Novel Kahuna (JPN) Horse

Country

Japan

Foal Date

01-Jan-23

Colour

bay

Sire

Smart Odin

Dam

Wisteria Kahuna

Owners

Takuya Arai

About

Novel Kahuna, a 2yo b foaled in Japan, is trained by Minoru Tsuchida. He is by Smart Odin out of Wisteria Kahun a. The horse has yet to break its maiden, remaining winless in three starts. In its most recent run at Tokyo on 22 February 2026, ridden by Tatsuki Endo, Novel Kahuna finished 15th behind the winner Meiner Great.

Raced At

Tokyo Nakayama Fukushima

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Tokyo 22-Feb-26 1800m FIRM R4 Md (of $11,280,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:47.700, SP: 201.00 1st Meiner Great ( K Ogino 126 ) 2nd I'm In ( Y Kawada 126 ) 2.00L 3rd Shonan Saio ( K Ikezoe 126 ) 2.75L 15th Novel Kahuna ( T Endo 115 ) 15.25L See full resultsT Endo 52.2kg 15.25L15 (16)
Nakayama 21-Dec-25 1800m SOFT R3 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:52.200, SP: 301.00 1st Longing Celine ( K Yokoyama 121 ) 2nd Bang On Time ( A Pouchin 121 ) 0.20L 3rd Cheri Adore ( D Sasaki 121 ) 0.30L 14th Novel Kahuna ( T Endo 115 ) 14.65L See full resultsT Endo 52.2kg 14.65L14 (15)
Fukushima 24-Nov-25 1800m GOOD R5 Newcomer Race (newc) (of $14,250,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:50.600, SP: 101.00 1st Function ( A Saito 121 ) 2nd Mieno Strong ( K Ogino 123 ) 0.75L 3rd Something Sweet ( T Yokoyama 121 ) 3.00L 15th Novel Kahuna ( R Funayama 115 ) 43.10L See full resultsR Funayama 52.2kg 43.10L15 (16)