Nakayama Himba Stakes

Horse race

Nakayama Himba Stakes
中山牝馬ステークス
Race information
Grade 3 race
Lady Alba Rosa after winning the 2011 Nakayama Himba Stakes
Location	Nakayama Racecourse
Inaugurated	1983
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	1800 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	4-y-o+ fillies and mares
Weight	Handicap
Purse	¥ 82,380,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 38,000,000 2nd: ¥ 15,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The Nakayama Himba Stakes (Japanese 中山牝馬ステークス) is a 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.^[1]

The Nakayama Himba Stakes was first run in 1983 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Tokyo Racecourse in 1988 and at Hanshin Racecourse in, 2011.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Red Chili Pepper	4	Norihiro Yokoyama	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	1:48.5
2001	Eishin Rudens	5	Yoshitomi Shibata	Akira Nomoto	1:49.5
2002	Diamond Biko	4	Olivier Peslier	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:45.4
2003	Lady Pastel	5	Masayoshi Ebina	Kiyotaka Tanaka	1:46.7
2004	Osumi Cosmo	5	Masayoshi Ebina	Tadashi Nakao	1:46.1
2005	Winglet	4	Katsuharu Tanaka	Yoshitada Munakata	1:49.7
2006	Yamanin Sucre	5	Hirofumi Shii	Hidekazu Asami	1:47.8
2007	Meine Samantha	7	Masayoshi Ebina	Hitoshi Nakamura	1:50.2
2008	Yamaninmerveilleux	6	Yuichi Shibayama	Hironori Kurita	1:48.4
2009	Kiss To Heaven	6	Norihiro Yokoyama	Hirofumi Toda	1:49.1
2010	Nishino Blue Moon	6	Hiroshi Kitamura	Nobuhiro Suzuki	1:47.6
2011	Lady Alba Rosa	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Kazuhide Sasada	1:45.4
2012	Lady Alba Rosa	5	Yuichi Fukunaga	Kazuhide Sasada	1:50.6
2013	Meine Isabel	5	Masami Matsuoka	Takahiro Mizuno	1:48.5
2014	Hula Bride	5	Manabu Sakai	Kazuyoshi Kihara	1:48.5
2015	Bounce Shasse	4	Hironobu Tanabe	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:47.5
2016	Sundarbans	5	Yutaka Yoshida	Eichi Yano	1:50.3
2017	Tosen Victory	5	Yutaka Take	Katsuhiko Sumii	1:49.4^[2]
2018	Kawakita Enka	4	Kenichi Ikezoe	Tamio Hamada	1:49.0^[3]
2019	Frontier Queen	6	Kousei Miura	Sakae Kunieda	1:47.7^[4]
2020	Fairy Polka	4	Ryuji Wada	Masayuki Nishimura	1:50.8
2021	Rambling Alley	5	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Tomomichi	1:54.8
2022	Kurino Premium	5	Masami Matsuoka	Shinichi Ito	1:46.8
2023	Through Seven Seas	5	Christophe Lemaire	Tomohito Ozeki	1:46.5
2024	Conch Shell	4	Mirai Iwata	Hisashi Shimizu	1:49.0

Earlier winners

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

References

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^ "Nakayama Himba Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 12 March 2017.
^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 10 March 2018.
^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 9 March 2016.
^ "中山牝馬S". Netkeiba.
^ "Laurel R.c.sho Nakayama Himba Stakes". Netkeiba.

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