She was from the first crop of foals sired by Epiphaneia who won the Kikuka Sho and the Japan Cup and was rated the second-best horse in the world in 2014.

She came from tenth place on final turn before showing "top-class acceleration" to take the lead 100 metres from the finish and drew away to win by four lengths.

"[9] On 12 April at Hanshin Racecourse Daring Tact was stepped up in class to contest the 80th running of the Oka Sho over 1600 metres in which she was ridden by Kohei Matsuyama and went off the 3.2/1 second favourite behind Resistencia.

In a race run in heavy rain, Daring Tact was restrained towards the rear of the field before making rapid progress on the wide outside on the final turn.

She maintained her progress as the front-runners tired, overtook Resistencia inside the last 50 metres and was finishing to such effect that she won by one and a half lengths.

Matsuyama settled the favourite towards the rear as Maltese Diosa set a steady pace, before making a forward move approaching the final turn and swinging to the outside as the fillies entered the straight.

"[12] On November 29, Daring Tact was matched against older horses for the first time when she started third favourite for the 40th edition of the Japan Cup over 2400 metres at Tokyo.

She settled in seventh place before staying on strongly in the straight but sustained her first defeat as she came home third behind Almond Eye and Contrail while the other beaten runners included Glory Vase, World Premiere, Kiseki and Makahiki.