Tough Buddy (JPN) Horse
About
Tough Buddy is a 2yo horse from Japan trained by Kazuhiro Kato. He is by Kitasan Black out of Ozil. He has not yet broken his maiden, failing to win in five starts. In his most recent race at Tokyo on 17th May 2026, he was ridden by Shuto Kobayashi and finished 10th, behind the winner Extra Push.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo 17-May-26 2100m GOOD R3 Md (of $11,280,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 02:15.000, SP: 151.00 1st Extra Push ( M Iwata 126 ) 2nd Blue Flare ( T Ono 126 ) 2.50L 3rd Native Pride ( A Sugawara 126 ) 5.00L 10th Tough Buddy ( S Kobayashi 126 ) 29.50L See full results | S Kobayashi 57.2kg 29.50L | 10 (12) |
| Urawa 21-Apr-26 1400m GOOD R9 Race 9 (cond) (of $5,700,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:29.100, SP: 67.00 1st Waves Leaps ( T Sasagawa 123 ) 2nd Fornacalia ( L Funayama 119 ) 1.00L 3rd Kiichi Movement ( S Kobayashi 123 ) 4.00L 10th Tough Buddy ( S Hozono 123 ) 16.60L See full results | S Hozono 55.8kg 16.60L | 10 (10) |
| Nakayama 28-Mar-26 1200m HEAVY R3 Md (of $11,280,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:11.300, SP: 126.00 1st Masano Pink Lady ( T Ono 121 ) 2nd Tsukuba Vanguard ( T Yokoyama 126 ) 0.75L 3rd Lord Trident ( K Yokoyama 126 ) 2.50L 13th Tough Buddy ( G Mizunuma 119 ) 21.30L See full results | G Mizunuma 54kg 21.30L | 13 (16) |
| Chukyo 10-Aug-25 1600m GOOD R3 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:33.200, SP: 151.00 1st Anduril ( K Ogino 121 ) 2nd Lady Goal ( A Badel 121 ) 5.00L 3rd Route Thirteen ( S Yoshimura 119 ) 0.50L 11th Tough Buddy ( K Kokubun 121 ) 22.60L See full results | K Kokubun 54.9kg 22.60L | 11 (12) |
| Fukushima 19-Jul-25 1800m GOOD R5 Newcomer Race (newc) (of $14,250,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:53.200, SP: 29.00 1st Zaafir ( K Tosaki 121 ) 2nd Cheri Adore ( K Ogino 121 ) 0.50L 3rd Rouge Lyric ( Y Ishikawa 121 ) 1.00L 16th Tough Buddy ( K Kikuzawa 121 ) 24.35L See full results | K Kikuzawa 54.9kg 24.35L | 16 (16) |