Yushun Himba
Japanese Oaks
優駿牝馬
オークス
Grade 1 race
2022 Yushun Himba winner Stars On Earth
LocationTokyo Racecourse, Fuchū, Tokyo
Inaugurated1938
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2400 meters
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification3-y-o , Fillies
Weight55 kg
Purse¥ 325,000,000 (as of 2023)
1st: ¥ 150,000,000
BonusesFillies Triple Crown
Winner of Oka Sho, Yushun Himba, Shuka Sho[1]
¥ 100,000,000

The Yushun Himba (優駿牝馬), also known as the Japanese Oaks (オークス) is a Japanese Grade 1 flat horse race for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at the Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchū, Tokyo in May.

History

It was first run in 1938 and is the Japanese equivalent of the English Epsom Oaks.

On May 23, 2010, in the 71st running of the Yushun Himba, Apapane and Saint Emilion hit the finish at the same time in the race, making the first time that a Grade 1 race in Japan has resulted in a dead heat for the win.[2][3][4]

On May 20, 2018, Almond Eye won the 2,400-meter Yushun Himba over Lily Noble by two lengths.[5][6]

Winners since 1990

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1990 Eishin Sunny Shigehiko Kishi Masanori Sakaguchi Toyomitsu Hirai 2:26.1
1991 Isono Roubles Mikio Matsunaga Hisao Shimizu Toshio Isono 2:27.8
1992 Adorable Yoshiyuki Muramoto Minoru Kobayashi Haruo Negishi 2:28.9
1993 Vega Yutaka Take Hiroyoshi Matsuda Kazuko Yoshida 2:27.3
1994 Chokai Carol Sadahiro Kojima Akio Tsurudome Kaichi Nitta 2:27.5
1995 Dance Partner Yutaka Take Katsumi Yoshida Toshiaki Shirai 2:26.7
1996 Air Groove Yutaka Take Yuji Ito Satoshi Yoshihara 2:29.1
1997 Mejiro Dober Yutaka Yoshida Yokichi Okubo Mejiro Shoji 2:27.7
1998 Erimo Excel Hitoshi Matoba Keiji Kato Shinichi Yamamoto 2:28.1
1999 Umeno Fiber Masayoshi Ebina Ikuo Aizawa T Umezaki 2:26.9
2000 Silk Prima Donna Shinja Fujita Kenji Yamauchi Silk Racing 2:30.2
2001 Lady Pastel Kent Desormeaux Kiyotaka Tanaka Lord Horse Club 2:26.3
2002 Smile Tomorrow Yutaka Yoshida Kazuhiro Seishi Masatake Iida 2:27.7
2003 Still in Love Hideaki Miyuki Shoichi Matsumoto North Hills Management Co. 2:27.5
2004 Daiwa El Cielo Yuichi Fukunaga Kunihide Matsuda Daiwa Shoji 2:27.2
2005 Cesario Yuichi Fukunaga Katsuhiko Sumii Carrot Farm Co. 2:28.8
2006 Kawakami Princess Masaru Honda Katsuichi Nishiura Mitsuishi Kawakami Bokujo 2:26.2
2007 Robe Decollete Yuichi Fukunaga Shigeki Matsumoto Koji Maeda 2:25.3
2008 Tall Poppy Kenichi Ikezoe Katsuhiko Sumii Carrot Farm 2:28.8
2009 Buena Vista Katsumi Ando Hiroyoshi Matsuda Sunday Racing 2:26.1
2010[3] Apapane (DH) Masayoshi Ebina Sakae Kunieda Kaneko Makoto Holdings 2:29.9
Saint Emilion (DH) Norihiro Yokoyama Masaaki Koga Teruya Yoshida
2011 Erin Court Hiroki Goto Kazuhide Sasada Teruya Yoshida 2:25.7
2012 Gentildonna Yuga Kawada Sei Ishziaka Sunday Racing 2:23.6
2013 Meisho Mambo Koshiro Take Akihiro Iida Yoshio Matsumoto 2:25.2
2014 Nuovo Record Yasunari Iwata Makoto Saito Reiko Hara 2:25.8
2015 Mikki Queen Suguru Hamanaka Yasuo Ikee Mizuki Noda 2:25.0
2016 Sinhalite Kenichi Ikezoe Sei Ishizaka U Carrot Farm 2:25.0
2017 Soul Stirring Christophe Lemaire Kazuo Fujisawa Shadai Horse Race Co 2:24.1
2018 Almond Eye Christophe Lemaire Sakae Kunieda Silk Racing 2:23.8
2019 Loves Only You Mirco Demuro Yoshito Yahagi DMM Dream Club 2:22.8
2020 Daring Tact Kohei Matsuyama Haruki Sugiyama Normandy Thoroughbred Racing 2:24.4
2021 Uberleben Mirco Demuro Takahisa Tezuka K.Thoroughbred Club Ruffian 2:24.5
2022 Stars On Earth Christophe Lemaire Mizuki Takayanagi Shadai Horse Race Co 2:23.9
2023 Liberty Island Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa Nakauchida Sunday Racing 2:23.1

Earlier winners

See also

References

  1. ^ "同一年度に本会が定める競走に優勝した馬に対する褒賞金交付基準" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Racing Association.
  2. ^ Apapane, Saint Emilion take Yushun Himba in deadheat
  3. ^ a b Detailed analysis and results of the 71st Yushun Himba
  4. ^ "Horse racing: Apapane, Saint Emilion joint winners at Japanese Oaks". Kyodo News. Mainichi Shimbun. 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2010-05-23.[dead link]
  5. ^ Hersh, Marcus (October 14, 2018), Almond Eye sweeps Japan's Fillies Triple Crown, DRF, retrieved October 14, 2018
  6. ^ Kieckhefer, Bob (May 20, 2018), Almond Eye Takes Second Leg of Japan's Triple Tiara, Blood Horse, retrieved October 14, 2018
  7. ^ "オークス". Netkeiba.
  8. ^ "Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks)". Netkeiba.
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