[4] Her dam, Kirov Premiere, a horse bred in Britain and trained in Ireland, also had good performance on turf which won the Group 3 race Rutgers Handicap in 1993.

[7] Cesario began her second season by a 2000 meters race Kanchiku Sho, she won over Admire Fuji by a neck.

As her main rival Rhein Kraft chose to join NHK Mile Cup at this point of time, Cesario could be ridden by Fukunaga once again in the race.

After a one-month break, she arrived at Hollywood Park on 20 June to compete with several strong rivals such as unbeaten horse Melhor Ainda, Premio Regina Elena (Italian 1,000 Guineas) winner Silver Cup and Oaks d'Italia runner up Hallowed Dream.

[16][17] Cesario won by four lengths and broke the record by 1:59.03, becoming the first Japanese trained three-year-old horse winning oversea Grade 1 race.

[19] After returning to Japan, Cesario originally planned to come back to America and participated the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf held at Belmont Park in November.