The spectators were supposed to see the races either in umabadono (a place in the middle of a horse riding ground) facing rachi (wooden fence) or in the tent set up on both sides of umabadono.
観客は埒を望む中央の建物を馬場殿とし、その左右に幄舎を設置してそのいずれかで観戦することになっていた。