Bright Nova (JPN) Horse

Country

Japan

Foal Date

01-Jan-22

Colour

bay

Sire

Win Bright

Dam

Wunder Sonne

Trainer

Taiki Chaki

Owners

Normandy Thoroughbred Racing Co Ltd

About

Bright Nova is a 3yo b from Japan trained by Taiki Chaki. The colt is by Win Bright out of Wunder Sonne. He has not yet secured his first win, remaining maiden after six starts. In his most recent outing at Hanshin on 15 Sep 2025, Bright Nova was ridden by Haruki Wada and finished 16th, behind the winner American Bar.

Raced At

Hanshin • Kokura • Chukyo

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Hanshin 15-Sep-25 1800m R4 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:53.800, SP: 101.00 1st American Bar ( A Tomita 126 ) 2nd Santo Monarca ( S Yoshimura 123 ) 0.50L 3rd Cosmo Sanvitalia ( R Kozaki 121 ) 3.50L 16th Bright Nova ( H Wada 119 ) 66.05L See full results	H Wada 54kg 66kgL	16 (16)
Kokura 19-Jul-25 1000m R2 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 14, Winning Time: 00:57.800, SP: 13.00 1st Ascot Eye ( R Takasugi 119 ) 2nd Alm Churchill ( H Miyuki 126 ) 0.50L 3rd Eifer Mobile ( R Sakai 126 ) 1.00L 8th Bright Nova ( R Kozaki 126 ) 12.30L See full results	R Kozaki 57.2kg 12.30L	8 (14)
Hanshin 22-Jun-25 1400m GOOD R1 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:25.700, SP: 41.00 1st Remember Him ( R Takasugi 123 ) 2nd Yorina Sweet ( H Kawasu 121 ) 3.00L 3rd Strada Reale ( M Nagashima 121 ) 5.00L 7th Bright Nova ( R Kozaki 126 ) 8.15L See full results	R Kozaki 57.2kg 8.15L	7 (16)
Chukyo 29-Mar-25 1800m GOOD R4 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:53.700, SP: 9.50 1st Meisho Soseki ( Y Tsunoda 126 ) 2nd Kitano Change ( K Kawabata 119 ) 0.50L 3rd Derma Ariel ( F Ishigami 119 ) 4.50L 10th Bright Nova ( D Sasaki 126 ) 23.55L See full results	D Sasaki 57.2kg 23.55L	10 (13)
Hanshin 08-Mar-25 2000m FIRM R5 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 02:03.300, SP: 34.00 1st Great Seal ( Y Kawada 126 ) 2nd Ri Thir Chonaill ( R Kozaki 126 ) 0.30L 3rd Anthesteria ( M Iwata 126 ) 1.80L 9th Bright Nova ( R Takasugi 123 ) 10.05L See full results	R Takasugi 55.8kg 10.05L	9 (13)
Chukyo 12-Jan-25 m R5 , Winning Time: 01:59.400, SP: 18/1 1st Nanyo Powerful ( K Sameshima 126 ) 2nd Meisho Kasugai ( Y Tsunoda 126 ) 3rd Ryujin O ( Y Take 126 ) 7.00L UPL Bright Nova ( K Matsuyama 126 , Cd 0 ) 0.00L See full results	K Matsuyama 57.2kg, Cd 0 0.00L	UPD (16)