Past Performances of Foreign Horses in Japan Cup (G1) Year Horse CTY S&A Sire Dam Sire of Dam Owner Trainer Jockey Results Finish Time Winner / Winning Time 1981 Mairzy Doates (USA) USA M5 Nodouble Avalanche Lily T.V. Lark Arno D. Schefler John Fulton Cash Asmussen 1st / 15 2:25.3 1981 Frost King (CAN) CAN G3 Ruritania Native Flower Restless Native Ted Smith Bill Marko Lloyd Duffy 2nd / 15 2:25.5 1981 The Very One (USA) USA M6 One for All Veruschka Venture Helen Polinger Stephan A. DiMauro Richard Migliore 3rd / 15 2:25.7 Mairzy Doates (USA) 1981 P'Tite Tete (FR) USA H5 Tombeur Socquette Silnet P. Wall Robert Frankel William Shoemaker 4th / 15 2:25.7 2:25.3 1981 Own Opinion (IND) IND H6 Simead Purita Cornish Flame M. A. M. Ramaswamy A. B. Davidian Mangilal Jagdish 13th / 15 2:28.7 1981 Bridle Path (CAN) CAN H5 Kennedy Road Roman Gun Roman Windfields Farm Macdonald Benson Paul J. Souter 14th / 15 2:28.7 1981 Mr. Macho (CAN) CAN G4 Ruritania Hangin Round Stage Door Johnny I. Maxwell Laurie N. Anderson Gary Stahlbaum 15th / 15 2:29.8 1982 Half Iced (USA) USA C3 Hatchet Man Winter Memory Olden Times Bertram R. Firestone Stanley Hough Donald MacBeth 1st / 15 2:27.1 1982 All Along (FR) FR F3 Targowice Agujita Vieux Manoir Daniel Wildenstein Patrick-Louis Biancone Gary Moore 2nd / 15 2:27.1 1982 April Run (IRE) FR F4 Run the Gantlet April Fancy No Argument Diana M. Firestone Francois Boutin Cash Asmussen 3rd / 15 2:27.2 1982 Stanerra (IRE) IRE F4 Guillaume Tell Lady Aureola Aureole Mrs. B. Dunne Frank Dunne Walter Swinburn 4th / 15 2:27.4 1982 Isle of Man (NZ) NZ C4 Habitation Full o'Tricks Trictrac Ron F. Langsford George Hanlon Robert D. Vance 7th / 15 2:27.8 Half Iced (USA) 1982 Frost King (CAN) CAN G4 Ruritania Native Flower Restless Native Ted Smith Bill Marko Lloyd Duffy 10th / 15 2:28.1 2:27.1 1982 Scouting Miller (GB) ITY H5 Mill Reef Scout Girl New Chapter L. Betti Luigi Camici Gianfranco Dettori 12th / 15 2:28.3 1982 John Henry (USA) USA G7 Ole Bob Bowers Once Double Double Jay Sam Rubin Ronald McAnally William Shoemaker 13th / 15 2:28.5 1982 Centurius (GB) IRE C4 Great Nephew Word from Lundy Worden T. Rogers Liam Browne Michael Kinane 14th / 15 2:29.1 1982 Pageno (GER) GER C3 Luciano Penza Herbager Jan Lissmann Oskar Langner Manfred Hofer 15th / 15 2:35.6 1983 Stanerra (IRE) IRE M5 Guillaume Tell Lady Aureola Aureole Frank Dunne Frank Dunne Brian Rouse 1st / 16 2:27.6 1983 Esprit Du Nord (USA) FR C3 Lyphard Rajput Princess Prince Taj Robin F. Scully John Fellows G. M. Moore 3rd / 16 2:27.6 1983 Half Iced (USA) USA C4 Hatchet Man Winter Memory Olden Times Bertram R. Firestone Stanley Hough Eddie Maple 4th / 16 2:27.7 1983 McGinty (NZ) NZ C4 One Pound Sterling Ernader Serenader Keith Haub Colin M. Jillings Robert D. Vance 5th / 16 2:27.8 Stanerra (IRE) 1983 Celio Rufo (GB) ITY C3 Warpath Counter Coup Busted G. Mazza Luigi Camici Gianfranco Dettori 8th / 16 2:28.7 2:27.6 1983 Erins Isle (IRE) USA H5 Busted Chemise Shantung Brian Sweeney Charles Whittingham Cash Asmussen 9th / 16 2:29.0 1983 High Hawk (IRE) GB F3 Shirley Heights Sunbittern Sea Hawk H. H. Sheikh Mohammed John Dunlop William H. Carson 13th / 16 2:29.7 1983 Tombos (GB) GER C4 Caracol Tolima Literat Walther J. Jacobs Heinz Jentzsch Georg Bocskai 14th / 16 2:29.8 1983 Canadian Factor (CAN) CAN C3 Sinister Purpose Tico's Donna Bosun Frank H. Stronach Phillip England Gary Stahlbaum 15th / 16 2:29.9 1984 Bedtime (GB) GB G4 Bustino Sweet Hour Primera The Earl of Halifax William Hern William H. Carson 2nd / 14 2:26.5 1984 Majesty's Prince (USA) USA H5 His Majesty Pied Princess Tom Fool John D. Marsh Joseph Cantey Donald MacBeth 4th / 14 2:26.5 1984 Win (USA) USA G4 Barachois Par Ci Par La Buckpasser Sally A. Bailie Sally Bailie Antonio Graell 5th / 14 2:26.8 1984 Kiwi (NZ) NZ G7 Blarney Kiss Malrayvis Messmate Ewen S. Lupton Ewen Lupton James Cassidy 6th / 14 2:26.9 1984 Strawberry Road (AUS) AUS H5 Whiskey Road Giftisa Rich Gift Ray F. Stehr John Nicholls Lester Piggott 7th / 14 2:26.9 Katsuragi Ace (JPN) 1984 Bounty Hawk (NZ) AUS G4 Balmerino Marie's Daughter Rockefella Les Atkins James Cummings Harry White 8th / 14 2:27.2 2:26.3 1984 Welnor (GB) ITY C3 Welsh Pageant Norfolk Light Blakeney Scuderia Concarena Gaetano Benetti Cash Asmussen 9th / 14 2:27.9 1984 Esprit Du Nord (USA) FR C4 Lyphard Rajput Princess Prince Taj Robin F. Scully John Fellows Gary Moore 11th / 14 2:28.7 1984 Kaiserstern (GER) GER H6 Luciano Kronungspracht Neckar Jan Lissmann Oskar Langner Eric Apter 12th / 14 2:28.8 1984 Bounding Away (CAN) CAN F3 Vice Regent Bambee T.T. Better Bee Windfields Farm Macdonald Benson David Clark 13th / 14 2:29.0 1985 The Filbert (NZ) NZ G5 Souvran Fauxzann Zamazaan John H. Goodman Don Couchman Garry Phillips 3rd / 15 2:29.3 1985 Alydar's Best (USA) USA F3 Alydar Berkut Sea Bird Alan Clore John Gosden William H. Carson 4th / 15 2:29.5 1985 Daun (GER) GER C4 Authi Dirndl Dschingis Khan Gestut Roettgen Theo Grieper Patrick Gillson 5th / 15 2:29.6 1985 Nassipour (USA) USA H5 Blushing Groom Alama Aureole Dogwood Stable Stephan A. DiMauro Jean-Luc Samyn 6th / 15 2:30.0 Symboli Rudolf (JPN) 1985 Gold and Ivory (USA) GB C4 Key to the Mint Ivory Wand Sir Ivor Paul Mellon Ian Balding Pat Eddery 8th / 15 2:30.2 2:28.8 1985 St. Hilarion (USA) GB C3 Sir Ivor Fabulous Native Le Fabuleux Athos Christodoulou Guy Harwood Greville Starkey 9th / 15 2:30.6 1985 Nemain (USA) IRE C3 Alleged Gulls Cry Sea Bird Peter Wetzel David O'Brien Christy Roche 11th / 15 2:30.7 1985 Balitou (FR) FR H6 Margouillat Dynamite Marino Daniel Wildenstein Patrick-Louis Biancone Eric Legrix 13th / 15 2:31.3 1985 Spirit of Kingston (AUS) AUS F4 Bletchingly Kingston Rose Better Boy David Hains Robert Hoysted Gary Willets 14th / 15 2:32.0 Past Performances of Foreign Horses in Japan Cup (G1) Year Horse CTY S&A Sire Dam Sire of Dam Owner Trainer Jockey Results Finish Time Winner / Winning Time 1986 Jupiter Island (GB) GB H7 St. Paddy Mrs Moss Reform The Marquess of Tavistock Clive Brittain Pat Eddery 1st / 14 2:25.0 1986 Allez Milord (USA) GB C3 Tom Rolfe Why Me Lord Bold Reasoning Jerry Brody Guy Harwood Greville Starkey 2nd / 14 2:25.0 1986 Waverley Star (NZ) NZ G4 Star Way Super Show Great Nephew Waverley Park Stud David J. O'Sullivan Lance A. O'Sullivan 5th / 14 2:25.4 Jupiter Island (GB) 1986 Carotene (CAN) CAN F3 Great Nephew Carrot Top High Hat Kinghaven Farms Roger Attfield Robin Platts 9th / 14 2:26.0 2:25.0 1986 Triptych (USA) FR F4 Riverman Trillion Hail to Reason Alan Clore Patrick-Louis Biancone Anthony S. Cruz 11th / 14 2:26.1 1986 Flying Pidgeon (USA) USA H5 Upper Case Miss Minnesota Minnesota Mac Armand Marcanthony Luis Olivares Jose Velez 12th / 14 2:26.2 1986 Tommy Way (IRE) GB C3 Thatch Tilia Dschingis Khan Scuderia Erasec John Dunlop William H. Carson 13th / 14 2:26.4 1987 Le Glorieux (GB) FR C3 Cure the Blues La Mirande Le Fabuleux Sieglinde Wolf Robert Collet Alain Lequeux 1st / 14 2:24.9 1987 Southjet (USA) USA C4 Northjet Syzygy First Landing Dogwood Stable Stephan A. DiMauro Jean-Luc Samyn 2nd / 14 2:25.0 1987 Triptych (USA) FR M5 Riverman Trillion Hail to Reason Alan Clore Patrick-Louis Biancone Anthony S. Cruz 4th / 14 2:25.4 1987 Moon Madness (GB) GB C4 Vitiges Castle Moon Kalamoun Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk John Dunlop Pat Eddery 5th / 14 2:25.5 Le Glorieux (GB) 1987 Iades (FR) USA H5 Shirley Heights Isabella Moretti Sir Gaylord A. D. P. Williams Robert Frankel Fernando Toro 6th / 14 2:25.5 2:24.9 1987 Mountain Kingdom (USA) GB C3 Exceller Star in the North Northern Dancer Pin Oak Stable Clive Brittain Steve Cauthen 7th / 14 2:25.6 1987 Cockney Lass (IRE) IRE F4 Camden Town Big Bugs Bomb Skymaster Allen E. Paulson Dermot Weld Michael Kinane 8th / 14 2:25.9 1987 Our Waverley Star (NZ) AUS G5 Star Way Super Show Great Nephew Russ J. Hinze Nigel D. Landers Leonard Dittman 9th / 14 2:25.9 1987 Akabir (USA) USA H6 Riverman Lypatia Lyphard Henry E. Pabst Thomas Skiffington Jerry Bailey FF / 14 - 1988 Pay the Butler (USA) USA C4 Val de l'Orne Princess Morvi Graustark Edmund A. Gann Robert Frankel Christopher McCarron 1st / 14 2:25.5 1988 My Big Boy (USA) USA G5 Our Hero Pretty Special Riverman Heidi Doubleday Claude McGaughey III Randy Romero 4th / 14 2:25.8 1988 Tony Bin (IRE) ITY H5 Kampala Severn Bridge Hornbeam Allevamento White Star Luigi Camici John Reid 5th / 14 2:25.9 1988 Moon Madness (GB) GB H5 Vitiges Castle Moon Kalamoun Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk John Dunlop Pat Eddery 6th / 14 2:26.0 1988 Bonecrusher (NZ) NZ G6 Pag-Asa Imitation Oakville Peter J. Mitchell Frank T. Ritchie Gary M.