The Soul Stirling Type

(TUE) March 3rd, 2026

9:19 p.m. Checking out the trends of Nakayama Hinba Stakes concerning step races.

As already mentioned, the basical approach stays the same as Nakayama Kinen. Since Nakayama Hinba is run on the same course as well as in the same distance as Nakayama Kinen, the pace rarely gets tight just like Nakayama Kinen. And because it usually runs at a leisurely pace, again horses that have finished above third place in either of their recent two (or three) races are performng well.

However, there seem to be a few more horses that haven't performed well in either of their recent two (or three) step races compared to Nakayama Kinen, so I tried analyzing the characteristics of each horse.

Shinryokuka the third place winner of Nakayama Hinba 2024, has been losing below fifth place in all five of the races she ran before Nakayama Hinba, but she'd finished second in Hanashin Juvenile Fillies behind Liberty Island six races earlier to Nakayama Hinba Stakes. It's the case where the high performance at a G1 race has backfired. You might call her the Soul Stirling type in Nakayama Kinen.

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