Kyoto Himba Stakes
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.jpg) Donau Blue wins the 2012 Kyoto Himba Stakes | |
| Class | Grade 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Kyoto Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 1966 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1400 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 4-y-o+ fillies and mares |
| Weight | 55 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 82,380,000 (as of 2024)
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The Kyoto Himba Stakes (Japanese 京都牝馬ステークス) is a defunct Grade 3 horse race organized by Japan Racing Association (JRA) for Thoroughbred fillies and mares aged four and over, run in February over a distance of 1400 metres on turf at Kyoto Racecourse.[1]
The Kyoto Himba Stakes was first run in 1966 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The distance was usually 1600 metres before being cut to 1400 metres in 2016. The race was run at Chukyo Racecourse in 1979 and at Hanshin Racecourse in 1980, 1990 and 1994. The race was discontinued in 2025 due to Aichi Hai replacing its schedule in the calendar as well as Kokura Himba Stakes being created to replace the former's schedule.[2]
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Rikiai Northern | 6 | Yutaka Take | Izumi Shimizu | Y.Takayama | 1:34.3 |
| 1991 | Daiichi Ruby | 5 | Hiroshi Kawachi | Yuji Ito | H.Tsujimoto | 1:34.8 |
| 1992 | Scarlet Bouquet | 5 | Teruhiko Chida | Yuji Ito | Katsumi Yoshida | 1:34.8 |
| 1993 | Nuevo Tosho | 7 | Koichi Tsunoda | Sakae Watanabe | Tosho Sangyo | 1:34.0 |
| 1994 | North Flight | 5 | Yutaka Take | Keiji Kato | Taihoku Farm Co. Ltd. | 1:36.8 |
| 1995 | Sistina | 7 | Eiji Nakadate | Masakatsu Sakai | Yoshikatsu Murakami | 1:33.3 |
| 1996 | Syourinomegami | 6 | Olivier Peslier | Kunihiko Take | Y.Asakawa | 1:34.3 |
| 1997 | Eishin Berlin | 6 | Katsumi Minai | Masanori Sakaguchi | Toyomitsu Hirai | 1:35.4 |
| 1998 | Biwa Heidi | 6 | Olivier Peslier | Mitsumasa Hamada | Biwa Co., Ltd. | 1:34.7 |
| 1999 | Maruka Komachi | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Shuji Kitahashi | Kawacho Sangyo | 1:35.2 |
| 2000 | Stinger | 4 | Olivier Peslier | Kazuo Fujisawa | Teruya Yoshida | 1:34.9 |
| 2001 | Grace Namura | 5 | Tetsuya Kobayashi | Tetsuya Meno | Nobushige Namura | 1:35.2 |
| 2002 | Behind The Mask | 6 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Shuji Kitahashi | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:36.0 |
| 2003 | Happy Path | 5 | Olivier Peslier | Kazuo Fujisawa | Shadai Race Horse Co. Ltd. | 1:34.6 |
| 2004 | Cheers Message | 4 | Masaru Honda | Masazo Ryoke | Kiyoko Kitamura | 1:34.1 |
| 2005 | Azuma Sanders | 4 | Yusuke Fujioka | Kenichi Fujioka | Tetsuji Azuma | 1:35.0 |
| 2006 | Meine Samantha | 6 | Yasunari Iwata | Hitoshi Nakamura | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian Co. Ltd. | 1:33.5 |
| 2007 | Dia de la Novia | 5 | Yasunari Iwata | Katsuhiko Sumii | Carrot Farm Co. Ltd. | 1:33.0 |
| 2008 | Admire Kiss | 5 | Katsumi Ando | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Riichi Kondo | 1:36.0 |
| 2009 | Celebrita | 4 | Yutaka Take | Yoshiyuki Arakawa | Mishima Stable | 1:35.1 |
| 2010 | Hikaru Amaranthus | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Yasuo Ikee | Kyoko Takahashi | 1:36.4 |
| 2011 | Shoryu Moon | 4 | Suguru Hamanaka | Shozo Sasaki | Wataru Ueda | 1:33.7 |
| 2012 | Donau Blue | 4 | Cristian Demuro | Sei Ishizaka | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:33.8 |
| 2013 | Hana's Goal | 4 | Suguru Hamanaka | Kazuhiro Kato | Michael Tabart | 1:34.3 |
| 2014 | Uliuli | 4 | Suguru Hamanaka | Hideaki Fujiwara | Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co. Ltd. | 1:33.0 |
| 2015 | Keiai Elegant | 6 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Mitsuhiro Ogata | Kazuhiro Kameda | 1:33.9 |
| 2016 | Queens Ring | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Keiji Yoshimura | Chizu Yoshida | 1:22.9 |
| 2017 | Let's Go Donki | 5 | Yasunari Iwata | Tomoyuki Umeda | Hirosaki Toshihiro HD Co. Ltd. | 1:22.5[3] |
| 2018 | Miss Panthere | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Mitsugu Kon | Chiyono Terada | 1:23.0[4] |
| 2019 | Dea Regalo | 5 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Masahito Otake | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:21.0[5] |
| 2020 | Sound Chiara | 5 | Kohei Matsuyama | Akio Adachi | Yuichi Masuda | 1:23.2 |
| 2021 | Iberis[a] | 5 | Manabu Sakai | Koichi Tsunoda | Koichi Maeda | 1:20.0 |
| 2022 | Lotus Land[a] | 5 | Mirai Iwata | Yasuyuki Tsujino | Kobayashi Eiichi Holdings LLC. | 1:19.7 |
| 2023 | La La Christine[a] | 5 | Akira Sugawara | Takashi Saito | Fujii Kosan | 1:20.4 |
| 2024 | So Dazzling | 4 | Yutaka Take | Hidetaka Otonashi | Shadai Race Horse Co. Ltd. | 1:20.3 |
a The 2021, 2022 and 2023 runnings took place at Hanshin while Kyoto was closed for renovation.