While the illegal receipt of "sustainable benefits" provided to businesses whose sales have dropped significantly due to the effects of the new coronavirus has become a major social problem, the JRA = Japan Racing Association has announced "sustainable benefits". We requested the Japan Racing Association to investigate whether or not the trainer's assistants received the benefits properly.

Regarding the "sustainable benefit" for measures against the new coronavirus such as training assistants, the sustainable benefits were said to have decreased due to the decrease in income of training assistants and staff members working at the JRA training center at the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives on the 17th. There was a question to the effect that he was receiving improperly, and the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nogami said, "I instructed him to take strict measures." He showed the idea of ​​returning it if there was any.



In response to this, the JRA requested that the Japan Racing Association discuss the response and investigate whether the training assistants and others were properly receiving the sustainability benefits.



The JRA says, "We would like to receive instructions from the Minister, understand the facts, and share information with the trainer's association if there is any inappropriate receipt, and take appropriate measures."



On the other hand, at the request of the JRA, the trainer's association has notified each stable to investigate all the trainers who belong to it, so we plan to summarize the results by the end of this month.



The trainer's association commented, "I would like to take sufficient measures to clarify the whole picture."

Training assistants and baseball staff Revenue impact is small

According to the JRA, the number of races has not decreased or sales have not decreased significantly due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.



Due to the spread of the infection, JRA started racing at racetracks nationwide from the end of February last year without spectators.



After that, from October last year, the number of spectators was limited to reserved seats at some racetracks, but due to the spread of the infection, it has been held again with no spectators since last month.



On the other hand, the race has never been canceled due to the influence of the new Corona, and the number of races held last year was 3456, the highest ever.



This has been done 456 times by the 14th of this month.



Regarding the impact on prizes, although there are cases where some racehorses can no longer participate in races in overseas and local horse races, the JRA says that there is no reduction in prizes in the race itself of central horse racing, and training assistants The impact on the income of the staff is expected to be small.

What is a training assistant and a staff member?

The training assistant and staff belong to the stables at the JRA training centers in Miho Village, Ibaraki Prefecture and Ritto City, Shiga Prefecture.



According to the JRA, there are about 200 stables, and training assistants and staff take care of racehorses under the direction of the trainer.



A total of about 2,400 people work in the two training centers.



The monthly salary is paid by the employer's trainer.



In addition to this, you can receive a reward called "promotion money" according to the performance of the competing horse in charge.



According to the JRA, the "advancement money" is customarily paid by the owner to the trainer for about 15% of the prize money, and a part of it is received by the training assistant or the trainer.