Daring Tact is a Japanese dark bay mare of the 2020s, foaled on 15 April 2017 and bred by Hasegawa Bokujo. She raced in the colors of the syndicate Normandy Thoroughbred Racing Co. Ltd. and was trained from Ritto by Haruki Sugiyama. A daughter of Epiphaneia out of Daring Bird, by King Kamehameha, she combined a prominent modern Japanese pedigree with a top-level middle-distance career.
Her background also reflects the commercial side of the sport. JBIS records her as having been sold at the 2018 Select Sale for ¥12,960,000, while netkeiba lists her racing ownership as a 400-share syndicate priced at ¥44,000 per share. That structure made Daring Tact a notable success for a broad ownership group rather than a single private patron, and her rise to the top gave that syndicate one of the standout fillies of her generation.
On the track, Daring Tact built a compact but high-class record of 13 starts for 5 wins, 1 second, and 3 thirds, with total earnings of ¥644,132,400. Her major breakthrough year was 2020, when she captured the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks), the Classic success highlighted in the core race record. The same season is also credited in the supplied research with victories in the Oka Sho and Shuka Sho, completing Japan’s fillies’ Triple Crown and establishing her as one of the defining three-year-old mares of her era.
That campaign brought formal recognition as well. Daring Tact was named the 2020 JRA Best Three-Year-Old Filly, an award that underlined how thoroughly she had dominated her division. In historical terms, her name is inseparable from the Japanese Triple Tiara of 2020, a feat that gives her lasting significance beyond any single race.
After racing, Daring Tact was retired. Her career earnings included ¥610.915 million in JRA prize money, and her legacy rests on the rare combination of Classic success, championship honors, and syndicate ownership that allowed many members to share in an elite racehorse’s achievements. Even in a relatively brief racing career, she left a durable mark as a Japanese Oaks winner and one of the most important fillies of her generation.
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