Gentildonna, right, races against Orfevre to win the 2,400-metre (1.5 mile) Japan Cup horse race at the Tokyo Race Course in November. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP
Gentildonna, right, races against Orfevre to win the 2,400-metre (1.5 mile) Japan Cup horse race at the Tokyo Race Course in November. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP

Dubai World Cup: Gentildonna is Japan's best and is after a crowning achievement