Hanshin Himba Stakes

Hanshin Himba Stakes
阪神牝馬ステークス
Grade 2 race
2011 Hanshin Himba Stakes
LocationHanshin Racecourse
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1600 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification4-y-o+ fillies & mares
WeightSpecial 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:

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
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

  1. ^ "Hanshin Himba Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan". Horse Racing in Japan. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  3. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 9 April 2016.
  4. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 8 April 2017.
  5. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 7 April 2018.
  6. ^ "阪神牝馬S". Netkeiba.
  7. ^ "Sankeisports Hai Hanshin Himba Stakes". Netkeiba.