Lugal (JPN) Horse

Country

Japan

Foal Date

07-Mar-20

Colour

bay

Sire

Duramente

Dam

Atab

Prize Money

3727093

Owners

Yoshimasa Ema

About

Lugal is a 5yo bay horse from Japan trained by Haruki Sugiyama. He is by Duramente out of the mare Atab. To date he has won five races. On 29 Sep 2024 at Nakayama he earned his biggest victory, taking the $99,999,999.99 Cl1 purse. The animal has been a money‑maker for bettors; backing him throughout his career would have yielded a 78% return on investment.

Raced At

Nakayama Hanshin Kyoto

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Ascot 20-Jun-26 1207m GOOD R3 CL1 (of $983,700) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:11.820, SP: 41.00 1st Almeraq ( T Marquand 131 ) 2nd Satono Reve ( R L Moore 131 ) 0.10L 3rd Joliestar ( J Mcdonald 128 ) 0.25L 8th Lugal ( K Sameshima 131 ) 3.05L See full resultsK Sameshima 59.4kg 3.05L8 (19)
Meydan 28-Mar-26 1207m GOOD R5 Race 5-Al Quoz Sprint Sponsored By AZIZI Developments (Group 1)-Turf $324,600 (of $1,477,200) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:10.020, SP: 9.00 1st Native Approach ( C Beasley 132 ) 2nd Lugal ( K Sameshima 132 ) 0.30L 3rd Lazzat ( J Doyle 132 ) 1.00L See full resultsK Sameshima 59.9kg 0.30L2 (13)
Nakayama 28-Feb-26 1200m HEAVY R11 CL1 $11,080,000 (of $82,600,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:08.300, SP: 2.50 1st Pair Pollux ( Y Iwata 126 ) 2nd Rapier ( K Tosaki 126 ) 0.30L 3rd Lugal ( K Sameshima 128 ) 0.60L See full resultsK Sameshima 58.1kg 0.60L3 (16)
Hanshin 27-Dec-25 1400m R11 CL1 $68,162,000 (of $100,000,000) Barrier 15, Winning Time: 01:19.900, SP: 7.00 1st Lugal ( K Sameshima 128 ) 2nd Namura Clair ( C Lemaire 123 ) 0.10L 3rd Fortune Time ( T Danno 128 ) 1.10L See full resultsK Sameshima 58.1kg1 (16)
Kyoto 30-Nov-25 1200m R12 CL1 $16,188,000 (of $78,240,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:07.400, SP: 4.00 1st A T Makfi ( A Tomita 126 ) 2nd Lugal ( A Nishimura 130 ) 1.00L 3rd Yoshino Easter ( H Uchida 126 ) 1.75L See full resultsA Nishimura 59kg 1.00L2 (18)