# Fuchu Himba Stakes

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 will be moved from October to June, downgraded to Grade 3, and will lose 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 2017 | Crocosmia | 4 | Yasunari Iwata | Katsuichi Nishiura | 1:48.1 |
| 2018 | Deirdre | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Mitsuru Hashida | 1:44.7 |
| 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