Liberty Island (horse)

[18] The horse had a minor setback at the gate, forcing her to race at the rear of the pack, with her still being at around the 16th place at the 4th corner.

However, after going to the outside she ran at a pace of 32.9 seconds at the last 3 furlongs, catching Kona Coast and Perifania and winning the race.

Kawada became the 6th jockey to win the race two years in a row, as he had won the last Oka Sho with Stars On Earth.

At the Oka Sho, a camera was mounted on Kawada's helmet, and the filmed video was uploaded to YouTube on their official channel.

The video, which contained moments of Kawada talking to his horse gently, became viral, being viewed over 200,000 times in the first 3 hours, and becoming a trending topic on Twitter.

[20] The horse was briefly sent to pasture before returning to the stable on April 29 in preparation for her next race, the Yushun Himba.

[22] Her 3rd GI victory marked the 2nd year in a row where two of the Triple Tiaras were won by the same horse, and 17th ever in history.

It was also announced that the horse, rather than sending her to a trial race, would instead be going straight to the Shuka Sho in fall, with the intention of making her the first Triple Tiara winner since Daring Tact from 2020.

[26] On October 15, she was entered in to the Shuka Sho as previously announced, with the odds at 1.1, making her by far the most favored to win.

At around the 3rd corner she moved to the outside of the pack and started to make her move, and after taking the lead at the 4th corner she crossed the finish line without letting any other horse contest the lead; making her the 7th horse ever to win the Japanese Triple Tiara, and the first time since Daring Tact in 2020.

After entering the final stretch she pushed herself up and came up to 2nd at around the 150 meter mark, but was unable to catch up to Equinox, who had won against her by 4 lengths.

[30] After the race, Kawada commented, "we gave all that we could and she made an excellent performance, but the best horse in the world was indeed the best, and was very strong.

[33]The below data is based on information available on JBIS Search,[34] netkeiba.com,[35] Emirates Racing Authority[36] and Hong Kong Jockey Club.