Kyoto Himba Stakes

The Kyoto Himba Stakes (Japanese 京都牝馬ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race 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 1954 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.

Winners since 2000
The 2021, 2022 and 2023 runnings took place at Hanshin while Kyoto was closed for renovation.

Earlier winners

 * 1984 - Calstone Dancer
 * 1985 - Fire Dancer
 * 1986 - Dominus Rose
 * 1987 - Pot Tesco Lady
 * 1988 - Mayano Jo O
 * 1989 - Rikiai Northern
 * 1990 - Rikiai Northern
 * 1991 - Daiichi Ruby
 * 1992 - Scarlet Bouquet
 * 1993 - Nuevo Tosho
 * 1994 - North Flight
 * 1995 - Sistina
 * 1996 - Syourinomegami
 * 1997 - Eishin Berlin
 * 1998 - Biwa Heidi
 * 1999 - Maruka Kimachi