Joyful Victory

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.

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.

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.

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]

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.