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Shimbun Hai (a trial race for the Kikuka Sho) over 2400 metres at Hanshin on 22 September. He started the 2/5 favourite against seventeen opponents and won by two and a half lengths from Majesty Hearts. At Kyoto on 20 October,
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Santono Noblesse by five lengths. After the race, Fukunaga told the
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Epiphaneia began his third season in the Grade II Sankei Osaka Hai over 2000 metres at
Hanshin on 6 April. He started the 9/10 favourite and finished third of the eight runners behind Kizuna and Tokai Paradise. Later that month, the colt represented Japan in the
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Giselle. At the same course in November, he won the Listed Kyoto Nisai Stakes over 2000 metres, beating Dantsu Atlas. In December, he was moved up in class for the Grade III Radio Nikkei Hai Nisai Stakes at
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1297:"Epiphaneia Finally Gets Japanese Classic Win"
947:Pedigree of Epiphaneia (JPN), bay colt, 2010
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439:At the winner's circle after Kobe Shimbun Hai
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1371:"Japan Arc dream over for injured Duramente"
1345:"Epiphaneia Proves Easy Winner of Japan Cup"
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1417:"Winners of the 2013 JRA Awards announced"
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1208:"Radio Nikkei Hai Nisai Stakes result"
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16:Japanese-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
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1502:"SHADAI STALLION STATION for 2023"
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154:¥687,795,000 US$ 6,107,619.60
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298:. As a descendant of
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