In the following spring he won a minor event in January and finished second in the Kyoto Shimbun Hai before recording an upset victory in the Tokyo Yushun.

He was from the ninth crop of foals sired by Deep Impact, who was the Japanese Horse of the Year in 2005 and 2006, winning races including the Tokyo Yushun, Tenno Sho, Arima Kinen and Japan Cup.

[3] Roger Barows' dam Little Book was bred in the United Kingdom and showed very little racing ability in her home country, recording one third place in ten starts[4] before being sold for 230,000 guineas in 2012 and being exported to Japan.

[6] Roger Barows began his racing career on 18 August in a contest for previously unraced two-year-olds over 2000 metres at Niigata Racecourse and won from Point of Honor.

[7] He was then stepped up in class for the Grade 2 Spring Stakes (a major trial race for the Satsuki Sho) at Nakayama Racecourse in which he started the 4.1/1 second favourite.

"[10] He went on to pay tribute to his late grandfather who had introduced him to the sport saying "Without him, I would not have liked horse racing or become a jockey.I could not show him my victory in the Derby, but I did make his dream come true today.