Narita Esperanza (JPN) Horse

Country

Japan

Foal Date

01-Jan-23

Colour

bay

Sire

Kitasan Black

Dam

Wonderfilly

Prize Money

299222

Owners

Osumi Co Ltd

About

Narita Esperanza is a 2yo horse from Japan trained by Yuichi Fukunaga. He is by Kitasan Black out of the dam Wonderfilly and has recorded three wins to date. On 28th Jun 2026 at Kokura, he captured his most important victory, pocketing $30320000.00 in the Hobashirayama Tokubetsu (allow). The horse has been a valuable choice for bettors, delivering a 48% return on investment for those who backed him throughout his career.

Raced At

Kokura Hanshin Kyoto

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Kokura 28-Jun-26 2601m R9 Hobashirayama Tokubetsu (allow) $15,968,000 (of $30,320,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 02:43.300, SP: 2.10 1st Narita Esperanza ( Y Kawada 119 ) 2nd Saratoga Chips ( O Tayama 128 ) 3.00L 3rd Big Beluga ( Y Hishida 128 ) 4.25L See full resultsY Kawada 54kg1 (8)
Hanshin 14-Jun-26 2001m SOFT R7 Allowance Race (allow) $8,200,000 (of $15,620,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 02:00.400, SP: 5.00 1st Narita Esperanza ( C P Lemaire 121 ) 2nd Sign ( M Iwata 121 ) 2.00L 3rd Pika Kiwi ( A Nishimura 117 ) 2.30L See full resultsC P Lemaire 54.9kg1 (11)
Hanshin 21-Feb-26 2200m R8 CL1 (of $40,210,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 02:12.400, SP: 7.50 1st Large Ensemble ( M Iwata 126 ) 2nd Aurum Ares ( Y Hishida 126 ) 0.75L 3rd Noche Cerrada ( H Miyuki 126 ) 2.00L 7th Narita Esperanza ( Y Take 126 ) 5.20L See full resultsY Take 57.2kg 5.20L7 (7)
Kyoto 11-Jan-26 1800m R12 Md $5,900,000 (of $11,280,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:49.200, SP: 3.25 1st Narita Esperanza ( Y Take 126 ) 2nd Meisho Tenku ( T Danno 126 ) 1.00L 3rd Saliente ( Y Kitamura 121 ) 2.25L See full resultsY Take 57.2kg1 (18)
Hanshin 28-Dec-25 1800m R3 Md $1,400,000 (of $10,600,000) Barrier 15, Winning Time: 01:46.200, SP: 13.00 1st Storm Gale ( S Yoshimura 123 ) 2nd Lance Of Hero ( R Takasugi 123 ) 0.10L 3rd Narita Esperanza ( F Geroux 123 ) 0.60L See full resultsF Geroux 55.8kg 0.60L3 (18)