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- JRA has introduced a grading system.
This is not an international grade as it is JRA’s original rating.
This site does not distinguish between international and Japanese domestic grades.
There were very few international grade races until 2007, when Japan was promoted to a Part 1 country by ICSC. - Yasuda Kinen was a handicap race, but it was changed to a fixed-weight race.
- Tenno Sho (Autumn) was shortened from 3200m to 2000m.
- Mile Championship was newly established.
- Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame was established.
(Wikipedia) - Symboli Rudolf became an undefeated Triple Crown horse.
- Two Triple Crown horses, MR. C.B. and Symboli Rudolf, faced off in the Japan Cup (and Arima Kinen).
- Katsuragi Ace won the Japan Cup for the first time as a Japanese horse.
G1 races
| Races | Track | age / (Colt Filly Gelding) | 1st |  |
| Oka Sho | Hanshin T1600 |
3 / F | Diana Tholon | ◆ |
| Satsuki Sho | Nakayama T2000 |
3 / CF | Symboli Rudolf | ◆ |
| Tenno Sho (Spring) | Kyoto T3200 |
over 4 / CF | Monte Fast | ◆ |
| Yasuda Kinen | Tokyo T1600 |
over 4 / CFG | Happy Progress | ◆ |
| Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) | Tokyo T2400 |
3 / F | Tokai Roman | ◆ |
| Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) | Tokyo T2400 |
3 / CF | Symboli Rudolf | ◆ |
| Takarazuka Kinen | Hanshin T2200 |
over 4 / CFG | Katsuragi Ace | ◆ |
| Tenno Sho (Autumn) | Tokyo T2000 |
over 4 / CF | Mr. C.B. | ◆ |
| Queen Elizabeth II Cup | Kyoto T2400 |
3 / F | Kyowa Thunder | ◆ |
| Kikuka Sho | Kyoto T3000 |
3 / CF | Symboli Rudolf | ◆ |
| Mile Championship | Kyoto T1600 |
over 3 / CFG | Nihon Pillow Winner | ◆ |
| Japan Cup | Tokyo T2400 |
over 3 / CFG | Katsuragi Ace | ◆ |
| Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes | Nakayama T1600 |
2 / CF | Scrum Dyna | ◆ |
| Hanshin Sansai Stakes | Hanshin T1600 |
2 / CF | Daigo Totsugeki | ◆ |
| Arima Kinen | Nakayama T2500 |
over 3 / CFG | Symboli Rudolf | ◆ |
Yushun Award
| Horse of the Year | Symboli Rudolf |
| Best Two-Year-Old Colt | Scrum Dyna |
| Best Two-Year-Old Filly | Nihon Pillow Vicky |
| Best Three-Year-Old Colt | Symboli Rudolf |
| Best Three-Year-Old Filly | Diana Tholon |
| Best Older Male Horse | Katsuragi Ace |
| Best Older Filly or Mare | Long Grace |
| Best Sprinter or Miler | Nihon Pillow Winner |
| Best Dirt Horse | Andre Amon |
| Best Steeplechase Horse | Mejiro Antares |
| Best Anglo-Arabian | Wolf Keiai |
| Best Horse By Home-bred Sire | Mr. C.B. |
| Leading sire in Japan | Northern Taste |
| All | 1985 → |