Eight Beat Letter (JPN) Horse

Country

Japan

Foal Date

01-Jan-22

Colour

bay

Sire

Danon Legend

Dam

Best Martini

Prize Money

27461

Owners

Shunichi Kumasaka

About

Eight Beat Letter is a 3yo bay horse from Japan trained by Kinya Sugawara. It is by Danon Legend out of Best Martini and has won 4 races so far. On 15 July 2025 at Kanazawa, the horse earned its biggest victory, collecting $814,000 in Race 9 (cond).

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Kanazawa 28-Dec-25 1501m R1 Race 1 (c1) $450,000 (of $765,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:35.700, SP: 1.25 1st Eight Beat Letter ( T Kurihara 121 ) 2nd Best Is Ask ( M Matsudo 121 ) 3.00L 3rd Nac Express ( S Kato 121 ) 3.50L See full resultsT Kurihara 54.9kg1 (11)
Kanazawa 19-Dec-25 1501m HEAVY R7 Race 7 (c1) $144,000 (of $765,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:34.800, SP: 10.00 1st Kenroku Charmant ( Y Shibata 126 ) 2nd Eight Beat Letter ( T Kurihara 121 ) 5.00L 3rd Nameless Queen ( S Oki 121 ) 6.00L See full resultsT Kurihara 54.9kg 5.00L2 (8)
Kanazawa 08-Dec-25 1400m HEAVY R6 Race 6 (c1) $72,000 (of $765,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:29.700, SP: 3.00 1st Spade Guinea ( T Nakajima 126 ) 2nd Sanono Love Me ( S Kato 121 ) 1.50L 3rd Eight Beat Letter ( T Kurihara 121 ) 4.00L See full resultsT Kurihara 54.9kg 4.00L3 (8)
Kanazawa 24-Nov-25 1500m HEAVY R1 Race 1 (c1) $45,000 (of $765,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:36.500, SP: 3.00 1st H N Bumpy ( A Yoshida 126 ) 2nd Belle Arbre ( T Nakajima 121 ) 1.00L 3rd Queen Of Road ( K Hirotaka 121 ) 6.00L 5th Eight Beat Letter ( T Kurihara 121 ) 10.50L See full resultsT Kurihara 54.9kg 10.50L5 (8)
Kanazawa 19-Oct-25 1400m HEAVY R10 Race 10 (cond) $600,000 (of $8,500,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:27.600, SP: 67.00 1st Little Something ( H Yoshihara 128 ) 2nd Dalbam ( T Nakajima 126 ) 5.00L 3rd Mocha Chan ( S Kato 121 ) 0.75L 4th Eight Beat Letter ( M Matsudo 121 ) 7.25L See full resultsM Matsudo 54.9kg 7.25L4 (9)
Kanazawa 23-Sep-25 1400m GOOD R8 Race 8 (c2) $430,000 (of $729,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:32.200, SP: 5.50 1st Eight Beat Letter ( T Kurihara 121 ) 2nd Canta Canarito ( T Nakajima 126 ) 2.00L 3rd Canzone ( S Kato 121 ) 5.00L See full resultsT Kurihara 54.9kg1 (8)
Kanazawa 07-Sep-25 1500m HEAVY R7 Race 7 (a3) $57,000 (of $814,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:38.100, SP: 6.00 1st Kroraina ( M Aoyagi 126 ) 2nd Canta Canarito ( T Sasagawa 126 ) 0.15L 3rd Kaga Acute ( T Suzuki 121 ) 2.00L 4th Eight Beat Letter ( T Kurihara 121 ) 5.15L See full resultsT Kurihara 54.9kg 5.15L4 (11)
Kanazawa 15-Jul-25 1500m GOOD R9 Race 9 (cond) $480,000 (of $814,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:37.400, SP: 2.75 1st Eight Beat Letter ( T Kurihara 121 ) 2nd Satono Formula ( T Nakajima 126 ) 3.00L 3rd Tosho Cloud ( A Yoshida 126 ) 0.30L See full resultsT Kurihara 54.9kg1 (12)
Kanazawa 01-Jul-25 1400m GOOD R2 Race 2 (b6) $430,000 (of $729,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:30.000, SP: 2.10 1st Eight Beat Letter ( T Kurihara 121 ) 2nd Kazuno Maria ( M Aoyagi 121 ) 0.20L 3rd G T Glow ( T Nakajima 121 ) 1.50L See full resultsT Kurihara 54.9kg1 (10)
Tokyo 18-May-25 1400m HEAVY R1 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:24.900, SP: 151.00 1st Brick'n Click ( K Tosaki 126 ) 2nd Roaring Flame ( N Yokoyama 121 ) 0.30L 3rd Misty Mountain ( T Yokoyama 126 ) 0.30L 12th Eight Beat Letter ( H Mayuzumi 121 ) 8.35L See full resultsH Mayuzumi 54.9kg 8.35L12 (16)
Tokyo 03-May-25 1400m HEAVY R1 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:23.700, SP: 81.00 1st Morning Magic ( K Miura 121 ) 2nd Lovely Lucia ( Y Yoshida 121 ) 3.00L 3rd Namura Perle ( K Tosaki 121 ) 0.50L 15th Eight Beat Letter ( K Nishizuka 119 ) 16.90L See full resultsK Nishizuka 54kg 16.90L15 (16)
Chukyo 15-Mar-25 1200m GOOD R2 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:12.800, SP: 201.00 1st Sound Moryana ( A Tomita 121 ) 2nd M T Estate ( K Sameshima 126 ) 3.50L 3rd Indigo Azul ( H Wada 119 ) 0.30L 10th Eight Beat Letter ( H Mayuzumi 121 ) 8.65L See full resultsH Mayuzumi 54.9kg 8.65L10 (16)
Tokyo 16-Feb-25 1300m GOOD R1 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:19.600, SP: 151.00 1st Masano Unicorn ( R Yokoyama 123 ) 2nd Last Sharina ( Y Ishikawa 126 ) 1.00L 3rd Joyner Tesoro ( K Tosaki 121 ) 4.50L 11th Eight Beat Letter ( J Shimada 121 ) 13.35L See full resultsJ Shimada 54.9kg 13.35L11 (16)
Niigata 06-Oct-24 1200m HEAVY R1 (of $6,026,843), Winning Time: 01:14.600, SP: 80/1 1st Black Tornado ( K Nagahama 117 ) 2nd Blitz Along ( Y Tannai 123 ) 0.75L 3rd Bulldog King ( A Saito 123 ) 4.00L 7th Eight Beat Letter ( T Akiyama 121 , Cd 0 ) 11.50LT Akiyama 54.9kg, Cd 0 11.50L7 (14)
Nakayama 14-Sep-24 1200m GOOD R1 (of $6,026,843), Winning Time: 01:14.900, SP: 125/1 1st Ardechois ( A Tsumura 121 ) 2nd Pop Groove ( S Sato 115 ) 8.00L 3rd Churat ( M Muto 121 ) 1.25L 10th Eight Beat Letter ( J Shimada 121 , Cd 0 ) 13.75L See full resultsJ Shimada 54.9kg, Cd 0 13.75L10 (14)
Niigata 18-Aug-24 1600m GOOD R1 (of $6,026,843), Winning Time: 01:36.700, SP: 100/1 1st Mirada Caliente ( Y Ishikawa 121 ) 2nd Asakusa Grace ( M Demuro 121 ) 0.50L 3rd Estupenda ( A Sugawara 121 ) 1.50L 8th Eight Beat Letter ( J Shimada 121 , Cd 0 ) 10.00L See full resultsJ Shimada 54.9kg, Cd 0 10.00L8 (10)
Niigata 27-Jul-24 1200m GOOD R3 (of $7,889,686), Winning Time: 01:12.700, SP: 50/1 1st Ecoro Azel ( K Tosaki 121 ) 2nd Bulldog Wild ( S Ishibashi 121 ) 2.50L 3rd Demon Slayer ( A Nishimura 121 ) 0.75L 11th Eight Beat Letter ( J Shimada 121 , Cd 0 ) 20.50L See full resultsJ Shimada 54.9kg, Cd 0 20.50L11 (14)