The Nakayama Himba Stakes (Japanese 中山牝馬ステークス) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares aged four and over, run in March over a distance of 1800 metres on turf at Nakayama Racecourse.
The Nakayama Himba Stakes was first run in 1983 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984 when the grade system was introduced . The race was run at Tokyo Racecourse in 1988 and at Hanshin Racecourse in 2011. In 2006, the route for stakes races for fillies aged four and over was established, and the race became a preliminary race to the newly established Victoria Mile.https://jra.jp/keiba/thisweek/2024/0309_1/race.html
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Red Chili Pepper 4 Norihiro Yokoyama Hiroyoshi MatsudaKazuko Yoshida 1:48.5 2001 Eishin Rudens 5 Yoshitomi Shibata Akira NomotoToyomitsu Hirai 1:49.5 2002 Diamond Biko 4 Olivier Peslier Kazuo FujisawaShinobu Osako 1:45.4 2003 Lady Pastel 5 Masayoshi Ebina Kiyotaka TanakaLord Horse Club 1:46.7 2004 Osumi Cosmo 5 Masayoshi Ebina Tadashi NakaoHidenori Yamaji 1:46.1 2005 Winglet 4 Katsuharu Tanaka Yoshitada MunakataShadai Race Horse 1:49.7 2006 Yamanin Sucre 5 Hirofumi Shii Hidekazu AsamiHajime Doi 1:47.8 2007 Meine Samantha 7 Masayoshi Ebina Hitoshi NakamuraThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:50.2 2008 Yamaninmerveilleux 6 Yuichi Shibayama Hironori KuritaHajime Doi 1:48.4 2009 Kiss To Heaven 6 Norihiro Yokoyama Hirofumi TodaKazuko Yoshida 1:49.1 2010 Nishino Blue Moon 6 Hiroshi Kitamura Nobuhiro SuzukiShigeyuki Nishiyama 1:47.6 2011 Lady Alba Rosa 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Kazuhide SasadaLord Horse Club 1:45.4 2012 Lady Alba Rosa 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Kazuhide SasadaLord Horse Club 1:50.6 2013 Meine Isabel 5 Masami Matsuoka Takahiro MizunoThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:48.5 2014 Hula Bride 5 Manabu Sakai Kazuyoshi KiharaKazuko Yoshida 1:48.5 2015 Bounce Shasse 4 Hironobu Tanabe Kazuo FujisawaCarrot Farm 1:47.5 2016 Sundarbans 5 Yutaka Yoshida Eichi YanoShimokobe Farm 1:50.3 2017 Tosen Victory 5 Yutaka Take Katsuhiko SumiiTakaya Shimakawa 1:49.4 2018 Kawakita Enka 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Tamio HamadaYoshio Kawashima 1:49.0 2019 Frontier Queen 6 Kousei Miura Sakae KuniedaSankyo Farm 1:47.7 2020 Fairy Polka 4 Ryuji Wada Masayuki NishimuraTakeshi Yamamoto 1:50.8 2021 Rambling Alley 5 Yutaka Take Yasuo TomomichiShadai Race Horse 1:54.8 2022 Kurino Premium 5 Masami Matsuoka Shinichi ItoHiroharu Kurimoto 1:46.8 2023 Through Seven Seas 5 Christophe Lemaire Tomohito OzekiCarrot Farm 1:46.52024Conch Shell4Mirai IwataHisashi ShimizuShinji Maeda1:49.02025Shirankedo5Mirco DemuroMitsunori MakiuraNisshin Holdings1:47.12026Ethelfleda5Miyabi MutoYoshinori MutoFumio Takahashi1:47.1
Earlier winners
1972 - Kuri Kent 1973 - Kyoei Green 1974 - Rafale 1975 - Kamino Chidori 1976 - Sakura Sedan 1977 - Shunsetsu 1978 - Shunsetsu 1979 - Yodo Hamanasu 1980 - My Elf 1981 - Fuji Madonna 1982 - Fuji Madonna 1983 - Dancing Fighter 1984 - Mejiro Heine 1985 - Shadai Cosmos 1986 - Yukino Rose 1987 - Katsu Dynamic 1988 - Soshin Hoju 1989 - Rikiai Northern 1990 - Jim Queen 1991 - Yukino Sunrise 1992 - Scarlet Bouquet 1993 - Rabbit Ball 1994 - Hokkai Seres 1995 - Alpha Cute 1996 - Prairie Queen 1997 - Syourinomegami 1998 - Mejiro Lambada 1999 - Narita Luna Park
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
References Netkeiba: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,