Topic
- The classic year of “the Strongest Generation”
Seiun Sky and Special Week competed in the classic races.
El Condor Pasa and Grass Wonder could not run in the classic races because they were foreign-bred horses.
However, El Condor Pasa won the NHK Mile Cup and the Japan Cup, and Grass Wonder won the Arima Kinen, and they both showed great success.
Other horses of this generation include such as Air Jihad, King Halo and Wing Arrow.
Horses of this generation won all the flat-G1 races that existed in JRA at the time, although some of them were accomplished in other years. - Seeking the Pearl and Taiki Shuttle won a G1 race in France.
The Japanese horse racing community began to show its presence in the world and became more conscious of the world.
El Condor Pasa’s connections announced next year’s overseas tour. - Silence Suzuka played a big role and died an untimely death.
- The name of the Takamatsunomiya Hai was changed to Takamatsunomiya Kinen.
G1 races held by JRA
| Races | Track | age / (Colt Filly Gelding) | 1st |  |
| February Stakes | Tokyo D1600 |
over 4 / CFG | Gourmet Frontier | ◆ |
| Oka Sho | Hanshin T1600 |
3 / F | Phalaenopsis | ◆ |
| Satsuki Sho | Nakayama T2000 |
3 / CF | Seiun Sky | ◆ |
| Tenno Sho (Spring) | Kyoto T3200 |
over 4 / CF | Mejiro Bright | ◆ |
| NHK Mile Cup | Tokyo T1600 |
3 / CF | El Condor Pasa | ◆ |
| Takamatsunomiya Kinen | Chukyo T1200 |
over 4 / CFG | Shinko Forest | ◆ |
| Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) | Tokyo T2400 |
3 / F | Erimo Excel | ◆ |
| Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) | Tokyo T2400 |
3 / CF | Special Week | ◆ |
| Yasuda Kinen | Tokyo T1600 |
over 3 / CFG | Taiki Shuttle | ◆ |
| Takarazuka Kinen | Hanshin T2200 |
over 3 / CFG | Silence Suzuka | ◆ |
| Shuka Sho | Kyoto T2000 |
3 / F | Phalaenopsis | ◆ |
| Tenno Sho (Autumn) | Tokyo T2000 |
over 3 / CF | Offside Trap | ◆ |
| Kikuka Sho | Kyoto T3000 |
3 / CF | Seiun Sky | ◆ |
| Queen Elizabeth II Cup | Kyoto T2200 |
over 3 / F | Mejiro Dober | ◆ |
| Mile Championship | Kyoto T1600 |
over 3 / CFG | Taiki Shuttle | ◆ |
| Japan Cup | Tokyo T2400 |
over 3 / CFG | El Condor Pasa | ◆ |
| Hanshin Sansai Himba Stakes | Hanshin T1600 |
2 / F | Stinger | ◆ |
| Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes | Nakayama T1600 |
2 / CG | Admire Cozzene | ◆ |
| Sprinters Stakes | Nakayama T1200 |
over 3 / CFG | Meiner Love | ◆ |
| Arima Kinen | Nakayama T2500 |
over 3 / CFG | Grass Wonder | ◆ |
G1 races held by NAR
| Races | Track | age / (Colt Filly Gelding) | 1st | |
| Kawasaki Kinen | Kawasaki D2000 |
over 4 / CFG | Abukuma Poro | G |
| Teio Sho | Ohi D2000 |
over 4 / CFG | Abukuma Poro | G |
| Mile Championship Nambu Hai | Morioka D1600 |
over 3 / CFG | Meisei Opera | ◆ |
| Derby Grand Prix | Mizusawa D2000 |
3 / CFG | Narita Homare | ◆ |
| Tokyo Daishoten | Ohi D2000 |
over 3 / CFG | Abukuma Poro | G |
JRA Award
| Horse of the Year | Taiki Shuttle |
| Best Two-Year-Old Colt | Admire Cozzene |
| Best Two-Year-Old Filly | Stinger |
| Best Three-Year-Old Colt | El Condor Pasa |
| Best Three-Year-Old Filly | Phalaenopsis |
| Best Older Male Horse | Taiki Shuttle |
| Best Older Filly or Mare | Mejiro Dober |
| Best Sprinter or Miler | Taiki Shuttle |
| Best Dirt Horse | Wing Arrow |
| Best Steeplechase Horse | Northern Rainbow |
| Best Horse By Home-bred Sire | Mejiro Bright |
| Special Award | Silence Suzuka |
| Leading sire in Japan | Sunday Silence |
| ← 1997 | All | 1999 → |