Maroon Drive (JPN) Horse

Country
Japan
Foal Date
01-Jan-23
Colour
bay
Sire
Suave Richard
Dam
Queen Kapiolani
Prize Money
19575
Owners
Hideki Nakamizu
About

Maroon Drive is a 2yo b foaled in Japan and trained by Yasushi Shono. The colt is by Suave Richard out of Queen Kapiolani. He has not secured a win in five starts. In his latest outing at Hanshin on 6 Dec 2025, Maroon Drive was ridden by Kanta Taguchi and came home 10th, behind the victor Vocalize.

Raced At
Hanshin Kyoto Chukyo Kokura
Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Hanshin 06-Dec-25 1800m R2 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:53.700, SP: 17.00 1st Vocalize ( A Nishimura 123 ) 2nd Jun Doradora ( Y Kitamura 123 ) 1.50L 3rd Velours Du Roi ( R Kozaki 123 ) 4.50L 10th Maroon Drive ( K Taguchi 123 ) 0.00L See full resultsK Taguchi 55.8kg 0.00L10 (16)
Kyoto 15-Nov-25 1800m R1 Md $1,400,000 (of $10,600,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:53.400, SP: 15.00 1st Kentucky Home ( C Demuro 123 ) 2nd Kitano Shakur ( K Ikezoe 123 ) 2.00L 3rd Maroon Drive ( K Taguchi 123 ) 5.00L See full resultsK Taguchi 55.8kg 5.00L3 (11)
Kyoto 25-Oct-25 1800m R2 Md $560,000 (of $10,600,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:55.600, SP: 26.00 1st Golden Slam ( R Sakai 123 ) 2nd Sunrise Kevin ( K Ikezoe 123 ) 3.00L 3rd Unlimited ( M Iwata 123 ) 4.50L 5th Maroon Drive ( K Taguchi 123 ) 5.00L See full resultsK Taguchi 55.8kg 5.00L5 (11)
Chukyo 30-Aug-25 1800m GOOD R2 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 13, Winning Time: 01:55.500, SP: 67.00 1st Dantsu Shitan ( T Danno 121 ) 2nd Courageous Beat ( Y Kitamura 121 ) 0.50L 3rd Summer Madness ( Y Kawada 121 ) 0.75L 6th Maroon Drive ( K Taguchi 121 ) 6.50L See full resultsK Taguchi 54.9kg 6.50L6 (14)
Kokura 20-Jul-25 1800m HEAVY R5 Newcomer Race (newc) (of $14,250,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:52.500, SP: 81.00 1st Bereshit ( Y Kitamura 121 ) 2nd Lord Filer ( S Yoshimura 119 ) 0.50L 3rd Route Thirteen ( Y Iwata 121 ) 0.50L 7th Maroon Drive ( K Taguchi 121 ) 7.75L See full resultsK Taguchi 54.9kg 7.75L7 (13)