The Fuchu Himba Stakes (Japanese 府中牝馬ステークス) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three and over run in June over a distance of 1,800 meters at Tokyo Racecourse.
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 1,600 meters before being moved up to 1,800 meters in 1996. The race used to serve as a trial for the Queen Elizabeth II Cup. In 2025, the race schedule was moved from October to June, downgraded to Grade 3, and lost its Queen Elizabeth II Cup trial status.
Weight 53 kg for three-year-olds, 55 kg for four-year-olds and above.
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 TrainerOwner Time 2000 To The Victory 4 Hirofumi Shii Yasuo IkeeMakoto Kaneko 1:48.3 2001 Maruka Candy 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Shuji KitahashiKawacho Sangyo 1:45.6 2002 Diamond Biko 4 Kazuhiro Kato Kazuo FujisawaShinobu Osako 1:46.0 2003 Lady Pastel 5 Masayoshi Ebina Kiyotaka TanakaLord Horse Club 1:46.6 2004 Osumi Haruka 4 Shinji Kawashima Masatoshi AndoHidenori Yamaji 1:46.2 2005 Yamanin Alabaster 4 Teruo Eda Shinobu HoshinoHajime Doi 1:46.7 2006 Daring Heart 4 Hiroki Goto Hideaki FujiwaraShadai Race Horse 1:47.5 2007 Daring Heart 5 Shinji Fujita Hideaki FujiwaraShadai Race Horse 1:45.4 2008 Blumenblatt 5 Yutaka Yoshida Sei IshizakaCarrot Farm 1:45.5 2009 Mood Indigo 4 Katsuharu Tanaka Yasuo TomomichiKaneko Makoto Holdings 1:44.6 2010 T M Aurora 4 Kyosuke Kokubun Tadao IgarashiMasatsugu Takezono 1:46.4 2011 Italian Red 5 Eiji Nakadate Sei IshizakaTokyo Horse Racing 1:46.8 2012 Meine Isabel 4 Masami Matsuoka Takahiro MizunoThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:45.5 2013 Whale Capture 5 Masayoshi Ebina Kiyotaka TanakaMasaru Shimada 1:48.8 2014 Dia De La Madre 4 Kota Fujioka Katsuhiko SumiiCarrot Farm 1:45.7 2015 Nobori Diana 5 Christophe Lemaire Masahiro MatsunagaYutaka Harada 1:46.3 2016 Queens Ring 4 Mirco Demuro Keiji YoshimuraChizu Yoshida 1:46.6 2017 Crocosmia 4 Yasunari Iwata Katsuichi NishiuraRyoichi Otsuka 1:48.1 2018 Deirdre 4 Christophe Lemaire Mitsuru HashidaToji Morita 1:44.7 2019 Scarlet Color 4 Yasunari Iwata Ryo TakahashiKoji Maeda 1:44.5 2020 Salacia 5 Yuichi Kitamura Manabu IkezoeSilk Racing 1:48.5 2021 Shadow Diva 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Makoto SaitoThree H Racing 1:45.6 2022 Izu Jo No Kiseki 5 Yasunari Iwata Koichi IshizakaIchiro Izumi 1:44.5 2023 Divina 5 Mirco Demuro Yasuo TomomichiKazuhiro Sasaki 1:46.12024Brede Weg4Christophe LemaireKeisuke MiyataSunday Racing1:44.72025Sekitoba East4Suguru HamanakaHirofumi ShiiTN Racing1:46.02026Sekitoba East5Suguru HamanakaHirofumi ShiiTN Racing1:45.5
The 2002 race took place at Nakayama Racecourse.
Earlier winners
1953 - Cheerio 1954 - My Dream 1955 - Tosei 1956 - Spring Sun 1957 - Mitsuru 1958 - Tajima 1959 - Hata Ford 1960 - Violet 1961 - Kuriban 1962 - Kikuno Hata 1963 - Hindo Thonella 1964 - Flower Wood 1965 - Flower Wood 1966 - Kiyotomi 1967 - Kiyozuki 1968 - Hakusetsu 1969 - Sweet Flag 1970 - Harbor Game 1971 - Tomei 1972 - Toku Zakura 1973 - Rinne Rund 1974 - Kamino Chidori 1975 - Anselmo 1976 - Bellona Sport 1977 - Seine Sport 1978 - Model Sport 1979 - Sunny Flower 1980 - Juji Arrow 1981 - Brocade 1982 - Sweet Native 1983 - Danish Girl 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
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