Hanshin Himba Stakes
Grade 2 race | |
![]() 2011 Hanshin Himba Stakes | |
Location | Hanshin Racecourse |
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Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1600 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | 4-y-o+ fillies & mares |
Weight | Special Weight |
Purse | ¥ 119,100,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 55,000,000 2nd: ¥ 22,000,000 3rd: ¥ 14,000,000 |
The Hanshin Himba Stakes (Japanese 阪神牝馬ステークス) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds fillies and mares of at least four years of age. It is run over a distance of 1600 metres at Hanshin Racecourse in April.[1]
The Hanshin Himba Stakes was first run in 1958. It was elevated to Grade 3 status in 1984 and has been run as a grade 2 race since 1998. The race was contested over a variety of distances before being run over 2000 metres from 1968 until 1995. The distance was reduced to 1600 metres in 1996 and to 1400 metres in 2006. The race returned to 1600 metres in 2016.
Among the winners of the race have been Fine Motion, Admire Groove, Rhein Kraft, Curren Chan and Mikki Queen.
Race details
The race is run at Hanshin Racecourse over a distance of 1,600 meters on turf using the outer curve.
Weight
55 kg for four-year-olds and above.[2]
Allowances:
- 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds
Penalties:
- If a graded stakes race has been won within a year, 2 kg for a grade one win, 1 kg for a grade two win
- If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year (excluding two-year-old race performance), 1 kg for a grade one win
Winners since 2000
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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2000 | To The Victory | 4 | Hirofumi Shii | Yasuo Ikee | 1:33.8 |
2001 | Air Thule | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Hideyuki Mori | 1:33.5 |
2002 | Diamond Biko | 4 | Olivier Peslier | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:33.2 |
2003 | Fine Motion | 4 | Yutaka Take | Yuji Ito | 1:33.4 |
2004 | Heavenly Romance | 4 | Mikio Matsunaga | Shoji Yamamoto | 1:34.0 |
2005 | Admire Groove | 5 | Yutaka Take | Mitsuru Hashida | 1:34.5 |
2006 | Rhein Kraft | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Tsutomo Setoguchi | 1:21.2 |
2007 | Jolly Dance | 4 | Shinji Fujita | Noriyuki Hori | 1:20.7 |
2008 | Asian Winds | 4 | Ryota Sameshima | Hideaki Fujiwara | 1:21.4 |
2009 | Jolly Dance | 6 | Hirofumi Shii | Noriyuki Hori | 1:21.4 |
2010 | I Am Kamino Mago | 4 | Shinichiro Akiyama | Hiroyuki Nagahama | 1:20.2 |
2011 | Curren Chan | 4 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Takayuki Yasuda | 1:20.4 |
2012 | Queens Barn | 4 | Yusuke Fujioka | Hidekazu Asami | 1:21.9 |
2013 | Sound of Heart | 4 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Yasuhisa Matsuyama | 1:21.4 |
2014 | Smart Layer | 4 | Yutaka Take | Ryuji Okubo | 1:20.3 |
2015 | Cafe Brilliant | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Noriyuki Hori | 1:21.1 |
2016 | Smart Layer | 6 | Mirco Demuro | Ryuji Okubo | 1:33.1[3] |
2017 | Mikki Queen | 4 | Suguru Hamanaka | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:34.3[4] |
2018 | Miss Panthere | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Mitsugu Kon | 1:34.8[5] |
2019 | Mikki Charm | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 1:33.6 |
2020 | Sound Chiara | 5 | Kohei Matsuyama | Akio Adachi | 1:32.9 |
2021 | Des Ailes | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Yasuo Tomomichi | 1:32.0 |
2022 | Meisho Mimosa | 5 | Katsuma Sameshima | Kaneo Ikezoe | 1:32.8 |
2023 | Sound Vivace | 4 | Suguru Hamanaka | Daisuke Takayanagi | 1:33.9 |
2024 | Masked Diva | 4 | Joao Moreira | Yasuyuki Tsujino | 1:33.0 |
Earlier winners
- 1984 - Kikuno Pegasus
- 1985 - Global Dyna
- 1986 - Pot Tesco Lady
- 1987 - Shiyono Regal
- 1988 - Rikiai Northern
- 1989 - Louisiana Pit
- 1990 - Main Caster
- 1991 - Machino Komachi
- 1992 - Yusei Fairy
- 1993 - North Flight
- 1994 - Memory Jasper
- 1995 - Samani Beppin
- 1996 - Hishi Natalie
- 1997 - Air Wings
- 1998 - Egao O Misete
- 1999 - Hi Friend Code
See also
References
- Netkeiba:[6][7]
- 1994 en, 1995 en, 1996 en, 1997 en, 1998 en, 1999 en, 2000 en, 2001 en, 2002 en, 2003 en, 2004 en, 2005 en, 2006 en, 2007 en, 2008 en, 2009 en, 2010 en, 2011 en, 2012 en, 2013 en, 2014 en, 2015 en, 2016 en, 2017 en, 2018 en, 2019 en, 2020 en, 2021 en, 2022 en, 2023 en, 2024 en
- ^ "Hanshin 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 2024-04-06.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 9 April 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 8 April 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 7 April 2018.
- ^ "阪神牝馬S". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Sankeisports Hai Hanshin Himba Stakes". Netkeiba.
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