Tags: Horse Race, Race.
For the football rivalry between F.C. Tokyo and Tokyo Verdy see Tokyo Derby (football).The Tokyo Derby (東京ダービー) is a Japanese thoroughbred horse race on dirt track for three years old. It is run over a distance of 2000 meters (about 10 furlongs) at Oi Racecourse in the Shinagawa Tokyo in June.It was first held in 1955 at that time named Haru-no-Kura meaning ‘The Race of Spring race meeting’ with a distance of 2000 meters. In 1964 its name was changed to Tokyo Metropolis Derby.