Topic
- T.M. Opera O showed a great performance.
He won all eight races, including all five middle and long distance G1 races for old horses.
He is the first horse get a special bounty of “the Autumn Old Horse Triple Crown” by winning Tenno Sho (autumn), Japan Cup and Arima Kinen in the same year.
The great feat he achieved was called “Grand Slam”. - Air Shakur won the Double Crown.
He lost to Agnes Flight by a nose (7cm) in the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby).
He was called “the Quasi-Triple Crown horse” because he would have been a Triple Crown winner if he had not lost the Derby by a nose. - Starting this year, foreign-bred horses were allowed to run in the Tenno Sho.
- Japan Cup Dirt was newly established.
Flat-G1 races held by JRA
| Races | Track | age / (Colt Filly Gelding) | 1st |  |
| February Stakes | Tokyo D1600 |
over 4 / CFG | Wing Arrow | ◆ |
| Takamatsunomiya Kinen | Chukyo T1200 |
over 4 / CFG | King Halo | ◆ |
| Oka Sho | Hanshin T1600 |
3 / F | Cheers Grace | ◆ |
| Satsuki Sho | Nakayama T2000 |
3 / CF | Air Shakur | ◆ |
| Tenno Sho (spring) | Kyoto T3200 |
over 4 / CF | T.M. Opera O | ◆ |
| NHK Mile Cup | Tokyo T1600 |
3 / CF | Eagle Cafe | ◆ |
| Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) | Tokyo T2400 |
3 / F | Silk Prima Donna | ◆ |
| Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) | Tokyo T2400 |
3 / CF | Agnes Flight | ◆ |
| Yasuda Kinen | Tokyo T1600 |
over 3 / CFG | Fairy King Prawn (HKG) | ◆ |
| Takarazuka Kinen | Hanshin T2200 |
over 3 / CFG | T.M. Opera O | ◆ |
| Sprinters Stakes | Nakayama T1200 |
over 3 / CFG | Daitaku Yamato | ◆ |
| Shuka Sho | Kyoto T2000 |
3 / F | Tico Tico Tac | ◆ |
| Kikuka Sho | Kyoto T3000 |
3 / CF | Air Shakur | ◆ |
| Tenno Sho (autumn) | Tokyo T2000 |
over 3 / CF | T.M. Opera O | ◆ |
| Queen Elizabeth II Cup | Kyoto T2200 |
over 3 / F | Phalaenopsis | ◆ |
| Mile Championship | Kyoto T1600 |
over 3 / CFG | Agnes Digital | ◆ |
| Japan Cup Dirt | Tokyo D2100 |
over 3 /CFG | Wing Arrow | ◆ |
| Japan Cup | Tokyo T2400 |
over 3 / CFG | T.M. Opera O | ◆ |
| Hanshin Sansai Himba Stakes | Hanshin T1600 |
2 / F | T.M. Ocean | ◆ |
| Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes | Nakayama T1600 |
2 / CG | Mejiro Bailey | ◆ |
| Arima Kinen | Nakayama T2500 |
over 3 / CFG | T.M. Opera O | ◆ |
J・G1 races (Steeplechase)
| Races | Track | age / (Colt Filly Gelding) | 1st | |
| Nakayama Grand Jump | Nakayama J4100 |
over 4 / CFG | Gokai | ◆ |
| Nakayama Daishogai | Nakayama J4100 |
over 4 / CFG | Land Power | ◆ |
G1 races held by NAR
| Races | Track | age / (Colt Filly Gelding) | 1st | |
| Kawasaki Kinen | Kawasaki D2100 |
over 4 / CFG | Intelli Power | G |
| Teio Sho | Ohi D2000 |
over 4 / CFG | Fast Friend | G |
| Japan Dirt Derby | Ohi D2000 |
3 / CFG | Meiner Combat | G |
| Mile Championship Nambu Hai | Morioka D1600 |
over 3 / CFG | Gold Tiara | ◆ |
| Derby Grand Prix | Morioka D2000 |
3 / CFG | Regular Member | ◆ |
| Tokyo Daishoten | Ohi D2000 |
over 3 / CFG | Fast Friend | G |
JRA Award
| Horse of the Year | T.M. Opera O |
| Best Two-Year-Old Colt | Mejiro Bailey |
| Best Two-Year-Old Filly | T.M. Ocean |
| Best Three-Year-Old Colt | Air Shakur |
| Best Three-Year-Old Filly | Cheers Grace |
| Best Older Male Horse | T.M. Opera O |
| Best Older Filly or Mare | Phalaenopsis |
| Best Sprinter or Miler | Daitaku Yamato |
| Best Dirt Horse | Wing Arrow |
| Best Steeplechase Horse | Gokai |
| Best Horse By Home-bred Sire | Daitaku Yamato |
| Leading sire in Japan | Sunday Silence |
| ← 1999 | All | 2001 → |