would be a little bit hard to make up ground, but finally I took the option to stay in the inside and she really quickened well and at the 200-meter marker when I saw the gap was still open". On her final appearance of the year Lucky Lilac was sent to Sha Tin Racecourse for the Hong Kong Vase over 2400 metres in December. With Soumillon again in the saddle she produced a strong late run from the rear of the field to finish second of the fourteen runners behind her fellow Japanese challenger Glory Vase. 2020: five-year-old season Lucky Lilac was ridden in her first four races as a five-year-old by Mirco Demuro. She began her fourth campaign on 1 March when she started the 2/1 second favourite for the Nakayama Kinen and finished second behind the four-year-old colt Danon Kingly, beaten one and three quarter lengths by the winner. By the time the mare made her next appearance, in the Grade 1 Osaka Hai over 2000 metres at Hanshin on 5 April, horse races in Japan were being run behind closed doors owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. She went off the 3.1/1 second favourite behind Danon Kingly in a twelve-runner field which also included Blast Onepiece, Chrono Genesis, Wagnerian and Makahiki. She settled in third place on the inside as Danon Kingly set the from Jinambo but looked to be short of racing room as the field entered the straight. When Jinambo dropped back however, Demuro angled Lucky Lilac to the left and the mare gained the advantage in the closing stages to win by a neck from Chrono Genesis with Danon Kingly a further neck away in third. After the race Demuro said "Lucky Lilac was well prepared for coming into this race... she was definitely very strong and fit this time. She was really sharp coming out of the gate and we were a little forwardly positioned than expected but the race went perfectly for us and she was really concentrating and taking the bit after the third corner. We were lucky to find a nice opening at the stretch. She's a mare but a not timid and has the strength to face the top males in the future." On softer ground at the same track on 28 June Lucky Lilac started the 3.9/1 third favourite for the 2200 metre Takarazuka Kinen. She raced in third