Kyoto Racecourse is located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It has a capacity of 120,000. The current stand was built in 1999.

The Heian Stakes is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in May over a distance of 1900 metres on dirt at Kyoto Racecourse.