More Joyous


More Joyous is an outstanding Australian trained and New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racemare, trained by Gai Waterhouse, who has won eight Group 1 races.

Pedigree

More Joyous is by the leading Southern Halo sire More Than Ready, and from the Australian Oaks winning Sunday Silence mare Sunday Joy.

Racing career

More Joyous made her debut in January 2009 by winning a two-year -ld fillies handicap by five and a half lengths. A month later she was sent out a $1.35 favourite in the Group 2 Silver Slipper Stakes at Rosehill. When the barriers opened the saddle on More Joyous slipped and she began buckjumping for about 100 metres and took no part in the race. Three weeks later she took out the Group 2 Reisling Stakes by 2.3 lengths from Melito before finishing second last in the Golden Slipper Stakes which was won by Phelan Ready. Following the race, Jockey Darren Beadman was suspended for five meetings for careless riding on More Joyous.
More Joyous began her spring campaign as a three-year-old by finishing third to Madam Pedrille in the 1100 metre listed Sheraco Stakes before winning the Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes and the Group 1 Flight Stakes. She was then spelled for four months and returned in the summer with a win in the Light Fingers Stakes, followed by a win in Surround Stakes.
Resuming as a spring four-year-old, More Joyous won the first four starts of her campaign, including Group One wins in the George Main Stakes and Toorak Handicap. She then stepped up in distance in the Cox Plate, where she started second favorite behind dominant favorite So You Think. She took on So You Think in the lead in the Cox Plate, before fading to fifth place behind him. Resuming again in the autumn, she again won her first four starts of her campaign, including the Futurity Stakes and Queen Of The Turf Stakes at Group One level, before failing in the Doncaster Handicap on a heavy track.

Racing record

ResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight JockeyWinner/2nd
3rd29 Aug 2009Sheraco StakesRosehillLR1100 m53Blake Shinn1st - Madam Pedrille
Won19 Sept 2009Tea Rose StakesRosehillG21500 m56Nash Rawiller2nd - Melito
Won03 Oct 2009Flight StakesRandwickG11600 m56Nash Rawiller2nd - Sister Madly
Won13 Feb 2010Light Fingers StakesRandwickG21200 m56Nash Rawiller2nd - Trim
Won06 Mar 2010Surround StakesWarwick FarmG21400 m56Nash Rawiller2nd - Hurtle Myrtle

ResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight JockeyWinner/2nd
Won28 Aug 2010Sheraco StakesRosehillLR1100 m59Nash Rawiller2nd - Girl Hussler
Won11 Sep 2010Sebring SprintRosehillG21400 m54.5Cory Brown2nd - Rothesay
Won25 Sep 2010George Main StakesRandwickG11600 m54.5Cory Brown2nd - Trusting
Won09 Oct 2010Toorak HandicapCaulfieldG11600 m58Nash Rawiller2nd - We're Gonna Rock
5th23 Oct 2010Cox PlateMoonee ValleyG12040 m55.5Nash Rawiller1st - So You Think
Won12 Feb 2011Breeders' ClassicRandwickG21200 m57.5Nash Rawiller2nd - Graceful Anna
Won26 Feb 2011Futurity StakesCaulfieldG11400 m57Nash Rawiller2nd - Whobegotyou
Won19 Mar 2011Canterbury StakesRosehillG21300 m57Nash Rawiller2nd - Love Conquers All
Won02 Apr 2011Queen Of The Turf StakesRosehillG11500 m57Nash Rawiller2nd - Melito
11th16 Apr 2011Doncaster HandicapRandwickG11600 m57Nash Rawiller1st - Sacred Choice

ResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight JockeyWinner/2nd
3rd30 Sep 2011Manikato StakesMoonee ValleyG11200 m56.5Nash Rawiller1st - Sepoy
Won15 Oct 2011Tristarc StakesCaulfieldG21400 m58.57Nash Rawiller2nd - Sister Madly
7th29 Oct 2011Myer ClassicFlemingtonG11600 m57Nash Rawiller1st - Hurtle Myrtle
Won24 Mar 2012Canterbury StakesRosehillG21300 m57Nash Rawiller2nd - Monton
Won07 Apr 2012Queen Of The Turf StakesRosehillG11500 m57Nash Rawiller2nd - Miss Keepsafe
Won21 Apr 2012Doncaster HandicapRandwickG11600 m57.5Nash Rawiller2nd - Shootout
Won28 Apr 2012Queen Elizabeth StakesRandwickG12000 m57Nash Rawiller2nd - Manighar

ResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight JockeyWinner/2nd
Won15 Sep 2012Sheraco StakesRosehillLR1200 m59Nash Rawiller2nd - Miss Marx
Won29 Sep 2012Golden PendantRosehillG31400 m59Nash Rawiller2nd - Sykerush
4th13 Oct 2012Toorak HandicapCaulfieldG11600 m60Nash Rawiller1st - Solzhenitsyn
11th27 Oct 2012Cox PlateMoonee ValleyG12040 m57Nash Rawiller1st - Ocean Park