Light Of Nukata (JPN) Horse
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Light Of Nukata is a 3yo b horse from Japan trained by Hiroyuki Uemura. He is by City Of Light out of Never Give Up and has claimed two wins so far. On 11 Jan 2026 at Kyoto he secured his biggest victory, taking the $15620000.00 Allowance Race prize. The animal has proved profitable for bettors; backing him throughout his career would have yielded an 81% return on investment.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Kyoto 04-Oct-26 1400m R8 Allowance Race (allow) $27,367 (of $206,988) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:23.500, SP: 5.50 1st Zakkuzaku ( Y Kitamura 128 ) 2nd June Again ( O Tayama 121 ) 0.30L 3rd Light Of Nukata ( A Tomita 123 ) 3.30L See full results | A Tomita 55.8kg 3.30L | 3 (16) |
| Hanshin 21-Sep-26 1400m R9 Shinryo Tokubetsu (allow) $21,511 (of $274,357) Barrier 16, Winning Time: 01:23.700, SP: 9.00 1st Yamanin Baroness ( Y Take 123 ) 2nd Port De La Mer ( C P Lemaire 123 ) 3.50L 3rd Picara ( K Tosaki 119 ) 3.80L 4th Light Of Nukata ( M Iwata 123 ) 6.30L See full results | M Iwata 55.8kg 6.30L | 4 (16) |
| Tokyo 21-Jun-26 1400m GOOD R9 Koshukaido Tokubetsu (allow) (of $142,805) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:22.600, SP: 51.00 1st Kyoei Cancer ( A Tsumura 128 ) 2nd Magic Cookie ( T Ono 121 ) 0.75L 3rd Fiddle Faddle ( K Ogino 123 ) 0.50L 8th Light Of Nukata ( Y Ishikawa 121 ) 3.20L See full results | Y Ishikawa 54.9kg 3.20L | 8 (16) |
| Chukyo 15-Mar-26 1400m GOOD R10 CL1 (of $172,564) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:24.000, SP: 9.50 1st Smart Julius ( Y Take 126 ) 2nd T O Glaser ( K Tosaki 126 ) 0.75L 3rd Lux Raymond ( M Dee 126 ) 1.25L 10th Light Of Nukata ( M Iwata 126 ) 8.65L See full results | M Iwata 57.2kg 8.65L | 10 (12) |
| Kyoto 11-Jan-26 1400m R5 Allowance Race (allow) $77,550 (of $147,724) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:27.000, SP: 3.50 1st Light Of Nukata ( M Iwata 126 ) 2nd Smart Julius ( Y Take 126 ) 0.75L 3rd Pataliputra ( R Sakai 126 ) 2.00L See full results | M Iwata 57.2kg | 1 (10) |