Hard Rock Star (JPN) Horse

Country

Japan

Foal Date

01-Jan-22

Colour

bay

Sire

Epiphaneia

Dam

Rock A Hula Baby

Prize Money

26831

Owners

Jpn Engineering Co Ltd

About

Hard Rock Star is a 3yo b horse from Japan trained by Kyoichi Ito. The colt is by Epiphaneia out of Rock A Hula Baby. He has not yet won, remaining winless after 16 starts. In his latest outing at Kasamatsu on 29 May 2026, ridden by Soichi Kato, he finished fourth, trailing winner Mo Mo Brown.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Kasamatsu 29-May-26 1400m R2 Race 2 (c8) $60,000 (of $760,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:32.200, SP: 5.00 1st Mo Mo Brown ( S Tsukamoto 126 ) 2nd Susanna ( S Hosokawa 121 ) 1.00L 3rd Fumi Florence ( S Higashikawa 121 ) 5.00L 4th Hard Rock Star ( S Kato 126 ) 6.00L See full resultsS Kato 57.2kg 6.00L4 (10)
Kasamatsu 14-May-26 1400m GOOD R4 Race 4 (c9) (of $760,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:31.900, SP: 7.50 1st Biba Girl ( S Myojo 121 ) 2nd Plumes De L'ange ( S Hosokawa 121 ) 1.00L 3rd Smart Judy ( M Junki 121 ) 1.50L 7th Hard Rock Star ( S Kato 126 ) 8.75L See full resultsS Kato 57.2kg 8.75L7 (8)
Kasamatsu 29-Apr-26 1400m GOOD R3 Race 3 (c10) $100,000 (of $760,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:33.700, SP: 2.63 1st Embracement ( S Higashikawa 121 ) 2nd Dat Dere ( I Yuki 119 ) 2.50L 3rd Hard Rock Star ( S Kato 126 ) 4.00L See full resultsS Kato 57.2kg 4.00L3 (8)
Nagoya 09-Apr-26 1400m GOOD R4 Race 4 (c15) (of $1,027,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:31.500, SP: 19.00 1st Sammaru Reve ( M Junki 121 ) 2nd Scera Venus ( Y Tsutsui 121 ) 0.30L 3rd Falconara ( S Hosokawa 126 ) 0.00L 9th Hard Rock Star ( K Niwa 126 ) 6.55L See full resultsK Niwa 57.2kg 6.55L9 (11)
Nagoya 25-Mar-26 1501m GOOD R4 Race 4 (c13) $193,000 (of $991,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:37.800, SP: 67.00 1st Aya Chance ( K Niwa 121 ) 2nd Hard Rock Star ( G Banno 126 ) 2.00L 3rd Shingun Rao ( D Otshata 126 ) 0.75L See full resultsG Banno 57.2kg 2.00L2 (12)
Nagoya 11-Mar-26 1400m GOOD R4 Race 4 (c13) (of $991,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:31.800, SP: 51.00 1st Sei Scarlet ( K Maruno 121 ) 2nd Kitano Talaash ( S Hosokawa 126 ) 0.30L 3rd Logi Pierrefeu ( H Murakami 126 ) 0.30L 8th Hard Rock Star ( K Niwa 126 ) 5.50L See full resultsK Niwa 57.2kg 5.50L8 (11)
Nagoya 26-Feb-26 1501m HEAVY R7 Race 7 (c13) (of $991,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:37.400, SP: 23.00 1st Belleza Fin ( K Niwa 121 ) 2nd Meisho Kitadake ( S Kakihara 126 ) 1.50L 3rd Kafuji Assam ( S Kato 126 ) 0.50L 8th Hard Rock Star ( S Tsukamoto 126 ) 10.05L See full resultsS Tsukamoto 57.2kg 10.05L8 (11)
Funabashi 23-Jan-26 1501m GOOD R7 Race 7 (c2) (of $1,900,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:38.200, SP: 12.00 1st Lunar South Pole ( K Usui 123 ) 2nd Sky List ( A Harita 119 ) 1.50L 3rd Admire Cork ( M Honda 123 ) 2.50L 13th Hard Rock Star ( Y Tsubasa 117 ) 28.45L See full resultsY Tsubasa 53.1kg 28.45L13 (13)
Urawa 09-Jan-26 2001m GOOD R9 Race 9 (c2) (of $2,850,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 02:14.500, SP: 19.00 1st Vogelweide ( Y Hanzawa 123 ) 2nd Star Quick ( R Kimatsuka 119 ) 1.50L 3rd Miraie Hosho ( R Sugawara 119 ) 0.50L 11th Hard Rock Star ( Y Yamanaka 123 ) 28.90L See full resultsY Yamanaka 55.8kg 28.90L11 (12)
Funabashi 10-Dec-25 1200m GOOD R4 Race 4 (c2) (of $1,900,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:15.400, SP: 13.00 1st Mama Arigato ( W Fujie 119 ) 2nd Windhose ( T Takahashi 123 ) 3.00L 3rd Ammirazione ( T Yano 119 ) 1.00L 8th Hard Rock Star ( Y Yamanaka 123 ) 12.75L See full resultsY Yamanaka 55.8kg 12.75L8 (9)
Sapporo 23-Aug-25 2000m HEAVY R3 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 02:02.400, SP: 11.00 1st Grand Saison ( D Sasaki 121 ) 2nd Win Kirara ( Y Tannai 121 ) 2.50L 3rd Sole E Spiaggia ( K Tosaki 121 ) 1.00L 8th Hard Rock Star ( Y Take 126 ) 7.95L See full resultsY Take 57.2kg 7.95L8 (16)
Sapporo 27-Jul-25 2000m HEAVY R4 Md $1,400,000 (of $10,600,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 02:02.800, SP: 15.00 1st Yo Hin ( K Sameshima 121 ) 2nd Meteo Rena ( Y Tannai 121 ) 4.00L 3rd Hard Rock Star ( R Funayama 119 ) 4.75L See full resultsR Funayama 54kg 4.75L3 (9)
Niigata 17-May-25 2000m GOOD R5 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 14, Winning Time: 02:05.200, SP: 41.00 1st Sanka Shigure ( Y Tannai 126 ) 2nd Steve Barows ( D Sasaki 126 ) 2.00L 3rd Volva ( I Fukamichi 115 ) 1.25L 8th Hard Rock Star ( K Ogino 126 ) 6.65L See full resultsK Ogino 57.2kg 6.65L8 (16)
Fukushima 20-Apr-25 2000m GOOD R5 Md $840,000 (of $10,600,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 02:01.400, SP: 34.00 1st Pigeon Point ( Y Tsunoda 126 ) 2nd Birkenhead ( F Ishigami 119 ) 3.50L 3rd Classical Kaiser ( M Kobayashi 117 ) 0.00L 4th Hard Rock Star ( K Ogino 126 ) 5.10L See full resultsK Ogino 57.2kg 5.10L4 (16)
Tokyo 26-Oct-24 1600m GOOD R3 Md (of $10,480,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:40.900, SP: 17.00 1st Alles Gut ( T Kowata 123 ) 2nd Admire Daytona ( C P Lemaire 123 ) 1.75L 3rd Helvetios ( Y Iwata 123 ) 0.00L 13th Hard Rock Star ( K Yokoyama 123 ) 22.90L See full resultsK Yokoyama 55.8kg 22.90L13 (16)
Tokyo 05-Oct-24 2000m GOOD R5 Newcomer Race (newc) (of $13,720,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 02:02.400, SP: 17.00 1st Red Kingly ( H Kitamura 123 ) 2nd Victor Verus ( C P Lemaire 123 ) 4.00L 3rd Mitono Orfe ( T Kowata 123 ) 0.75L 8th Hard Rock Star ( K Miura 123 ) 9.50L See full resultsK Miura 55.8kg 9.50L8 (12)