Virginia Joy (GER)
Bay Mare / February 9th, 2017 in GER / by Soldier Hollow (GB) out of Virginia Sun (GER)
$249,280
2022 earnings
105
speed figure
67%
2022 wins
racing Record
2022 Stats
Career Stats
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2
Firsts
5
0
Seconds
2
0
Thirds
1
1
Unplaced
4
3
Starts
12
$249,280
Earnings
$485,557
$83,093
Earnings / Start
$40,463
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Bio
After a successful 3-year-old campaign in her home country of Germany, including a win in the Group 3 Mehl-Mulhens Trophy Stakes, Virginia Joy was shipped to the United States and transferred to trainer Graham Motion for her 4-year-old season in 2021. She started her year with a win in a second-level allowance optional claiming race at Belmont Park on Apr. 23, and ended her season with a narrow nose defeat in the River Memories Stakes on July 11.
After a successful 3-year-old campaign in her home country of Germany, including a win in the Group 3 Mehl-Mulhens Trophy Stakes, Virginia Joy was shipped to the United States and transferred to trainer Graham Motion for her 4-year-old season in 2021. She started her year with a win in a second-level allowance optional claiming race at Belmont Park on Apr. 23, and ended her season with a narrow nose defeat in the River Memories Stakes on July 11.
Despite the long layoff, Virginia Joy was the odds-on favorite in the Grade 3 The Very One Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Mar. 5, 2022. After rating off a slow pace, she moved after the leaders in the stretch and got up to win by a length. Next out, she went gate-to-wire over a yielding turf course to win the Grade 2 Sheepshead Bay Stakes at Belmont Park on May 7.
