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Galloping off course on the shore...
　The annual spring feature of Ichiki-Kushikino City, "Kushikino Hama Keiba Taikai (Kushikino Beach Horse Racing Meeting)," took place on April 22 at Terushima Beach, which is located at the northern tip of Fukiage Beach--one of Japan's three longest beaches. Seventy-three horses that had been brought from every part of the prefecture galloped through the course along the edge of the surf to bring waves of cheers and applause from the spectators.
The event, which had its 55th anniversary this year, was started as an entertainment for the local horse and wagon association's cherry-viewing party around 1958 when horses were the main means of transportation. There were a total of 21 races including the preliminary round and the finals, where jockeys competed in four categories-- racehorses, half-racehorses, dobbins, and ponies-- in front of some 32,000 visitors, according to the organisers.
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海岸でコースを外れて駆け抜ける
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