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Naosuke Sugai (須貝尚介; born June 3, 1966) is a Japanese Horse trainer and retired jockey of the Japan Racing Association.
Sugai won his first graded race in 1990 when he rode and won the Kisaragi Sho.
Sugai retired in 2008 and became a horse trainer based at Ritto Training Center. His first race as a trainer was . He won his first race as a trainer on March 14 at an allowance race held at Hanshin with Hokko One Man.
Sugai won his first graded race as a trainer with Gold Ship when he won the Kyodo Tsushin Hai in 2012, and won his first GI race with the same horse when the horse won the Satsuki Shō that same year. Later that year, he became the fastest trainer in Japan to win his 100th victory when Gold Ship won the Kikuka-shō; having done so in 3 years, 7 months, and 21 days.
Sugai won his 500th win as a trainer on April 2, 2023 when T O Solennel won the Akashi Stakes.
In addition to Gold Ship, Sugai has also trained several horses of note. Among those are Just A Way, who was named the best horse of the year in the 2014 World's Best Racehorse Rankings following his record breaking performance at the Dubai Turf, as well as Sodashi, who was the first White horse horse to win a JRA GI race.
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