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The Yushun Himba (優駿牝馬) also known as the Japanese Oaks (オークス) is a Japanese domestic Grade 1 flat horse race for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 2400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at the Tokyo Racecourse Fuchū Tokyo in May.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.