Lux Popstar (JPN) Horse

Country

Japan

Foal Date

01-Jan-23

Colour

bay

Dam

Smart Nimbus

Prize Money

79700

Owners

Lux Corporation

About

Lux Popstar is a 3yo horse from Japan trained by Shota Nishizono. He is by Mr Melody out of Smart Nimbus. Lux Popstar has recorded one career win. On 14 Dec 2025 at Nakayama, he secured his most important victory to date, earning $14,250,000.00 in the Newcomer Race (newc).

Raced At

Chukyo Tokyo Nakayama

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Chukyo 09-Aug-26 1400m R5 Allowance Race (allow) (of $140,064) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:24.600, SP: 11.00 1st Justin Le Mans ( J Collett 121 ) 2nd Realize Bright ( S Morita 115 ) 0.30L 3rd Peptide Leon ( T Yokoyama 121 ) 0.60L 11th Lux Popstar ( T Danno 121 ) 10.05L See full resultsT Danno 54.9kg 10.05L11 (16)
Tokyo 16-May-26 1400m GOOD R7 Allowance Race (allow) (of $72,344) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:24.500, SP: 9.50 1st Show Rebirth ( K Yokoyama 126 ) 2nd Muteki Shacho ( T Yokoyama 126 ) 3.00L 3rd Air Salome ( K Miura 121 ) 0.75L 8th Lux Popstar ( D Sasaki 126 ) 7.60L See full resultsD Sasaki 57.2kg 7.60L8 (16)
Nakayama 11-Apr-26 1200m GOOD R7 Allowance Race (allow) (of $72,842) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:11.500, SP: 41.00 1st Takasutakasutakasu ( M Dee 126 ) 2nd Vip Moulin ( Y Yoshida 121 ) 6.00L 3rd Lateral Palm ( Y Iwata 126 ) 0.30L 6th Lux Popstar ( Y Hara 126 ) 8.50L See full resultsY Hara 57.2kg 8.50L6 (16)
Nakayama 22-Mar-26 1200m GOOD R3 Allowance Race (allow) $7,312 (of $73,117) Barrier 14, Winning Time: 01:10.400, SP: 29.00 1st Ecoro Reve ( K Ogino 126 ) 2nd Takasutakasutakasu ( K Miura 126 ) 1.25L 3rd Vip Moulin ( K Tosaki 121 ) 5.00L 5th Lux Popstar ( Y Ishikawa 126 ) 7.55L See full resultsY Ishikawa 57.2kg 7.55L5 (14)
Nakayama 11-Jan-26 1200m GOOD R4 Allowance Race (allow) (of $77,550) Barrier 13, Winning Time: 01:12.100, SP: 19.00 1st Ecoro Seed ( D Sasaki 126 ) 2nd Red Stinger ( K Tosaki 126 ) 1.50L 3rd Apatite Tesoro ( Y Hara 121 ) 7.00L 6th Lux Popstar ( K Miura 126 ) 11.25L See full resultsK Miura 57.2kg 11.25L6 (16)