Bred by William D. Graham - Ontario's 2012 Breeder of the Year - her sire is the champion stallion, Tapit; making her one of his sixteen millionaire graded winners.
At two, she was started by trainer Tony Dutrow, and he got her through her first season and pointed her towards her first two stakes races; one of which she hit the board with a promising performance.
[2] At three, she was put under the watchful eye of trainer, Larry Jones, who would stick with her till the end of her racing career.
[3] 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.
Her form would return somewhat with a second in the Mother Goose Stakes, but she finished fifth in the Coaching Club American Oaks.