Longing Star (JPN) Horse

Country

Japan

Foal Date

01-Jan-23

Colour

bay

Sire

Roger Barows

Dam

Petit Lumiere

Prize Money

41184

Owners

Koichi Sakamoto

About

Longing Star is a 2yo b from Japan trained by Naoyuki Matoba. It is by Roger Barows out of the dam Petit Lumiere. The horse has recorded one win to date. On 3Dec2025 at Ohi, Longing Star secured its biggest triumph, taking the $5,700,000.00 prize in Race4 (cond). It has proven to be a profitable runner for bettors, and backing Longing Star throughout its career would have delivered a 50% return on investment.

Raced At

Ohi

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Ohi 03-Dec-25 1200m R4 Race 4 (cond) $3,000,000 (of $5,700,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:15.100, SP: 4.50 1st Longing Star ( M Honda 121 ) 2nd Bright Terra ( R Fujita 121 ) 1.50L 3rd Star Ruby Pierce ( M Kuwamura 119 ) 4.00L See full resultsM Honda 54.9kg1 (14)
Ohi 13-Nov-25 1200m GOOD R4 Race 4 (cond) $1,200,000 (of $5,700,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:16.100, SP: 4.33 1st Noble Odin ( R Fujita 121 ) 2nd Longing Star ( T Kanta 119 ) 3.50L 3rd Caciocavallo ( T Yano 121 ) 0.30L See full resultsT Kanta 54kg 3.50L2 (12)
Ohi 23-Oct-25 1200m GOOD R4 Race 4 (cond) (of $8,550,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:15.200, SP: 15.00 1st June Academy ( R Tatsushiro 119 ) 2nd Mega Kocha High ( S Masaki 119 ) 6.00L 3rd Musashi Idol ( R Sugawara 119 ) 1.50L 6th Longing Star ( T Kanta 119 ) 11.95L See full resultsT Kanta 54kg 11.95L6 (7)