Connections announced on the 31st of January that the G1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) winner Sol Oriens will partner up with Hironobu Tanabe for the first time in the G2 Nakayama Kinen, which will be run on the 25th of February. Sol Oriens has also arrived back at Miho Training Center from pasture.

Shadai Thoroughbred Club has announced Yutaka Take will take the reins of the G3 Challenge Cup winner, So Valiant, in the same race.