On 27 July at Niigata Racecourse the colt was ridden by Keita Tosaki when he started at odds of 6.4/1 for the Seno Tokubetsu over 1000 metres and won by two lengths from Fast As Ever.

Ridden by Tosaki he turned into the straight in twelfth place before launching a strong run on the outside, took the lead 100 metres out and won by one and a half lengths from the four-year-old filly Seiun Ririshii.

On his final run of the year Naran Huleg was ridden by Kyosuke Maruta when he started the 4.6/1 third choice in the betting for the Hamamatsu Stakes over 1200 metres at Chukyo on 15 December.

After settling towards the rear of the field he switched to the outside and made rapid progress in the straight, gained the advantage inside the last 200 metres and accelerated away from his rivals in the closing stages to win by two and a half lengths.

[6] On his first run as a four-year-old Naran Huleg was stepped up in class to contest the Grade 3 Silk Road Stakes over 1200 metres at Kyoto Racecourse on 2 February and finished third behind A Will A Way and Eighteen Girl.

[5] Naran Huleg began his fourth campaign in the Listed Yodo Tankyori Stakes over 1200 metres at Chukyo on 9 January and finished second to Travesura, beaten one and a half lengths by the winner.

Naran Huleg had been without a win for over two years when he contested the Tanzanite Stakes over 1200 metres at Hanshin on 18 December and started the 3.3/1 second favourite in a fifteen-runner field.

[5] On his first run of 2022 Naran Huleg ran for the second time in the Silk Road Stakes and finished third behind Meikei Yell and Shine Garnet, beaten just over a length by the winner.

[9] Naran Huleg was then stepped up to Grade 1 class for the first time and started a 26.9/1 outsider for the Takamatsunomiya Kinen over 1200 metres on soft ground at Tokyo on 27 March.

Resistencia started favourite while the other sixteen runners included Grenadier Guards, Salios, Meikei Yell, Kurino Gaudi and Gendarme.