Ikigai (USA)

Country

United States

Foal Date

16-Feb-19

Colour

dark bay or brown

Sire

Bayern

Dam

Enchanting Lady

Prize Money

$256596

Trainer

Enrique Hernandez

Owners

Alex Kazdan

About

Ikigai is a 6yo dk b/br from the United States trained by Enrique Hernandez. He is by Bayern out of Enchanting Lady. So far, Ikigai has collected five wins. On July 8, 2023 at Monmouth Park, he earned his most important victory, capturing the $38,100 purse in an Allowance Optional Claiming race.

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Monmouth Park 16-Aug-25 1207m R2 Race 2 (of $20,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:11.530, SP: 20.00 stumbled badly at the start, quickly recovered, dueled inside for command, dueled on the turn and faded.	K A Mejias 54.9kg, Cd 50.3kg 10.00L	6 (6)
Monmouth Park 13-Jul-25 1106m GOOD R3 Race 3 $700 (of $21,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:03.760, SP: 25.00 was fractious in the gate, raced off the pace inside and failed to threaten.	S Camacho 54.9kg 10.35L	7 (8)
Monmouth Park 28-Jun-25 1005m GOOD R5 Race 5 $700 (of $21,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 00:56.750, SP: 10.00 Off slowly, inside	S Leon 54.9kg 4.15L	5 (6)
Monmouth Park 31-May-25 1207m GOOD R2 Race 2 $700 (of $11,400) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:10.680, SP: 11/1 Chased, gave way	J V Jr 56.2kg 0.00L	5 (5)
Monmouth Park 17-May-25 1207m FIRM R1 Race 1 $2,300 (of $13,800) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:10.560, SP: 30/1 4w into lane, up 3rd	J V Jr 54.9kg 5.25L	3 (7)
Charles Town 10-May-25 1307m FIRM R5 Race 5 $8,379 (of $7,644) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:20.350, SP: 7/1 Vie in/clr1/8,drift,dr	J Nunez 55.3kg	1 (10)
Charles Town 13-Apr-25 905m FIRM R1 Race 1 $931 (of $7,980) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 00:52.460, SP: 5/1 Contested pace,flatten	J Nunez 55.3kg 2.75L	4 (7)
Charles Town 21-Mar-25 905m FIRM R2 Race 2 $1,330 (of $7,812) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 00:52.940, SP: 13/5 6w-upper,willingly str	J M Nunez 55.3kg 3.00L	3 (8)
Charles Town 01-Mar-25 905m FIRM R9 Race 9 $931 (of $13,300) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 00:53.260, SP: 9.00 Chased4w,no punch	M Mendez 55.3kg 1.75L	4 (9)
Laurel Park 24-Feb-25 1207m FIRM R5 Race 5-Claiming $300 (of $20,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:12.210, SP: 25.00 2-path turn, weakened	M Burnham 54kg, Cd 50.8kg	8 (11)
Charles Town 31-Jan-25 1307m FIRM R3 Race 3 $292 (of $14,900) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 02:01.420, SP: 9.00 Mid move ins, empty	C Maldonado 55.3kg, Cd 53.1kg 9.25L	6 (8)
Laurel Park 09-Dec-24 1408m FIRM R5 Race 5 (of $11,811) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:26.430, SP: 6/1 Tracked 2p, stopped,	M Burnham 55.8kg, Cd 52.6kg 24.50L	7 (7)
Laurel Park 17-Nov-24 1106m FIRM R4 Race 4 $1,680 (of $16,299) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:44.470, SP: 16/1 Chase 2w,shift 4w,even	H Karamanos 54kg 0.15L	4 (8)
Laurel Park 30-Sep-24 1106m FIRM R7 Race 7 (of $1,181) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:04.830, SP: 4/1 Faltered, eased late	E Robles 55.3kg, Cd 53.1kg 17.50L	8 (9)
Timonium 25-Aug-24 1307m FIRM (of $12,992), Winning Time: 01:16.730, SP: 6/4 Rail,drifted 1/16,	C Maldonado 55.3kg	1 (5)
Charles Town 19-Jul-24 905m FIRM R7 Race 7 (of $14,091) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 00:51.640, SP: 9/2 Flattened 3p turn	J Nunez 54.4kg 4.50L	5 (7)
Belmont At The Big A 07-Jul-24 1207m GOOD R3 Race 3 (of $55,217) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:06.850, SP: 60/1 Dueled inside, tired	L Luzzi 55.3kg 0.15L	6 (6)
Monmouth Park 24-Jun-24 1106m GOOD R5 Race 5 (of $21,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:02.670, SP: 40/1 Chased outside, tired	S Gonzalez 54.9kg 8.00L	7 (8)
Monmouth Park 27-May-24 1106m GOOD R9 (of $600) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:01.150, SP: 33/1 Dueled 3-4p, faded	R Mitchell 54.9kg 14.75L	11 (12)
Aqueduct 13-Jan-24 1207m FIRM R6 (of $29,104) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:10.120, SP: 17/4 Bmpd brk,3-2p turn	J V Jr 54.4kg 18.25L	7 (8)
Laurel Park 03-Dec-23 1207m FIRM R5 (of $39,370) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:10.510, SP: 11/2 3-path turn,faltered	H Harkie 55.8kg 12.25L	5 (5)
Belmont At The Big A 23-Sep-23 1207m GOOD R3 (of $61,119) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:07.630, SP: 22/1 Bumped st, wknd late	J V Jr 56.7kg 0.15L	5 (6)
Saratoga 06-Aug-23 1106m SOFT R6 (of $174,625) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:03.070, SP: 39/1 Chased 2p, tired	J V Jr 54.4kg 15.00L	7 (7)
Monmouth Park 08-Jul-23 1005m GOOD R5 $37,800 (of $38,100) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 00:55.530, SP: 4/1 4w into lane,willingly	J V Jr 56.2kg	1 (8)
Monmouth Park 12-Jun-23 1106m GOOD R9 CL $36,226 (of $34,500) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:01.820, SP: 7/2 Drew off, ridden out	J A V Jr 54.4kg	1 (7)
Belmont Park 20-May-23 1207m FIRM R7 CL $6,650 (of $52,250) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:10.090, SP: 25/1 Chased,3p turn,tired	J V Jr 56.7kg 7.50L	4 (9)
Aqueduct 21-Apr-23 1207m GOOD R7 CL $5,740 (of $45,100) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:08.780, SP: 9/2 Ins-2p,headed ins1/8	K Carmouche 57.2kg 3.00L	4 (8)
Aqueduct 05-Mar-23 1307m SYNTHETIC CL $5,740 (of $82,000), Winning Time: 01:18.470, SP: 17/2 broke very fast then was sent hard, showed the way with a clear advantage, traveled inside around the turn, was asked near the quarter-pole then came under a drive in upper stretch, led to near the sixteenth-pole then was overtaken and just lost the show.	J V Jr 55.8kg, Cd 0 0.95L	4 (8)
Aqueduct 12-Feb-23 1207m SYNTHETIC CL $34,650 (of $55,000), Winning Time: 01:12.920, SP: 3/1 hustled from the gate, showed the way in hand just off the inside until tucked inside through the turn, remained patiently handled until roused taking the two path into upper stretch, dug in under a drive holding well to the finish kept to task.	J A V Jr 54.4kg	1 (5)
Aqueduct 14-Jan-23 1207m GOOD CL (of $26,889), Winning Time: 01:12.080, SP: 33/10 In hand 2p, caught	K Carmouche 54.4kg 1.50L	2 (8)
Aqueduct 02-Dec-22 1207m GOOD $8,600 (of $23,650), Winning Time: 01:11.480, SP: 9/2 In hand 3-2w, caught	I O Jr 53.5kg 0.30L	2 (6)
Belmont At The Big A 17-Oct-22 1207m GOOD R4 (of $57,750), Winning Time: 01:11.210, SP: 22/1 Veered out st, tired	J Alvarado 54.4kg, Cd 0 14.50L	8 (8)
Belmont At The Big A 18-Sep-22 1207m GOOD $10,500 (of $1,050), Winning Time: 01:08.220, SP: 33/1 Bobbled st, wknd late	J Gomez 54.4kg 5.25L	3 (8)
Del Mar 26-Aug-22 1005m GOOD $5,096 (of $72,800), Winning Time: 00:56.300, SP: 5/1 was off a bit slow to begin, pulled up the backstretch, was along three path to the stretch and lacked a bid.	J Hernandez 54.4kg, Cd 0 3.75L	4 (8)
Del Mar 29-Jul-22 1005m GOOD (of $106,600), Winning Time: 00:56.620, SP: 33/10 was off slow to begin, shifted in and bumped rival shortly after, drifted out in upper stretch and could not rally.	J Hernandez 53.5kg, Cd 0 7.35L	8 (9)
Golden Gate Fields 11-Jun-22 1207m FIRM (of $24,180), Winning Time: 01:09.870, SP: 5/2 Set quick pace,bested	E Roman 53.5kg 0.50L	2 (7)
Santa Anita 21-May-22 m (of $89,700), Winning Time: 00:56.500 dueled inside the winner to the stretch, lost touch entering the furlong grounds and weakened in the late stages.	R Vazquez 53.5kg, Cd 0 3.85L	6 (8)
Santa Anita 28-Mar-22 m $3,710 (of $53,000), Winning Time: 01:04.610 then took back briefly and angled outside that rival, went up to press the pace between rivals into the turn, vied for command around the bend, took over into the stretch, held a short lead over.	J Hernandez 53.5kg, Cd 0 4.45L	4 (6)