Fukushima Himba Stakes
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 Admire Matsuri winning the 2025 Fukushima Himba Stakes | |
| Class | Grade 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Fukushima Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 2004 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,800 meters |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 4-y-o+ fillies and mares |
| Weight | Special Weight |
| Purse | ¥ 86,400,000 (as of 2025)
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The Fukushima Himba Stakes (Japanese 福島牝馬ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race in Japan for Thoroughbred fillies and mares aged four and over. It is run in April over a distance of 1,800 meters on turf at Fukushima Racecourse.[1]
The Fukushima Himba Stakes was first run in 2004 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. The race was run at Niigata Racecourse in 2011 as the racecourse was heavily damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The race was once again ran in Niigata in 2021 due to the racecourse being damaged by the 2021 Fukushima earthquake.[2]
Weight
The race is run at Fukushima Racecourse over a distance of 1,800 meters on turf.
55 kg for four-year-olds and above.[3]
Allowances:
- 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds
Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):
- If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
- 3 kg for a grade 1 win
- 2 kg for a grade 2 win
- 1 kg for a grade 3 win
- If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
- 2 kg for a grade 1 win
- 1 kg for a grade 2 win