Melior Via (JPN) Horse

Country

Japan

Foal Date

01-Jan-23

Colour

bay

Sire

Lord Kanaloa

Dam

Meliora

Prize Money

30071

Trainer

Junji Tanaka

Owners

G1 Racing Co Ltd

About

Melior Via is a 3yo b from Japan trained by Junji Tanaka. It is by the stallion Lord Kanaloa out of the dam Meliora. The horse has won one race in its career so far. On 15th Oct 2026 at Mombetsu, Melior Via earned its most important win to date, claiming the $680000.00 prize in Race 9 (c3).

Race Record

Event Summary Runner Stats Rank
Mombetsu 28-Oct-26 1200m DIRT R9 Race 9 (B4) (of $10,000), SP: 1.06 Genta Ochiai 1 (10)
Mombetsu 15-Oct-26 1200m GOOD R9 Race 9 (c3) $3,613 (of $6,143) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:13.500, SP: 3.25 1st Melior Via ( G Ochiai 121 ) 2nd Suzuno Bon Raimi ( Y Miyauchi 121 ) 1.00L 3rd Isn't It ( Y Ishikawa 121 ) 1.50L See full results G Ochiai 54.9kg 1 (12)
Hakodate 11-Jul-26 1700m GOOD R2 Md (of $51,558) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:42.900, SP: 9.00 1st Sarasa Chachacha ( Y Tannai 121 ) 2nd Tagano Sylphy ( S Hamanaka 121 ) 1.25L 3rd French Blossom ( K Yokoyama 121 ) 3.00L 6th Melior Via ( D Sasaki 121 ) 4.95L See full results D Sasaki 54.9kg 4.95L 6 (14)
Hanshin 13-Jun-26 1200m R1 Md (of $98,049) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:12.400, SP: 13.00 1st Eiyu Sakura ( T Akiyama 121 ) 2nd Fireplace ( Y Tsunoda 121 ) 2.00L 3rd Abidance ( M Iwata 121 ) 5.00L 7th Melior Via ( K Nishizuka 121 ) 7.40L See full results K Nishizuka 54.9kg 7.40L 7 (16)
Niigata 24-May-26 1200m R2 Md $13,198 (of $51,911) Barrier 13, Winning Time: 01:12.500, SP: 5.00 1st Argyle Shore ( A Saito 121 ) 2nd Judy Imeru ( M Kobayashi 115 ) 0.00L 3rd Melior Via ( K Nishizuka 121 ) 2.60L See full results K Nishizuka 54.9kg 2.60L 3 (15)
Kyoto 03-May-26 1400m GOOD R1 Md $13,260 (of $99,712) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:24.000, SP: 29.00 1st Picara ( M Iwata 121 ) 2nd Princess Atsuko ( R Sameshima 121 ) 4.00L 3rd Melior Via ( S Yoshimura 121 ) 5.25L See full results S Yoshimura 54.9kg 5.25L 3 (16)