” and, in Shiga Prefecture, the “Gambaro! Shiga Prefecture, Medical Support Fund”. |
