Third favorite Efforia captured this year’s Tenno Sho (Autumn), winning a close race between the three strong favorites, to become the first three-year-old to win the race since Symboli Kris S in 2002.

Fourth favorite Titleholder turned in a wire-to-wire victory—the first since Seiun Sky in 1998—in the 3,000-meter Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger), becoming the first G1 winner for sire Duramente.

Fourth favorite Akaitorino Musume captured the last jewel of the fillies’ Triple Crown, the Shuka Sho, to capture her first G1 title