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- Narita Brian won the Triple Crown with a great performance.
He won the Arima Kinen easily. - Biwa Hayahide played an active role as a champion of old-colts.
- A brotherhood showdown between Biwa Hayahide and Narita Brian was hoped for, but it did not happen due to Biwa Hayahide’s injury.
- North Flight won the two mile G1 race.
She was called “the Mile Queen”. - Sunday Silence’s crops debuted.
The rate that a crop won more than one times was a whopping 62.5% in this year.
Fuji Kiseki won the Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes and the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Colt.
It was described “サンデーサイレンス旋風”.
A literal translation of that phrase into English would be “the whirlwind of Sunday Silence”.
A better way to describe it would be such as “the fever of Sunday Silence”, “the furor of Sunday Silence” and “the Great Sensation of Sunday Silence.” - Tony Bin won the JRA award for Leading Sire by just three generations of crops.
- Kyoto Racecourse was renovated.
The effect of it Tenno Sho (Spring) was held at Hanshin Racecourse in this year.
G1 races
| Races | Track | age / (Colt Filly Gelding) | 1st |  |
| Oka Sho | Hanshin T1600 |
3 / F | Oguri Roman | ◆ |
| Satsuki Sho | Nakayama T2000 |
3 / CF | Narita Brian | ◆ |
| Tenno Sho (Spring) | Hanshin T3200 |
over 4 / CF | Biwa Hayahide | ◆ |
| Yasuda Kinen | Tokyo T1600 |
over 4 / CFG | North Flight | ◆ |
| Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) | Tokyo T2400 |
3 / F | Chokai Carol | ◆ |
| Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) | Tokyo T2400 |
3 / CF | Narita Brian | ◆ |
| Takarazuka Kinen | Hanshin T2200 |
over 3 / CFG | Biwa Hayahide | ◆ |
| Tenno Sho (Autumn) | Tokyo T2000 |
over 3 / CF | Nehai Caesar | ◆ |
| Kikuka Sho | Kyoto T3000 |
3 / CF | Narita Brian | ◆ |
| Queen Elizabeth II Cup | Kyoto T2400 |
3 / F | Hishi Amazon | ◆ |
| Mile Championship | Kyoto T1600 |
over 3 / CFG | North Flight | ◆ |
| Japan Cup | Tokyo T2400 |
over 3 / CFG | Marvelous Crown | ◆ |
| Hanshin Sansai Himba Stakes | Hanshin T1600 |
2 / F | Yamanin Paradise | ◆ |
| Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes | Nakayama T1600 |
2 / CG | Fuji Kiseki | ◆ |
| Sprinters Stakes | Nakayama T1200 |
over 3 / CFG | Sakura Bakushin O | ◆ |
| Arima Kinen | Nakayama T2500 |
over 3 / CFG | Narita Brian | ◆ |
JRA Award
| Horse of the Year | Narita Brian |
| Best Two-Year-Old Colt | Fuji Kiseki |
| Best Two-Year-Old Filly | Yamanin Paradise |
| Best Three-Year-Old Colt | Narita Brian |
| Best Three-Year-Old Filly | Hishi Amazon |
| Best Older Male Horse | Biwa Hayahide |
| Best Older Filly or Mare | North Flight |
| Best Sprinter or Miler | Sakura Bakushin O |
| Best Dirt Horse | Fujino Makken O |
| Best Steeplechase Horse | Broad Mind |
| Best Anglo-Arabian | / |
| Best Horse By Home-bred Sire | Nehai Caesar |
| Leading sire in Japan | Tony Bin |
| ← 1993 | All | 1995 → |