In the following year she won two of her three races, adding a second major success when she defeated male opposition to take the NHK Mile Cup.

She was from the fifth crop of foals sired by Daiwa Major, an outstanding miler whose wins included the Tenno Sho, Mile Championship and Yasuda Kinen.

As a breeding stallion he has also sired Admire Mars, Curren Black Hill (NHK Mile Cup), Reine Minoru (Oka Sho) and Epice Arome (Centaur Stakes).

[5] In the Grade 3 Artemis Stakes over 1600 metres at Tokyo on 31 October the filly started the 1.2/1 favourite against fourteen opponents but after looking likely to win she was caught in the final stride and beaten a neck by the 82/1 outsider Denko Ange.

She started the odds-on favourite and had no difficulty justifying her position at the head of the betting market as she came home five lengths clear of Frontier Queen.

She raced in sixth place before taking the lead in the straight but was overtaken in the closing stages and finished fourth behind Jeweler, Sinhalite and At The Seaside.

Rather than stepping up in trip for the Yushun Himba, Major Emblem was matched against male opposition in the NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo Racecourse on 8 May.

The filly took the lead from the start, shook of a challenge from Sigerunokogirizame on the final turn and kept on well down the straight to win by three quarters of a length and a neck from Lord Quest and the outsider Rainbow Line.