Kamunyak (horse)

Kamunyak カムニャック[1]
Kamunyak at the 2025 Flora Stakes
Breed	Thoroughbred[1]
Sire	Black Tide[1]
Dam	Dance Amiga[1]
Damsire	Sakura Bakushin O[1]
Sex	Filly[1]
Foaled	(2022-04-14) April 14, 2022[1]
Country	Japan[1]
Color	Bay[1]
Breeder	Shadai Farm[1]
Owner	Kaneko Makoto Holdings[1]
Trainer	Yasuo Tomomichi[1]
Record	5:3-0-2[1]
Earnings	244,421,000 JPY[1]
Major wins
Yushun Himba (2025) Flora Stakes (2025)
Last updated on August 12, 2025

Kamunyak (カムニャック; foaled April 14, 2022) is a Japanese thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2025 Yushun Himba and Flora Stakes.

Kamunyak's name is derived from the term "the blessed one" in Samburu.^[2]

She was bought by the Kaneko Makoto Holdings at the 2023 JRHA Select Sale for Yearlings for 77 million yen including taxes.^[3]

Ridden by Yuga Kawada, Kamunyak debuted at a debut race for two year olds held at Chukyo Racecourse on August 11. She was the most favored to win that race with the betting odds at 1.2, of which she won and scored her first victory.^[4] She was later sent to contest the Artemis Stakes held on October 26, where she was also the most favored to win. She was positioned third for most of the race, but fell behind on the final stretch and finished sixth.^[5]

Kamunyak started the year off by entering in to the Elfin Stakes, where she was placed in the rear of the pack and tried to take the lead at the final stretch, only to finish fourth.^[6][7] After this race, she was entered in to the Flora Stakes, a trial race for the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks), held on April 27 at Tokyo Racecourse, with Andrasch Starke as her new jockey. During the race, she raced in the center of the pack, before taking over the lead in the final 100 meters of the race, clinching her first graded race victory and gaining a slot for the Yushun Himba with a race record of 1 minute 58.6 seconds.^[8]

On May 25, Kamunyak was entered in to the Yushun Himba with Starke once again riding her. She was the fourth most favored to win. During the race, she was placed among the pack, with the horse moving up after entering the final stretch, catching up with Arma Veloce who was in the lead, before beating her by a head. This was Kamunyak's first Grade I victory, and the first Japanese Grade I victory for Starke, the first time trainer Yasuo Tomomichi won the Yushun Himba, as well as the first time a Flora Stakes winner won the Yushun Himba since Saint Emilion in 2010.^[9][10]

The following data is based on information available on netkeiba.com and JBIS-Search.^[11][12]

• Kamunyak shares similar pedigrees as Kitasan Black, as both horses are sired by Black Tide and Sakura Bakushin O is their mutual damsire.^[3]
• Kamunyak's half brother, Keep Calm, won the 2025 Shirasagi Stakes.^[16]
• Kamunyak's great granddam, Dance Partner, won the 1995 Yushun Himba and the 1996 Queen Elizabeth II Cup. Dance Partner's full brother is Dance in the Dark (1996 Kikuka-shō winner) and their full sister is Dance in the Mood (2004 Oka Sho and 2006 Victoria Mile winner), who are also half brothers to Air Dublin (1994 Aoba Sho winner).
• Kamunyak's granddam, Dance All Night, has a half brother named Federalist, who won the Nakayama Kimpai and Nakayama Kinen in 2012.
• Kamunyak's uncle is Yokagura, who won the 2018 Kokura Summer Jump.