[6] Mirco later recalled that "the joy he felt that day was comparable to that of when he won the Derby Italiano.

The JRA had to change the rule to allow for foreign jockeys (such as Demuro) to ride the same horse at a GI race if said horse had already won two other GI races in the same year; allowing for him to continue riding Neo Universe.

However, he was unable to win the third leg of the Triple Crown, as the horse finished third at the Kikka Sho.

In March 26, 2011, Mirco Demuro became the winning jockey of the Dubai World Cup with Victoire Pisa, who was sired by Neo Universe.

The race was spectated by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, and after performing the winning run, Demuro, in defiance of JRA policy specifically forbidding jockeys to get off their horse until the post-race weigh-in barring incapacitation,[8] dismounted from the horse and kneeled to the Emperor and Empress.