Mission of Joy
Chestnut Mare / March 30th, 2020 in ON / by Kitten's Joy out of Smart Mission
$206,115
2025 earnings
118
speed figure
33%
2025 wins
racing Record
2025 Stats
Career Stats
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2
Firsts
6
0
Seconds
0
1
Thirds
4
3
Unplaced
11
6
Starts
21
$206,115
Earnings
$680,667
$34,353
Earnings / Start
$32,413
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Bio
Mission of Joy was unplaced in her career debut in September 2022 sprinting on the synthetic main track at Woodbine, but she showed significant improvement with a switch to the grass and extra distance in her second lifetime start, rolling to a four-length maiden win on Dec. 3, 2022, going a mile on the turf at Tampa Bay Downs.
Mission of Joy was unplaced in her career debut in September 2022 sprinting on the synthetic main track at Woodbine, but she showed significant improvement with a switch to the grass and extra distance in her second lifetime start, rolling to a four-length maiden win on Dec. 3, 2022, going a mile on the turf at Tampa Bay Downs.
Mission of Joy opened her 3-year-old season with a two-length win at the same distance at Tampa Bay Downs on Jan. 18, 2023. Entered next in her stakes debut in the Grade 3, $200,000 Florida Oaks at Tampa, Mission of Joy settled into a nice stalking position in the 1 1/16-mile turf race and rallied wide into the stretch and out-finished Alpha Bella with a powerful burst for the victory.
Following a third-place finish in the Grade 2 Edgewood Stakes at Churchill Downs on May 5, Mission of Joy got back into the winner's circle in her next start which came in the Grade 3 $225,000 Regret Stakes going 1 1/8 miles on the turf at Churchill Downs on June 3, 2024. Sent off as the 3-5 favorite on the tote board in a field of six 3-year-old fillies, Mission of Joy pressed the pace, took over the lead in the stretch, and extended to a 1 1/2-length victory in a time of 1:49.05.
Mission of Joy went winless in a total of six starts during her 4-year-old season in 2024 but came back as a 5-year-old in 2025 and won her seasonal debut in an allowance optional claiming race at Churchill Downs on April 26, 2025. Mission of Joy put the cherry on top of her 2025 career comeback with a victory on Oct. 4 in the Grade 2 $200,000 Rodeo Drive Stakes going 1 1/4 miles on the turf at Santa Anita where she topped a field of eight fillies and mares by a winning margin of a head. The Rodeo Drive was a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series "Win and You're In" race with an automatic berth into the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare turf.
Trained by Graham Motion, Mission of Joy was produced by the sire Kitten's Joy out of the winning Smart Strike mare Smart Mission, a half-sister to two-time Canadian champion Irish Mission and two other stakes winners.
