Joyful News (JPN) Horse
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Joyful News is a 4yo horse from Japan trained by Masahiro Otake. He is by Lord Kanaloa out of Joy Nikita. The horse has claimed 4 wins in its career. On 28 Dec 2025 at Nakayama, Joyful News secured its most important triumph, winning $35530000.00 in the 2025 Final Stakes.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Kyoto 12-Oct-26 1400m R11 CL1 $53,500 (of $906,783) Barrier 15, Winning Time: 01:19.200, SP: 7.50 1st Diamond Knot ( T Yokoyama 121 ) 2nd Suzu Khalom ( T Fujikake 126 ) 0.10L 3rd Off Trail ( A Sugawara 128 ) 0.40L 5th Joyful News ( T Ono 121 ) 1.65L See full results | T Ono 54.9kg 1.65L | 5 (18) |
| Fukushima 19-Apr-26 1800m GOOD R11 CL1 $142,036 (of $356,566) Barrier 14, Winning Time: 01:45.800, SP: 3.75 1st Koganeno Sora ( K Kikuzawa 121 ) 2nd Joyful News ( T Ono 121 ) 1.50L 3rd Canicule ( M Sugihara 121 ) 0.00L See full results | T Ono 54.9kg 1.50L | 2 (16) |
| Nakayama 15-Mar-26 1600m GOOD R10 CL1 $99,422 (of $244,971) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:32.500, SP: 2.20 1st Valkyrie Birth ( C P Lemaire 121 ) 2nd Joyful News ( D Sasaki 121 ) 0.30L 3rd Regalo Del Cielo ( Y Iwata 126 ) 1.00L See full results | D Sasaki 54.9kg 0.30L | 2 (16) |
| Nakayama 28-Dec-25 1600m GOOD R12 2025 Final Stakes (allow) $178,225 (of $178,225) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:34.500, SP: 2.50 1st Joyful News ( D Sasaki 119 ) 2nd Glory Link ( Y Kitamura 119 ) 2.00L 3rd Seven Magician ( C Demuro 126 ) 0.00L See full results | D Sasaki 54kg | 1 (16) |
| Tokyo 19-Oct-25 1800m GOOD R12 Hcp $76,801 (of $192,208) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:45.400, SP: 2.20 1st Nishino Ti Amo ( A Tsumura 119 ) 2nd Joyful News ( D Sasaki 117 ) 1.75L 3rd Ever Happiness ( T Kowata 117 ) 0.30L See full results | D Sasaki 53.1kg 1.75L | 2 (18) |