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 unknown from Japan trained by Taiki Chaki, who is based at . It is sired by the stallion Win Bright out of the dam Wunder Sonne. Bright Nova is yet to break its maiden status, having not won a race yet from 6 attempts. During its most recent race at Hanshin on 15th 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)