Joyful Victory

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Joyful Victory
Sire Tapit
Grandsire Pulpit
DamWild Lucy Black
Damsire Wild Again
Sex Mare
FoaledFebruary 2, 2008
Country United States
Colour Grey
BreederWilliam D. Graham
Owner Fox Hill Farm
Trainer J. Larry Jones
Record20: 7-5-4
Earnings$1,252,579
Major wins
Fantasy Stakes (2011)
Honeybee Stakes (2011)
Tiffany Lass Stakes (2012)
Houston Ladies Classic (2013)
Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap (2013)
Molly Pitcher Stakes (2013)

Joyful Victory is an Ontario bred Thoroughbred, foaled in 2008.

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Background

Despite being bred in Canada, she would never race there. Bred by William D. Graham - Ontario's 2012 Breeder of the Year - her sire is the champion stallion, Tapit; making her one of his sixteen millionaire graded winners. [1] She was in fact his leading stakes earner in 2013. Her dam, Wild Lucy Black, is a one time winning mare by the stallion Wild Again. In February 2010, she was purchased by Fox Hill Farm at select two-year-old in training sale for $400,000. At two, she was started by trainer Tony Dutrow, and he got her through her first season and pointed her towards her first two stakes races; one of which she hit the board with a promising performance. [2] At three, she was put under the watchful eye of trainer, Larry Jones, who would stick with her till the end of her racing career. [3]

Tapit is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Out of the Unbridled mare Tap Your Heels, he was sired by Pulpit. He had a modest racing career, winning three of six total races, but became the leading sire in North America in 2014, setting an earnings record that he broke in 2015 and again in 2016. For the 2015 season, his stud fee was raised to $300,000, the highest in North America.

Wild Again was an American Thoroughbred racehorse by Icecapade out of Bushel-N-Peck. He was broken by Tommy Akin, but for the majority of his career was trained by Vincent Timphony. Bred by W Paul Little and owned by Black Chip Stables, he is most famous for winning the inaugural Breeders' Cup Classic in 1984 over Slew o' Gold and Gate Dancer in a famous stretch run where all three battled head-to-head to the finish line. In a thrilling conclusion to the richest race in history during that time, long shot Wild Again survived both a wild bumping match in the stretch with Slew o' Gold and Gate Dancer and a steward's inquiry to win the $3 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Hollywood Park Racetrack.

Racing career

At two years old, Joyful Victory showed promise by winning her first start, and then went on to finish a fair third in the grade I Frizette Stakes. She was also entered in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at the end of her first season, but she finished fifth.

The Frizette Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies raced annually at Belmont Park in October. It is currently a Grade I stakes race at a distance of one mile. The Frizette is the female counterpart of the Champagne Stakes.

At three she started off with a wide margin (9 lengths) win in the Grade III Honeybee Stakes. A month later she would repeat this convincing performance in the Grade II Fantasy Stakes. Joyful Victory was also entered in the Kentucky Oaks a pulled a fourth place. Her form would return somewhat with a second in the Mother Goose Stakes, but she finished fifth in the Coaching Club American Oaks. She was then laid off for the rest of the season.

Kentucky Oaks American Thoroughbred stakes horse race

The Kentucky Oaks is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The race currently covers 1 1⁄8 miles (1,800 m) at Churchill Downs; the horses carry 121 pounds (55 kg). The Kentucky Oaks is held on the Friday before the Kentucky Derby each year. The winner gets $750,000 of the $1,250,000 purse and a large garland of lilies, affectionately called the "Lillies for the Fillies." A silver Kentucky Oaks Trophy is presented to the winner.

At four her first start was an Optional Claiming in which she placed second, she got a late start and was pushed wide and came up just half a length short. She was stepped up by her trainer to a listed race and won the Tiffany Lass Stakes by dueling another stakes winner. With that solid win, she moved back up into the graded ranks with a third-place finish in the grade III Azeri Stakes, With a second places in the grade III Gardenia Stakes, grade I Zenyatta Stakes, and the grade II Chilukki Stakes; she would finish her four year old campaign with a third in the grade II Falls City Handicap.

The Azeri Stakes is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early March at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Open to Fillies & Mares age four and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of ​1 1⁄16 miles.

At five she would achieve her best season. Her first race was a track record setting victory in the Houston Ladies Classic, [4] which carried over into the grade I Santa Margarita Stakes, and the grade II Molly Pitcher Stakes, and she conclude her career with a third place in the grade I Zenyatta Stakes. [5]

The Houston Ladies Classic is the richest race in the Houston Racing Festival. It is one of the park's largest social events with almost $800,000 in purses. Inaugurated in 2013, this race is the richest graded thoroughbred race in Texas.

The Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. An invitation race for fillies and mares age four and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of one and one-eighths miles.

The Molly Pitcher Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race raced annually during the last week of August at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey. The race is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, over one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. This Grade III event currently carries a purse of $100,000.

Retirement

Ending her career sound, she would be entered into the 2013 Fasig-Tipton mixed sale. Joyful Victory was purchased as broodmare prospect for $2,000,000 by Aaron and Marie Jones. She was bred to Distorted Humor to produce a 2015 filly, and in 2016 she had another filly, by Medaglia d'Oro. Her most recent foal is a 2017 colt by the Triple Crown winner, American Pharoah. Her first filly will be old enough to run in 2018.

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Medaglia d'Oro is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won several major stakes races including the 2002 Travers Stakes and the 2003 Whitney Handicap. He also finished second in the 2002 Belmont Stakes, the Breeders' Cup Classic in both 2002 and 2003, and the 2004 Dubai World Cup. Since retiring to stud, he has become an excellent stallion whose progeny include 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra and two-time champion filly Songbird.

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References

  1. ↑ "Ontario's Leading Owners, Breeders Honored by CTHS" . Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Joyful Victory headlines Mother Goose" . Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Pedigree Query" . Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Houston Ladies Classic: Joyful Victory scores" . Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Joyful Victory" . Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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