Man Of The Match (JPN) Horse

Country
Japan
Foal Date
01-Jan-22
Colour
bay
Sire
Fine Needle
Dam
Patent Joy
Prize Money
149485
Owners
Godolphin
About

Man Of The Match is a 3yo Japanese horse trained by Yoshitada Takahashi. He is by the stallion Fine Needle out of the mare Patent Joy. The colt has secured one win in his career so far. On 22 June 2025 at Hakodate, he earned his most significant victory, taking home a purse of ¥10,600,000.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Chukyo 07-Dec-25 1800m GOOD R3 Allowance Race (allow) (of $15,200,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:53.400, SP: 11.00 1st G T Darling ( C P Lemaire 126 ) 2nd Grail Quest ( K Tosaki 126 ) 2.50L 3rd Point Nemo ( R Sakai 126 ) 0.30L 6th Man Of The Match ( Y Kawada 126 ) 4.10L See full resultsY Kawada 57.2kg 4.10L6 (14)
Fukushima 24-Nov-25 1700m GOOD R3 Allowance Race (allow) $1,200,000 (of $15,200,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:46.900, SP: 11.00 1st Mana Etre ( S Yoshimura 121 ) 2nd Takeru Hurlock ( H Kameda 123 ) 1.00L 3rd Rey Zario ( A Saito 123 ) 1.00L 4th Man Of The Match ( R Funayama 117 ) 2.75L See full resultsR Funayama 53.1kg 2.75L4 (15)
Hanshin 20-Sep-25 1800m R6 Allowance Race (allow) (of $15,200,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:53.000, SP: 19.00 1st Hanauma Beach ( K Matsuyama 121 ) 2nd Gylfi ( Y Take 121 ) 1.25L 3rd Tagano Heracles ( S Morita 121 ) 2.75L 9th Man Of The Match ( S Yoshimura 119 ) 8.95L See full resultsS Yoshimura 54kg 8.95L9 (16)
Hakodate 22-Jun-25 1700m HEAVY R6 Md $5,600,000 (of $10,600,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:45.100, SP: 4.50 1st Man Of The Match ( R Funayama 119 ) 2nd Lord Skyblue ( K Yokoyama 126 ) 1.00L 3rd Ryujin O ( Y Take 126 ) 3.50L See full resultsR Funayama 54kg1 (11)
Hakodate 14-Jun-25 1700m GOOD R6 Md $840,000 (of $10,600,000) Barrier 13, Winning Time: 01:45.300, SP: 2.25 1st Cosmo Serbet ( T Yokoyama 126 ) 2nd Resurrectio ( Y Kitamura 126 ) 2.50L 3rd Cheval Noir ( K Yokoyama 126 ) 3.00L 4th Man Of The Match ( Y Tannai 126 ) 7.25L See full resultsY Tannai 57.2kg 7.25L4 (14)
Fukushima 13-Apr-25 1700m GOOD R4 Md $2,200,000 (of $10,600,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:48.800, SP: 5.50 1st Brutus ( Y Tannai 126 ) 2nd Man Of The Match ( A Saito 126 ) 1.75L 3rd La La Equilibre ( Y Nakai 126 ) 0.50L See full resultsA Saito 57.2kg 1.75L2 (15)
Kokura 15-Feb-25 1700m GOOD R1 Md $2,200,000 (of $10,600,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:47.600, SP: 2.88 1st Daichi Rapport ( M Nagashima 121 ) 2nd Man Of The Match ( Y Tannai 126 ) 1.50L 3rd Life Gate ( S Kobayashi 121 ) 2.50L See full resultsY Tannai 57.2kg 1.50L2 (14)
Kokura 25-Jan-25 1700m GOOD R1 Md $2,200,000 (of $10,600,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:46.100, SP: 67.00 1st Grand King O ( M Nagashima 121 ) 2nd Man Of The Match ( A Tsumura 126 ) 3.50L 3rd Chronus Bullet ( M Iwata 126 ) 5.00L See full resultsA Tsumura 57.2kg 3.50L2 (12)
Kyoto 30-Nov-24 1400m HEAVY R2 Md (of $10,480,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:26.600, SP: 81.00 1st C'est Divin ( Y Kawada 123 ) 2nd Grand King O ( K Matsuyama 123 ) 1.75L 3rd Hosho Maris ( Y Tannai 121 ) 1.85L 10th Man Of The Match ( T Akiyama 123 ) 13.95L See full resultsT Akiyama 55.8kg 13.95L10 (13)
Tokyo 16-Nov-24 1400m GOOD R4 Newcomer Race (newc) (of $13,720,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:24.000, SP: 6.00 1st El Mago ( T Marquand 123 ) 2nd Belle Arbre ( K Tosaki 121 ) 0.75L 3rd Million Hit ( A Sugawara 121 ) 1.75L 9th Man Of The Match ( K Matsuyama 123 ) 7.80L See full resultsK Matsuyama 55.8kg 7.80L9 (11)