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    The Hanshin Himba Stakes (Japanese 阪神牝馬ステークス) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds fillies and mares of at least four years...
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  • she was narrowly beaten in the Takamatsunomiya Kinen and won the Hanshin Himba Stakes before dying of a heart attack in August 2006. Rhein Kraft was a...
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    consecutive races including the Hanshin Himba Stakes, Hakodate Sprint Stakes, Keeneland Cup and the Sprinters Stakes and won the JRA Award for Best Sprinter...
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    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...
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    Mikki Queen (category Yushun Himba winners)
    third in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup. As a five-year-old she won the Hanshin Himba Stakes and finished third in both the Takarazuka Kinen and the Queen Elizabeth...
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    Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) and his granddam Agnes Lady won the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks). Agnes Flora also produced the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby)...
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    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...
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    II American Jockey Club Stakes at Nakayama on 24 January and won from Silent Hunter and Mejiro Steed. On 21 March at Hanshin he added another Grade II...
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    / 34.7802222°N 135.3625000°E / 34.7802222; 135.3625000 Hanshin Racecourse (阪神競馬場, Hanshin-keibajō) is located in Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan. It has a...
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    she was unbeaten in four races including the Sapporo Nisai Stakes, Artemis Stakes and Hanshin Juvenile Fillies. In 2021 she won the Oka Sho but sustained...
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    The Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (阪神ジュベナイルフィリーズ) is a one-mile turf stakes race for thoroughbred fillies two years old. It is considered the de facto year-end...
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    Tall Poppy (category Yushun Himba winners)
    high class form, winning three race and finishing second in the Hanshin Himba Stakes. As a broodmare she also produced Tall Poppy's full sister Aventura...
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    began her campaign by finishing fifth when favourite for the Grade 2 Hanshin Himba Stakes on 11 April. In the following month she returned to Group 1 class...
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    Win Kiitos (Meguro Kinen), Rambling Alley (Nakayama Himba Stakes), Des Ailes (Hanshin Himba Stakes) and Soft Fruit. Akai Ito was towards the back of the...
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  • Kyoto while Hanshin was closed for redevelopment. f The 1995 running took place at Kyoto while Hanshin was closed due to 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake...
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    Air Groove (category Yushun Himba winners)
    racehorse and the winner of the 1996 Yushun Himba. Air Groove's first race was on October 29, 1995, at the Icho Stakes, where she came in first. She came in...
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    she grabbed her final win in her last race by winning the 2005 Hanshin Himba Stakes. A retirement ceremony soon followed. Admire Groove's descendants...
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    included the 2022 Oka Sho and Yushun Himba winner Stars on Earth, and his third crop of foals included 2022 Hopeful Stakes winner Dura Erede, 2023 NHK Mile...
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    finishing second in the Hanshin Himba Stakes. As a broodmare she also produced Aventura's full sister Tall Poppy who won the Yushun Himba in 2008. She was a...
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    daughter Soul Stirring won the Grade 1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies. In 2017, Soul Stirring won the Yushun Himba. Frankel sired his first winner of a European...
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    Win Bright. In April the filly started odds-on favourite for the Hanshin Himba Stakes and came home eighth in a blanket finish, beaten less than two lengths...
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    behind Smart Layer in the Grade 2 Hanshin Himba Stakes over 1600 metres on 9 April. Five weeks after her run at Hanshin, the seven-year-old mare attempted...
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    Osaka) The Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (阪神ジュベナイルフィリーズ), Hanshin, Turf 1600m (for Fillies) The Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (朝日杯フューチュリティステークス), Hanshin, Turf 1600m...
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  • Silence, gave birth to Admire Sunday who finished second in the 1998 Hanshin Himba Stakes. After her retirement to stud, she produced the classic winning Tall...
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    Liberty Island (horse) (category Yushun Himba winners)
    Rose [ja]"). Her major victories include the 2022 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies, the 2023 Oka Sho, Yushun Himba, and Shuka Sho. She was awarded the JRA Award for...
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    She was favored both times. Both the Tokyo Shimbun Hai and the Hanshin Himba Stakes had a major defeat with 11 landings, and although Victoria Mile was...
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    64/1 outsider Akai Ito. Akaitorino Musume was set to run at the Hanshin Himba Stakes on April 9 of that year, but cancelled the race at the last minute...
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    Sunday Silence (category Preakness Stakes winners)
    Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes but failed to complete the Triple Crown when he was defeated in the Belmont Stakes. Nevertheless, he won the Breeders'...
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    Apapane (horse) (category Yushun Himba winners)
    Grade I Hanshin Juvenile Fillies and won the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Filly. In the following year she won the Oka Sho and Yushun Himba before completing...
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    successful progeny was Bella Rheia [ja], who won the Flora Stakes and finished second in the Yushun Himba in 2007. Narita Top Road died on November 7, 2005, 6...
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