List of horse racing venues by capacity

The following is a list of horse racing venues, ordered by capacity. The figures generally represent the licensed capacity of the venue, which is usually far higher than the number of seats in the stands. Venues with a capacity of 40,000 or more are included.

#	Venue	Capacity	Location	Country
1	Tokyo Racecourse	223,000	Tokyo	Japan
2	Nakayama Racecourse	165,676	Chiba	Japan
3	Churchill Downs	165,000	Louisville, Kentucky	United States
4	Hanshin Racecourse	139,877	Hyogo	Japan
5	Flemington Racecourse	130,000^[1]	Melbourne	Australia
6	Kyoto Racecourse	120,000	Kyoto	Japan
7	Hipódromo de San Isidro	100,000	San Isidro	Argentina
8	Pimlico Race Course	98,983	Baltimore	United States
9	Belmont Park	90,000	Elmont, New York	United States
10	Sha Tin Racecourse	85,000^[2]	Sha Tin District	Hong Kong, China
11	Santa Anita Park	85,000	Arcadia, California	United States
12	Epsom Downs	80,000^[3]	Epsom	United Kingdom
13	Hipódromo da Gávea	80,000	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
14	Aintree Racecourse	75,000	Liverpool	United Kingdom
15	Niigata Racecourse	75,000	Niigata	Japan
16	Ascot Racecourse	70,000^[4]	Ascot	United Kingdom
17	Cheltenham Racecourse	67,500	Cheltenham	United Kingdom
18	Hamilton Park Racecourse	60,000^[5]	Hamilton	United Kingdom
19	Meydan Racecourse	60,000^[6]	Dubai Meydan City	United Arab Emirates
20	Hippodrome de Vincennes	60,000	Paris	France
21	Chukyo Racecourse	58,400	Toyoake, Aichi	Japan
22	York Racecourse	56,000^[7]	York	United Kingdom
23	Happy Valley Racecourse	55,000^[8]	Happy Valley, Hong Kong	Hong Kong, China
24	Doncaster Racecourse	50,000	Doncaster	United Kingdom
25	Club Hipico de Santiago	50,000	Santiago	Chile
26	Fukushima Racecourse	50,000	Fukushima	Japan
27	Hipodromo Argentino de Palermo	50,000	Palermo	Argentina
28	Horner Rennbahn	50,000^[9]	Hamburg	Germany
29	Longchamp Racecourse	50,000	Paris	France
30	Sapporo Racecourse	50,000	Sapporo	Japan
31	Saratoga Race Course	50,000	Saratoga Springs	United States
32	Caulfield Racecourse	46,800	Melbourne	Australia
33	Del Mar Racetrack	44,000	Del Mar	United States
34	Woodbine Racetrack	42,000^[10]	Toronto	Canada
35	Auteuil Hippodrome	40,000	Paris	France
36	Hipódromo de Monterrico	40,000^[11]	Lima	Peru
37	Seoul Race Park	40,000^[12]	Gwacheon	South Korea
38	Galopprennbahn Hoppegarten	40,000	Berlin	Germany
39	Hippodrome Waregem	40,000	Waregem	Belgium

Venue	Capacity	Location	Country	Closed
Circus Maximus	270,000 (est.)	Rome	Roman Empire	103
Hippodrome of Constantinople	100,000	Constantinople	Byzantine Empire	1453
Sportsman's Park	67,000	Cicero	United States	2003
Ely Racecourse	40,000	Cardiff	United Kingdom	1939

List of horse racing venues by capacity

Horse racing venues by capacity

Defunct venues

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