Fuchu Himba Stakes

The Fuchu Himba Stakes (Japanese 府中牝馬ステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three and over run in October over a distance of 1800 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.^[1]

Fuchu Himba Stakes
府中牝馬ステークス

Grade 2 race
2010 Fuchu Himba Stakes
Location	Tokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated	1984
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1800 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	3-y-o + fillies and mares
Weight	Special Weight
Purse	¥ 119,100,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 55,000,000 2nd: ¥ 22,000,000 3rd: ¥ 14,000,000

It was first run in 1953 and was promoted to Grade 3 in 1984 before being run as a Group 2 race since 2011. The race was usually contested over 1600 metres before being moved up to 1800 metres in 1996. The race serves as a trial for the Queen Elizabeth II Cup

Weight

53 kg for three-year-olds, 55 kg for four-year-olds and above.^[2]

Allowances:

• 2 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:
  • 2 kg for a grade 1 win
  • 1 kg for a grade 2 win
• If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
  • 1 kg for a grade 1 win

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	To The Victory	4	Hirofumi Shii	Yasuo Ikee	1:48.3
2001	Maruka Candy	5	Yuichi Fukunaga	Shuji Kitahashi	1:45.6
2002	Diamond Biko	4	Kazuhiro Kato	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:46.0 [1]
2003	Lady Pastel	5	Masayoshi Ebina	Kiyotaka Tanaka	1:46.6
2004	Osumi Haruka	4	Shinji Kawashima	Masatoshi Ando	1:46.2
2005	Yamanin Alabaster	4	Teruo Eda	Shinobu Hoshino	1:46.7
2006	Daring Heart	4	Hiroki Goto	Hideaki Fujiwara	1:47.5
2007	Daring Heart	5	Shinji Fujita	Hideaki Fujiwara	1:45.4
2008	Blumenblatt	5	Yutaka Yoshida	Sei Ishizaka	1:45.5
2009	Mood Indigo	4	Katsuharu Tanaka	Yasuo Tomomichi	1:44.6
2010	T M Aurora	4	Kyosuke Kokubun	Tadao Igarashi	1:46.4
2011	Italian Red	5	Eiji Nakadate	Sei Ishizaka	1:46.8
2012	Meine Isabel	4	Masami Matsuoka	Takahiro Mizuno	1:45.5
2013	Whale Capture	5	Masayoshi Ebina	Kiyotaka Tanaka	1:48.8
2014	Dia De La Madre	4	Kota Fujioka	Katsuhiko Sumii	1:45.7
2015	Nobori Diana	5	Christophe Lemaire	Masahiro Matsunaga	1:46.3
2016	Queens Ring	4	Mirco Demuro	Keiji Yoshimura	1:46.6[3]
2017	Crocosmia	4	Yasunari Iwata	Katsuichi Nishiura	1:48.1[4]
2018	Deirdre	4	Christophe Lemaire	Mitsuru Hashida	1:44.7[5]
2019	Scarlet Color	4	Yasunari Iwata	Ryo Takahashi	1:44.5
2020	Salacia	5	Yuichi Kitamura	Manabu Ikezoe	1:48.5
2021	Shadow Diva	5	Yuichi Fukunaga	Makoto Saito	1:45.6
2022	Izu Jo No Kiseki	5	Yasunari Iwata	Koichi Ishizaka	1:44.5
2023	Divina	5	Mirco Demuro	Yasuo Tomomichi	1:46.1
2024	Brede Weg	4	Christophe Lemaire	Keisuke Miyata	1:44.7

¹ The 2002 race took place at Nakayama Racecourse.

Earlier winners

• 1984 - Dyna Mina
• 1985 - Western Five
• 1986 - Dyna Fairy
• 1987 - Love Chic Blues
• 1988 - Dyna Artemis
• 1989 - Louisiana Pit
• 1990 - Hikaru Dancer
• 1991 - Restoration
• 1992 - Janis
• 1993 - North Flight
• 1994 - Hokkai Seres
• 1995 - Samani Beppin
• 1996 - Sakura Candle
• 1997 - Kurokami
• 1998 - Mejiro Dober
• 1999 - Erimo Excel

See also

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

References

• Netkeiba:^[6][7]
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4. "2017 result". Racing Post. 14 October 2017.
5. "2018 result". Racing Post. 13 October 2018.
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