Fukushima Himba Stakes Explained

Surface:	Turf
Class:	Grade 3
Horse Race:	Fukushima Himba Stakes 福島牝馬ステークス
Location:	Fukushima Racecourse
Inaugurated:	2004
Race Type:	Thoroughbred flat racing
Distance:	1,800 meters
Track:	Right-handed
Qualification:	4-y-o+ fillies and mares
Weight:	Special Weight

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

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.^[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

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	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	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

See also

• Horse racing in Japan
• List of Japanese flat horse races

References

• Netkeiba:^{[7] [8]}
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Notes and References

1. Web site: Fukushima Himba Stakes. Horse Racing in Japan.
2. Web site: List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan . 2024-04-20 . Horse Racing in Japan . en.
3. Web site: 2017 result . Racing Post. 22 April 2017.
4. Web site: 2018 result . Racing Post. 21 April 2018.
5. Web site: 2019 result. Racing Post. 20 April 2016.
6. Web site: 2022 result . Racing Post . 24 April 2022.
7. Web site: 福島牝馬S . Netkeiba.
8. Web site: Fukushima Himba Stakes . Netkeiba.