Joyful Sunday (JPN) Horse

Country

Japan

Foal Date

01-Jan-23

Colour

bay

Sire

Discreet Cat

Dam

Cafe De La Paix

Prize Money

1530

Trainer

Toru Miya

Owners

Isao Ogawa

About

Joyful Sunday is a 2yo colt from Japan trained by Toru Miya. He is by Discreet Cat out of Cafe De La Paix. Joyful Sunday has not yet broken his maiden, having failed to win in four starts. In his most recent race at Hanshin on 7 June 2026, he was ridden by Yoshihito Nagaoka and finished 16th behind the winner Lord Veritas.

Raced At

Hanshin Kasamatsu Kyoto

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Hanshin 07-Jun-26 1800m R3 Md (of $11,050,000) Barrier 14, Winning Time: 01:54.200, SP: 151.00 1st Lord Veritas ( K Nishizuka 126 ) 2nd Daimei Kumamoto ( K Dazai 126 ) 3.00L 3rd Ultra Heart ( Y Tsunoda 126 ) 4.25L 16th Joyful Sunday ( Y Nagaoka 126 ) 36.85L See full resultsY Nagaoka 57.2kg 36.85L16 (16)
Kasamatsu 14-May-26 1400m GOOD R9 Race 9 (cond) $175,000 (of $1,330,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:29.700, SP: 3.75 1st Hermosa Castano ( S Tsukamoto 121 ) 2nd Lead Actor ( M Nagashima 121 ) 1.50L 3rd Joyful Sunday ( T Watanabe 126 ) 6.50L See full resultsT Watanabe 57.2kg 6.50L3 (9)
Kyoto 25-Oct-25 1400m R1 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:26.300, SP: 201.00 1st Hall Of Mirrors ( Y Kitamura 123 ) 2nd Just A Dash ( F Matsuwaka 123 ) 0.10L 3rd Keep Shining ( S Yoshimura 121 ) 0.40L 9th Joyful Sunday ( T Akiyama 123 ) 14.00L See full resultsT Akiyama 55.8kg 14.00L9 (14)
Kyoto 13-Oct-25 1600m R6 Newcomer Race (newc) (of $14,250,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:33.600, SP: 81.00 1st Valsecito ( Y Kitamura 123 ) 2nd Aloha ( K Matsuyama 121 ) 3.50L 3rd Powwow Beat ( M Iwata 123 ) 5.50L 14th Joyful Sunday ( Y Furukawa 123 ) 28.15L See full resultsY Furukawa 55.8kg 28.15L14 (15)