| Surface: | Turf |
| Class: | Grade 3 |
| Horse Race: | Kyoto Himba Stakes 京都牝馬ステークス |
| Location: | Kyoto Racecourse |
| Inaugurated: | 1986 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Distance: | 1400 metres |
| Track: | Right-handed |
| Qualification: | 4-y-o+ fillies and mares |
| Weight: | 55 kg |
The Kyoto Himba Stakes (Japanese 京都牝馬ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race 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 1954 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.
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Stinger | 4 | Olivier Peslier | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:34.9 | |
| 2001 | Grace Namura | 5 | Tetsuya Kobayashi | Tetsuya Meno | 1:35.2 | |
| 2002 | Behind The Mask | 6 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Shuji Kitahashi | 1:36.0 | |
| 2003 | Happy Path | 5 | Olivier Peslier | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:34.6 | |
| 2004 | Cheers Message | 4 | Masaru Honda | Masazo Ryoke | 1:34.1 | |
| 2005 | Azuma Sanders | 4 | Yusuke Fujioka | Kenichi Fujioka | 1:35.0 | |
| 2006 | Meine Samantha | 6 | Yasunari Iwata | Hitoshi Nakamura | 1:33.5 | |
| 2007 | Dia de la Novia | 5 | Yasunari Iwata | Katsuhiko Sumii | 1:33.0 | |
| 2008 | Admire Kiss | 5 | Katsumi Ando | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 1:36.0 | |
| 2009 | Celebrita | 4 | Yutaka Take | Yoshiyuki Arakawa | 1:35.1 | |
| 2010 | Hikaru Amaranthus | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Yasuo Ikee | 1:36.4 | |
| 2011 | Shoryu Moon | 4 | Suguru Hamanaka | Shozo Sasaki | 1:33.7 | |
| 2012 | Donau Blue | 4 | Cristian Demuro | Sei Ishizaka | 1:33.8 | |
| 2013 | Hana's Goal | 4 | Suguru Hamanaka | Kazuhiro Kato | 1:34.3 | |
| 2014 | Uliuli | 4 | Suguru Hamanaka | Hideaki Fujiwara | 1:33.0 | |
| 2015 | Keiai Elegant | 6 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Mitsuhiro Ogata | 1:33.9 | |
| 2016 | Queens Ring | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Keiji Yoshimura | 1:22.9 | |
| 2017 | Let's Go Donki | 5 | Yasunari Iwata | Tomoyuki Umeda | 1:22.5[2] | |
| 2018 | Miss Panthere | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Mitsugu Kon | 1:23.0[3] | |
| 2019 | Dea Regalo | 5 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Masahito Otake | 1:21.0[4] | |
| 2020 | Sound Chiara | 5 | Kohei Matsuyama | Akio Adachi | 1:23.2 | |
| 2021 | Iberis | 5 | Manabu Sakai | Koichi Tsunoda | 1:20.0 | |
| 2022 | Lotus Land | 5 | Mirai Iwata | Yasuyuki Tsujino | 1:19.7 | |
| 2023 | La La Christine | 5 | Akira Sugawara | Takashi Saito | 1:20.4 | |
| 2024 | So Dazzling | 4 | Yutaka Take | Hidetaka Otonashi | 1:20.3 |