The Kyoto Himba Stakes (Japanese 京都牝馬ステークス) is a defunct Grade 3 horse race organized by Japan Racing Association (JRA) for Thoroughbred fillies and mares aged four and over, run in February over a distance of 1400 metres on turf at Kyoto Racecourse.
The Kyoto Himba Stakes was first run in 1966 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The distance was usually 1600 metres before being cut to 1400 metres in 2016. The race was run at Chukyo Racecourse in 1979 and at Hanshin Racecourse in 1980, 1990 and 1994. The race was discontinued in 2025 due to Aichi Hai replacing its schedule in the calendar as well as Kokura Himba Stakes being created to replace the former's schedule.
Winners since 1990 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 1990 Rikiai Northern 6 Yutaka Take Izumi Shimizu Yukio Takayama 1:34.3 1991 Daiichi Ruby 5 Hiroshi Kawachi Yuji Ito Haruo Tsujimoto 1:34.8 1992 Scarlet Bouquet 5 Teruhiko Chida Yuji Ito Katsumi Yoshida 1:34.8 1993 Nuevo Tosho 7 Koichi Tsunoda Sakae Watanabe Tosho Sangyo 1:34.0 1994 North Flight 5 Yutaka Take Keiji Kato Taihoku Farm Co. Ltd. 1:36.8 1995 Sistina 7 Eiji Nakadate Masakatsu Sakai Yoshikatsu Murakami 1:33.3 1996 Syourinomegami 6 Olivier Peslier Kunihiko Take Yoshio Asakawa 1:34.3 1997 Eishin Berlin 6 Katsumi Minai Masanori Sakaguchi Toyomitsu Hirai 1:35.4 1998 Biwa Heidi 6 Olivier Peslier Mitsumasa Hamada Biwa Co., Ltd. 1:34.7 1999 Maruka Komachi 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Shuji Kitahashi Kawacho Sangyo 1:35.2 2000 Stinger 4 Olivier Peslier Kazuo Fujisawa Teruya Yoshida 1:34.9 2001 Grace Namura 5 Tetsuya Kobayashi Tetsuya Meno Nobushige Namura 1:35.2 2002 Behind The Mask 6 Yuichi Fukunaga Shuji Kitahashi Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 1:36.0 2003 Happy Path 5 Olivier Peslier Kazuo Fujisawa Shadai Race Horse Co. Ltd. 1:34.6 2004 Cheers Message 4 Masaru Honda Masazo Ryoke Kiyoko Kitamura 1:34.1 2005 Azuma Sanders 4 Yusuke Fujioka Kenichi Fujioka Tetsuji Azuma 1:35.0 2006 Meine Samantha 6 Yasunari Iwata Hitoshi Nakamura Thoroughbred Club Ruffian Co. Ltd. 1:33.5 2007 Dia de la Novia 5 Yasunari Iwata Katsuhiko Sumii Carrot Farm Co. Ltd. 1:33.0 2008 Admire Kiss 5 Katsumi Ando Hiroyoshi Matsuda Riichi Kondo 1:36.0 2009 Celebrita 4 Yutaka Take Yoshiyuki Arakawa Mishima Stable 1:35.1 2010 Hikaru Amaranthus 4 Mirco Demuro Yasuo Ikee Kyoko Takahashi 1:36.4 2011 Shoryu Moon 4 Suguru Hamanaka Shozo Sasaki Wataru Ueda 1:33.7 2012 Donau Blue 4 Cristian Demuro Sei Ishizaka Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 1:33.8 2013 Hana's Goal 4 Suguru Hamanaka Kazuhiro Kato Michael Tabart 1:34.3 2014 Uliuli 4 Suguru Hamanaka Hideaki Fujiwara Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co. Ltd. 1:33.0 2015 Keiai Elegant 6 Hiroyuki Uchida Mitsuhiro Ogata Kazuhiro Kameda 1:33.9 2016 Queens Ring 4 Mirco Demuro Keiji Yoshimura Chizu Yoshida 1:22.9 2017 Let's Go Donki 5 Yasunari Iwata Tomoyuki Umeda Hirosaki Toshihiro HD Co. Ltd. 1:22.5 2018 Miss Panthere 4 Norihiro Yokoyama Mitsugu Kon Chiyono Terada 1:23.0 2019 Dea Regalo 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Masahito Otake Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 1:21.0 2020 Sound Chiara 5 Kohei Matsuyama Akio Adachi Yuichi Masuda 1:23.2 2021 Iberis 5 Manabu Sakai Koichi Tsunoda Koichi Maeda 1:20.0 2022 Lotus Land 5 Mirai Iwata Yasuyuki Tsujino Kobayashi Eiichi Holdings LLC. 1:19.7 2023 La La Christine 5 Akira Sugawara Takashi Saito Fujii Kosan 1:20.4 2024 So Dazzling 4 Yutaka Take Hidetaka Otonashi Shadai Race Horse Co. Ltd. 1:20.3 The 2021, 2022 and 2023 runnings took place at Hanshin while Kyoto was closed for renovation.
Earlier winners
1966 - Miss Hatsurai O 1967 - Maya Midori 1968 - Hiro Daikoku 1969 - Rikiryu Shingeki 1970 - Kunino Hana 1971 - Yamani Venus 1972 - Seven Arrow 1973 - Lady Sport 1974 - Aiteishiro 1975 - Kabari Danae 1976 - Green Fight 1977 - Linen Jo O 1978 - Inter Gloria 1979 - Inter Gloria 1980 - Hagino Top Lady 1981 - Royal Suzuran 1982 - Miss Radical 1983 - Toa Mysterious 1984 - Calstone Dancer 1985 - Fire Dancer 1986 - Dominus Rose 1987 - Pot Tesco Lady 1988 - Mayano Jo O 1989 - Rikiai Northern
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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