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2024 Yushun Himba Preview
Scheduled to take place in May of each year at the Tokyo Racecourse is the Yushun Himba, the Japanese Oaks.
The Grade I race is restricted to three-year-old fillies and is run over a distance of 2,400m (Twelve Furlongs).
The race carries a purse of over £1.6m with runners getting entries from the Oka Sho (Top 5) run at Hanshin, the Flora Stakes (Top 2) and the Sweetpea Stakes (Winner) which are both run here at Toyko.
Winners of this race often go on to run in the final leg of the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown, with the Oka Sho being the first leg, this race being the second leg and the Shuka Sho being the final leg.
Only eight fillies' have gone on to win the triple crown, the last of those coming in 2020 when the Yoshito Yahago trained Contrail went on to win all three races.
Yushun Himba Information:
How competitive is the Yushun Himba market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 10 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2014 when the race had an over-round of 121%. The race in 2020 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 129%, whilst on average over the last 10 renewals of the Yushun Himba, the over-round has been 127%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £127 which is bet.
Yushun Himba Trends:
Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 10 if you had followed the winner of the Yushun Himba next time out then you would have backed a total of 5 winners. Backing all 10 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -2.10. See which other runners are being backed today on the racing predictions page.
When looking over the past 10 renewals, a time of 2:22.80 was set by Loves Only You in 2019, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by Yoshito Yahagi and ridden by Mirco Demuro. The slowest winning time was set in 2014 when Nuovo Record won in a time of 2:25.80, booked to ride was Yasunari Iwata on this Makoto Saito trained runner.
These are the top three quickest-run Yushun Himba over the last 10 renewals:
- Loves Only You (2:22.80) in 2019
- Liberty Island (2:23.10) in 2023
- Almond Eye (2:23.80) in 2018
Yushun Himba Past Winners
Here are the Yushun Himba past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. Also detailed is the stall where the horse came from and the total number of runners in the race. The trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Yushun Himba as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.
| Year | Horse (Drawn) | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 2:23.10 | Liberty Island (JPN) 3yo 8-9 (5 of 18) 2/5F | Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa Nakauchida (JPN) |
| 2022 2:23.90 | Stars On Earth (JPN) 3yo 8-9 (18 of 17) 11/2 | Christophe-Patrice Lemaire Mizuki Takayanagi (JPN) |
| 2021 2:24.50 | Uberleben (JPN) 3yo 8-9 (9 of 18) 79/10 | Mirco Demuro Takahisa Tezuka (JPN) |
| 2020 2:24.40 | Daring Tact (JPN) 3yo 8-9 (4 of 18) 3/5F | Kohei Matsuyama Haruki Sugiyama (JPN) |
| 2019 2:22.80 | Loves Only You (JPN) 3yo 8-9 (13 of 18) 3/1F | Mirco Demuro Yoshito Yahagi (JPN) |
| 2018 2:23.80 | Almond Eye (JPN) 3yo 8-9 (13 of 17) 7/10F | Christophe-Patrice Lemaire Sakae Kunieda (JPN) |
| 2017 2:24.10 | Soul Stirring (JPN) 3yo 8-9 (2 of 18) 7/5F | Christophe-Patrice Lemaire Kazuo Fujisawa (JPN) |
| 2016 2:25.00 | Sinhalite (JPN) 3yo 8-9 (3 of 18) 1/1F | Kenichi Ikezoe Sei Ishizaka (JPN) |
| 2015 2:25.00 | Mikki Queen (JPN) 3yo 8-9 (9 of 17) 58/10 | Suguru Hamanaka Yasutoshi Ikee (JPN) |
| 2014 2:25.80 | Nuovo Record (JPN) 3yo 8-9 (9 of 18) 44/5 | Yasunari Iwata Makoto Saito (JPN) |
Yushun Himba Trainer Statistics
Here are some of the top Yushun Himba trainer statistics over the last 10 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sakae Kunieda | 7-1-3 | -5.30 | -4.65 |
| Takahisa Tezuka | 6-1-2 | +2.90 | -0.55 |
| Yoshito Yahagi | 6-1-1 | -2.00 | -3.50 |
| Kazuo Fujisawa | 6-1-3 | -3.60 | -3.30 |
| Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 6-1-1 | -4.60 | -4.80 |
| Makoto Saito | 3-1-1 | +6.80 | +2.40 |
| Yasutoshi Ikee | 2-1-1 | +4.80 | +1.90 |
| Mizuki Takayanagi | 1-1-1 | +5.50 | +2.75 |
| Sei Ishizaka | 1-1-1 | +1.00 | +0.50 |
| Haruki Sugiyama | 1-1-1 | +0.60 | +0.30 |
Yushun Himba Jockey Statistics
The leading jockey in the Yushun Himba over the last 10 renewals is Christophe-Patrice Lemaire who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Soul Stirring (2017), Almond Eye (2018) and Stars On Earth (2022). The only other jockey to have recorded multiple wins in the Yushun Himba is Mirco Demuro (2 wins).
Here are some of the top Yushun Himba jockey statistics over the last 10 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christophe-Patrice Lemaire | 8-3-5 | +2.60 | -0.20 |
| Mirco Demuro | 9-2-4 | +3.90 | -0.55 |
| Yuga Kawada | 9-1-3 | -7.60 | -6.80 |
| Yasunari Iwata | 7-1-1 | +2.80 | -1.60 |
| Kenichi Ikezoe | 5-1-2 | -3.00 | -3.00 |
| Suguru Hamanaka | 3-1-1 | +3.80 | +0.90 |
| Kohei Matsuyama | 3-1-1 | -1.40 | -1.70 |
| Keita Tosaki | 9-0-2 | -9.00 | -8.00 |
| Yutaka Take | 8-0-0 | -8.00 | -8.00 |
| Yuichi Fukunaga | 7-0-0 | -7.00 | -7.00 |
2024 Yushun Himba Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 8, 12, 1
The percentage shown is the percentage of the total number of runners who fell under that factor. High percentages are less appealing than lower ones as you would expect them to do well. The trend information is based on the available information on the racing post in terms of previous runs etc.
- 10 / 10 (17%) - Within the first 3 of the market
- 10 / 10 (18%) - No bigger than 44/5
- 10 / 10 (32%) - Beaten no more -1l (LTO)
- 10 / 10 (53%) - No bigger than 30/1 (Career)
- 10 / 10 (55%) - Highest Placed is not G2/LST
- 10 / 10 (63%) - Beaten no more -2½l (Debut)
- 10 / 10 (63%) - Placed (LTO)
- 10 / 10 (66%) - Break of 28 - 174 days (Last Place)
- 10 / 10 (67%) - Had 1 - 3 placings (180 Days)
- 10 / 10 (68%) - Ran over 1m - 1m1f (Debut)
- 10 / 10 (68%) - No bigger than 171/10 (Debut)
- 10 / 10 (73%) - Had 1 - 4 placings (Career)
- 10 / 10 (88%) - Made 1 - 5 starts (Career)
- 10 / 10 (89%) - Not BL/BR/GR/WH in colour
- 10 / 10 (89%) - Won within last 2 starts
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Yushun Himba Trend Analysis
The trend factor which had produced 5+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +5.50 is when runners had 1 career place in the class. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 0 places in the past 180 days, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-57.
Here are the most recent winning draws along with the further placings in brackets:
- 2023: Winner in 5 (12,13) [18 Runners]
- 2022: Winner in 18 (2,8) [17 Runners]
- 2021: Winner in 9 (7,8) [18 Runners]
- 2020: Winner in 4 (16,7) [18 Runners]
- 2019: Winner in 13 (10,2) [18 Runners]
The course which has produced the most winners of the Yushun Himba is Hanshin, there has been a total number of 7 winners of this race who ran at Hanshin last time out.
Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Yushun Himba:
- Deep Impact (3 Wins)
- Duramente (2 Wins)
These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Yushun Himba despite multiple attempts:
- King Kamehameha (0 Wins from 11 runners)
- Harbinger (0 Wins from 10 runners)
- Kizuna (0 Wins from 7 runners)
- Rulership (0 Wins from 7 runners)
- Daiwa Major (0 Wins from 6 runners)
Looking at the winning odds over the last 10 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Nuovo Record in 2014, winning for Makoto Saito at odds of 44/5 under the guidance of Yasunari Iwata. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 10 renewals there have been 6 winning favourites in the race. All figures and trends above, such as the horse's previous runs are based on the information that is available on the racing post.
Other Principal races at Tokyo Racecourse
Here are some other notable races at the Tokyo racecourse throughout the racing season that you may be interested in.
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Races in November
Article Contributor Information
We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Yushun Himba Preview are at hand, Andy and Darren. They both work on the Horse racing tips team team looking after the tipsters and managing the tips settlement, whilst also creating and managing all of the horse racing event previews for International racing.
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