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.
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.
Race details The race is run at Fukushima Racecourse over a distance of 1,800 meters on turf.
Weight 55 kg for four-year-olds and above.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
Past winners Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2004 Osumi Cosmo 5 Masayoshi Ebina Tadashi NakaoHidenori Yamaji 1:46.6 2005 Meisho Oscar 4 Hiroki Goto Akio AdachiYoshio Matsumoto 1:49.4 2006 Lofty Aim 4 Hayato Yoshida Yoshitaka NinomiyaSunday Racing 1:48.5 2007 Spring Drew 7 Yuichi Shibayama Noriyuki HoriHaruo Kato 1:46.6 2008 Meine Canna 4 Hayato Yoshida Sakae KuniedaThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:47.1 2009 Bravo Daisy 4 Kenichi Syono Hidetada OtonashiTakao Matsuoka 1:53.7 2010 Reginetta 5 Eiji Nakadate Hidekazu AsamiShadai Race Horse 1:48.9 2011 Fumino Imagine 5 Keisuke Dazai Masaru HondaTsuzuki Tani 1:45.4 2012 All That Jazz 4 Yusuke Fujioka Katsuhiko SumiiYoshimi Ichikawa 1:46.1 2013 All That Jazz 5 Cristian Demuro Katsuhiko SumiiYoshimi Ichikawa 1:46.4 2014 Keiai Elegant 5 Yutaka Yoshida Mitsuhiro OgataKazuhiro Kameda 1:47.0 2015 Sweet Salsa 5 Katsuharu Tanaka Masatatsu KikukawaSymboli Stud 1:46.0 2016 Makoto Brillar 6 Yuichi Kitamura Ippo SameshimaDiamant 1:47.5 2017 Ukiyono Kaze 7 Hayato Yoshida Takanori KikuzawaJun Kokubu 1:46.8 2018 Kinsho Yukihime 5 Shinichiro Akiyama Hitoshi NakamuraHideo Isono 1:46.8 2019 Denko Ange 6 Yoshitomi Shibata Yoshiyuki ArakawaYasuhiro Tanaka 1:48.1 2020 Fairy Polka 4 Ryuji Wada Masayuki NishimuraTakeshi Yamamoto 1:46.8 2021 Dirndl 5 Taisei Danno Yutaka OkumuraSilk Racing 1:46.9 2022 Another Lyric 4 Akihide Tsumura Toru HayashiSilk Racing 1:47.0 2023 Stellaria 5 Taisei Danno Takashi SaitoShadai Race Horse 1:47.9 2024 Costa Bonita 5 Mirai Iwata Yoshiaki SugiyamaTatsuo Tanigake 1:46.92025Admire Matsuri4Hironobu TanabeKeisuke MiyataJunko Kondo1:46.22026Koganeno Sora5Kazuki KikuzawaTakanori KikuzawaBig Red Farm1:45.6
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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