Fukushima Himba Stakes
| Grade 3 race | |
 Fukushima Racecourse | |
| 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 2024) 1st: ¥ 40,000,000 2nd: ¥ 16,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000 |
The Fukushima Himba Stakes (Japanese 福島牝馬ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares aged four and over, 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.
Race details[edit]
The race is run at Fukushima Racecourse over a distance of 1,800 meters on turf.
Weight[edit]
55 kg for four-year-olds and above.[2]
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
Winners since 2000[edit]
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Osumi Cosmo | 5 | Masayoshi Ebina | Tadashi Nakao | 1:46.6 |
| 2005 | Meisho Oscar | 4 | Hiroki Goto | Akio Adachi | 1:49.4 |
| 2006 | Lofty Aim | 4 | Hayato Yoshida | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | 1:48.5 |
| 2007 | Spring Drew | 7 | Yuichi Shibayama | Noriyuki Hori | 1:46.6 |
| 2008 | Meine Canna | 4 | Hayato Yoshida | Saka Kunieda | 1:47.1 |
| 2009 | Bravo Daisy | 4 | Kenichi Syono | Hidetada Otonashi | 1:53.7 |
| 2010 | Reginetta | 5 | Eiji Nakadate | Hidekazu Asami | 1:48.9 |
| 2011[a] | Fumino Imagine | 5 | Keisuke Dazai | Masaro Honda | 1:45.4 |
| 2012 | All That Jazz | 4 | Yusuke Fujioka | Katsuhiko Sumii | 1:46.1 |
| 2013 | All That Jazz | 5 | Cristian Demuro | Katsuhiko Sumii | 1:46.4 |
| 2014 | Keiai Elegant | 5 | Yutaka Yoshida | Mitsuhiro Ogata | 1:47.0 |
| 2015 | Sweet Salsa | 5 | Katsuharu Tanaka | Masatatsu Kikukawa | 1:46.0 |
| 2016 | Makoto Brillar | 6 | Yuichi Kitamura | Ippo Sameshima | 1:47.5 |
| 2017 | Ukiyono Kaze | 7 | Hayato Yoshida | Takanori Kikuzawa | 1:46.8[3] |
| 2018 | Kinsho Yukihime | 5 | Shinichiro Akiyama | Hitoshi Nakamura | 1:46.8[4] |
| 2019 | Denko Ange | 6 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yoshiyuki Arakawa | 1:48.1[5] |
| 2020 | Fairy Polka | 4 | Ryuji Wada | Masayuki Nishimura | 1:46.8 |
| 2021[a] | Dirndl | 5 | Taisei Danno | Yutaka Okumura | 1:46.9 |
| 2022 | Another Lyric | 4 | Akihide Tsumura | Toru Hayashi | 1:47.00[6] |
| 2023 | Stellaria | 5 | Taisei Danno | Takashi Saito | 1:47.9 |
| 2024 | Costa Bonita | 5 | Mirai Iwata | Yoshiaki Sugiyama | 1:46.9 |
- ^ a b The race took place at Niigata Racecourse
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Fukushima Himba Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan". Horse Racing in Japan. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 22 April 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 21 April 2018.
- ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 20 April 2016.
- ^ "2022 result". Racing Post. 24 April 2022.
- ^ "福島牝馬S". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Fukushima Himba Stakes". Netkeiba.