Nobu Step (JPN) Horse

Country
Japan
Foal Date
01-Jan-23
Colour
bay
Sire
Danon Kingly
Dam
Close Friend
Prize Money
8691
Owners
Nobuteru Maeda
About

Nobu Step is a 2yo b unknown from Japan trained by Katsuharu Tanaka, who is based at . It is sired by the stallion Danon Kingly out of the dam Close Friend. Nobu Step is yet to break its maiden status, having not won a race yet from 4 attempts. During its most recent race at Hanshin on 13th Dec 2025, Nobu Step was ridden by Y Iwata and finished 8th, behind the winner Naxos.

Raced At
Hanshin Tokyo Fukushima
Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Hanshin 13-Dec-25 1200m R3 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:09.100, SP: 29.00 1st Naxos ( Y Kitamura 123 ) 2nd Jasper Merche ( T Danno 121 ) 0.75L 3rd Lineabierta ( F Geroux 121 ) 1.25L 8th Nobu Step ( Y Iwata 123 ) 3.65L See full resultsY Iwata 55.8kg 3.65L8 (14)
Tokyo 29-Nov-25 1800m GOOD R3 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:47.900, SP: 26.00 1st Brigantine ( Y Hara 123 ) 2nd Chachatto ( Y Shibata 121 ) 1.25L 3rd Goko Koikoi ( Y Tannai 121 ) 0.20L 9th Nobu Step ( T Ishida 117 ) 6.45L See full resultsT Ishida 53.1kg 6.45L9 (12)
Fukushima 12-Jul-25 1800m GOOD R1 Md $840,000 (of $10,600,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:50.900, SP: 34.00 1st Black Hayate ( F Ishigami 115 ) 2nd Seize The Throne ( K Tosaki 121 ) 0.75L 3rd Unison ( T Ono 121 ) 3.50L 4th Nobu Step ( T Ishida 115 ) 7.25L See full resultsT Ishida 52.2kg 7.25L4 (10)
Tokyo 22-Jun-25 1400m GOOD R6 Newcomer Race (newc) (of $14,250,000) Barrier 13, Winning Time: 01:23.100, SP: 101.00 1st Land Star ( K Maruta 121 ) 2nd Ecole Navale ( K Tosaki 121 ) 2.50L 3rd Copano Thomas ( Y Hara 121 ) 0.75L 7th Nobu Step ( T Ishida 115 ) 8.10L See full resultsT Ishida 52.2kg 8.10L7 (16)