Gulf Coast (JPN) Horse

Country

Japan

Foal Date

01-Jan-23

Colour

bay

Sire

Suave Richard

Owners

Nicks Co Ltd

About

Gulf Coast is a 2yo horse from Japan trained by Naosuke Sugai. He is by Suave Richard out of Gulf Pearl. The colt has not yet broken his maiden, remaining winless in three starts. In his latest start at Hanshin on 12 Apr 2026, ridden by Suguru Hamanaka, Gulf Coast finished 17th, trailing winner La La Faculte.

Raced At

Hanshin Kyoto

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Hanshin 12-Apr-26 1600m GOOD R4 Md (of $11,280,000) Barrier 15, Winning Time: 01:33.600, SP: 67.00 1st La La Faculte ( T Danno 126 ) 2nd Second To Best ( M Iwata 121 ) 0.30L 3rd Barocca Nera ( A Nishimura 121 ) 0.60L 17th Gulf Coast ( S Hamanaka 126 ) 26.55L See full resultsS Hamanaka 57.2kg 26.55L17 (18)
Kyoto 18-Jan-26 1800m R2 Md (of $11,280,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:55.800, SP: 6.00 1st Amiral ( K Matsuyama 126 ) 2nd Cosmo Black ( R Sakai 126 ) 0.50L 3rd Pod Sieg ( S Yoshimura 126 ) 3.00L 9th Gulf Coast ( Y Take 126 ) 10.25L See full resultsY Take 57.2kg 10.25L9 (12)
Kyoto 04-Jan-26 1800m R5 Newcomer Race (newc) (of $12,330,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:50.500, SP: 17.00 1st Taiki Ruggero ( A Saito 126 ) 2nd Fortune Ride ( Y Kawada 121 ) 0.20L 3rd Aube Fraiche ( A Nishimura 121 ) 3.20L 9th Gulf Coast ( Y Take 126 ) 7.60L See full resultsY Take 57.2kg 7.60L9 (18)