The first race of "Ban'ei Horse Racing", in which a large horse pulls a heavy sled and competes for speed, is being held at the racetrack in Obihiro City, Hokkaido.
Banei Horse Racing is a race in which large horses pull a sled that weighs more than 500 kilograms and compete for speed in a straight line with a length of 200 meters.
This winter, Obihiro City has been welcoming the New Year with no snowfall since the start of the observation, and this year's first race started in the absence of snow.
A large number of fans visited the racetrack from the morning, and after disinfecting and measuring the temperature at the same time as the gate opened at 10 am, we entered the racetrack while the minimum temperature was -15.4 degrees Celsius.
Then, when the first race started at 11:00 am, the families who visited approached the fence beside the course and enjoyed clapping their hands and cheering and taking pictures of the race with their smartphones. did.
A woman in her thirties who came from Osaka said, "I like it because it has a big horse that is about twice as big as a thoroughbred, so I like it because it is powerful. I want you to do it. "
Banei Horse Racing New Year's race will be held daily until the 6th of this month.