Topic
- Still in Love became a Triple Crown filly.
- Neo Universe won the Double Crown.
Mirco Demuro became the first non-Japanese Derby jockey. - NAR jockey Katsumi Ando passed JRA’s jockey license exam.
It was the first time a NAR jockey had switched to JRA.
He was 43 years old in this year, but he won a lot of G1 races riding Believe, Utopia, Admire Don and That’s the Plenty.
He was very successful after this year, riding King Kamehameha, Daiwa Major, Daiwa Scarlet, Buena Vista and others. - Tap Dance City won the Japan Cup by 9 lengths.
- Symboli Kris S won the Arima Kinen by 9 lengths.
- The Boom of Haru Urara
Haru Urara, the horse that kept losing, got a lot of attention.
(Originally, reporters at Kochi Keiba tried to market it as the Japanese Zippy Chippy.)
Haru Urara – Wikipedia / Zippy Chippy – Wikipedia
Flat-G1 races held by JRA
| Races | Track | age / (Colt Filly Gelding) | 1st |  |
| February Stakes | Nakayama D1800 |
over 4 / CFG | Gold Allure | ◆ |
| Takamatsunomiya Kinen | Chukyo T1200 |
over 4 / CFG | Believe | ◆ |
| Oka Sho | Hanshin T1600 |
3 / F | Still in Love | ◆ |
| Satsuki Sho | Nakayama T2000 |
3 / CF | Neo Universe | ◆ |
| Tenno Sho (spring) | Kyoto T3200 |
over 4 / CF | Hishi Miracle | ◆ |
| NHK Mile Cup | Tokyo T1600 |
3 / CF | Win Kluger | ◆ |
| Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) | Tokyo T2400 |
3 / F | Still in Love | ◆ |
| Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) | Tokyo T2400 |
3 / CF | Neo Universe | ◆ |
| Yasuda Kinen | Tokyo T1600 |
over 3 / CFG | Agnes Digital | ◆ |
| Takarazuka Kinen | Hanshin T2200 |
over 3 / CFG | Hishi Miracle | ◆ |
| Sprinters Stakes | Nakayama T1200 |
over 3 / CFG | Durandal | ◆ |
| Shuka Sho | Kyoto T2000 |
3 / F | Still in Love | ◆ |
| Kikuka Sho | Kyoto T3000 |
3 / CF | That’s the Plenty | ◆ |
| Tenno Sho (autumn) | Tokyo T2000 |
over 3 / CF | Symboli Kris S | ◆ |
| Queen Elizabeth II Cup | Kyoto T2200 |
over 3 / F | Admire Groove | ◆ |
| Mile Championship | Kyoto T1600 |
over 3 / CFG | Durandal | ◆ |
| Japan Cup Dirt | Tokyo D2100 |
over 3 /CFG | Fleetstreet Dancer (USA) | ◆ |
| Japan Cup | Tokyo T2400 |
over 3 / CFG | Tap Dance City | ◆ |
| Hanshin Juvenile Fillies | Hanshin T1600 |
2 / F | Yamanin Sucre | ◆ |
| Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes | Nakayama T1600 |
2 / CG | Cosmo Sunbeam | ◆ |
| Arima Kinen | Nakayama T2500 |
over 3 / CFG | Symboli Kris S | ◆ |
J・G1 races (Steeplechase)
| Races | Track | age / (Colt Filly Gelding) | 1st | |
| Nakayama Grand Jump | Nakayama J4250 |
over 4 / CFG | Big Taste | ◆ |
| Nakayama Daishogai | Nakayama J4100 |
over 4 / CFG | Blandices | ◆ |
- Nakayama Daishogai was scheduled to be held on December 27, but due to snowfall, it was postponed to January 10, 2004.
(Writing this down as an event of 2003.)
G1 races held by NAR
| Races | Track | age / (Colt Filly Gelding) | 1st | |
| Kawasaki Kinen | Kawasaki D2100 |
over 4 / CFG | Kanetsu Fleuve | G |
| Teio Sho | Ohi D2000 |
over 4 / CFG | Name Value | G |
| Japan Dirt Derby | Ohi D2000 |
3 / CFG | Big Wolf | G |
| Derby Grand Prix | Morioka D2000 |
3 / CFG | Utopia | ◆ |
| Mile Championship Nambu Hai | Morioka D1600 |
over 3 / CFG | Admire Don | ◆ |
| JBC Sprint | Ohi D1190 |
over 3 / CFG | South Vigorous | ◆ |
| JBC Classic | Ohi D2000 |
over 3 / CFG | Admire Don | ◆ |
| Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun | Kawasaki D1600 |
2 / CFG | Admire Hope | G |
| Tokyo Daishoten | Ohi D2000 |
over 3 / CFG | Star King Man | ◆ |
JRA Award
| Horse of the Year | Symboli Kris S |
| Best Two-Year-Old Colt | Cosmo Sunbeam |
| Best Two-Year-Old Filly | Yamanin Sucre |
| Best Three-Year-Old Colt | Neo Universe |
| Best Three-Year-Old Filly | Still in Love |
| Best Older Male Horse | Symboli Kris S |
| Best Older Filly or Mare | Believe |
| Best Sprinter or Miler | Durandal |
| Best Dirt Horse | Admire Don |
| Best Steeplechase Horse | Big Taste |
| Best Horse By Home-bred Sire | Hishi Miracle |
| Leading sire in Japan | Sunday Silence |
| ← 2002 | All | 2004 → |