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- Duramente won the Double Crown.
- Maurice was undefeated this year and won three G1 races including Hong Kong Mile.
- Straight Girl and Lovely Day each won two G1 races.
- In dirt racing, Hokko Tarumae and Copano Rickey continued their success from last year.
- In steeplechase racing, Up to Date won the major two races.
Flat-G1 races held by JRA
| Races | Track | age / (Colt Filly Gelding) | 1st |  |
| February Stakes | Tokyo D1600 |
over 4 / CFG | Copano Rickey | ◆ |
| Takamatsunomiya Kinen | Chukyo T1200 |
over 4 / CFG | Aerovelocity (HKG) | ◆ |
| Oka Sho | Hanshin T1600 |
3 / F | Let’s Go Donki | ◆ |
| Satsuki Sho | Nakayama T2000 |
3 / CF | Duramente | ◆ |
| Tenno Sho (Spring) | Kyoto T3200 |
over 4 / CFG | Gold Ship | ◆ |
| NHK Mile Cup | Tokyo T1600 |
3 / CF | Clarity Sky | ◆ |
| Victoria Mile | Tokyo T1600 |
over 4 / F | Straight Girl | ◆ |
| Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) | Tokyo T2400 |
3 / F | Mikki Queen | ◆ |
| Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) | Tokyo T2400 |
3 / CF | Duramente | ◆ |
| Yasuda Kinen | Tokyo T1600 |
over 3 / CFG | Maurice | ◆ |
| Takarazuka Kinen | Hanshin T2200 |
over 3 / CFG | Lovely Day | ◆ |
| Sprinters Stakes | Nakayama D1200 |
over 3 / CFG | Straight Girl | ◆ |
| Shuka Sho | Kyoto T2000 |
3 / F | Mikki Queen | ◆ |
| Kikuka Sho | Kyoto T3000 |
3 / CF | Kitasan Black | ◆ |
| Tenno Sho (Autumn) | Tokyo T2000 |
over 3 / CFG | Lovely Day | ◆ |
| Queen Elizabeth II Cup | Kyoto T2200 |
over 3 / F | Marialite | ◆ |
| Mile Championship | Kyoto T1600 |
over 3 / CFG | Maurice | ◆ |
| Japan Cup | Tokyo T2400 |
over 3 / CFG | Shonan Pandora | ◆ |
| Champions Cup | Chukyo D1800 |
over 3 /CFG | Sambista | ◆ |
| Hanshin Juvenile Fillies | Hanshin T1600 |
2 / F | Major Emblem | ◆ |
| Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes | Hanshin T1600 |
2 / CF | Leontes | ◆ |
| Arima Kinen | Nakayama T2500 |
over 3 / CFG | Gold Acter | ◆ |
J・G1 races (Steeplechase)
| Races | Track | age / (Colt Filly Gelding) | 1st | |
| Nakayama Grand Jump | Nakayama J4250 |
over 4 / CFG | Up to Date | ◆ |
| Nakayama Daishogai | Nakayama J4100 |
over 4 / CFG | Up to Date | ◆ |
G1 races held by NAR
| Races | Track | age / (Colt Filly Gelding) | 1st | |
| Kawasaki Kinen | Kawasaki D2100 |
over 4 / CFG | Hokko Tarumae | G |
| Kashiwa Kinen | Funabashi D1600 |
over 4 / CFG | Wonder Acute | G |
| Teio Sho | Ohi D2000 |
over 4 / CFG | Hokko Tarumae | G |
| Japan Dirt Derby | Ohi D2000 |
3 / CFG | Nonkono Yume | G |
| Mile Championship Nambu Hai | Morioka D1600 |
over 3 / CFG | Best Warrior | ◆ |
| JBC Ladies’ Classic | Ohi D1800 |
over 3 / F | White Fugue | ◆ |
| JBC Sprint | Ohi D1200 |
over 3 / CFG | Corin Berry | ◆ |
| JBC Classic | Ohi D2000 |
over 3 / CFG | Copano Rickey | ◆ |
| Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun | Kawasaki D1600 |
2 / CFG | Sound Sky | G |
| Tokyo Daishoten | Ohi D2000 |
over 3 / CFG | Sound True | ◆ |
JRA Award
| Horse of the Year | Maurice |
| Best Two-Year-Old Colt | Leontes |
| Best Two-Year-Old Filly | Major Emblem |
| Best Three-Year-Old Colt | Duramente |
| Best Three-Year-Old Filly | Mikki Queen |
| Best Older Male Horse | Lovely Day |
| Best Older Filly or Mare | Shonan Pandora |
| Best Sprinter or Miler | Maurice |
| Best Dirt Horse | Copano Rickey |
| Best Steeplechase Horse | Up to Date |
| Leading sire in Japan | Deep Impact |
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