Pradaria with Kenichi Ikezoe completed their comeback from finishing 14th in the G1 Arima Kinen by winning Sunday's G2 Kyoto Kinen at Kyoto Racecourse. Sent-off favourite, Bellagio Opera finished second, 3/4 lengths behind the winner, and Babbitt came home in third, two lengths behind Bellagio Opera. The winning time was 2:12.1.

Pradaria is a son of Deep Impact out of Chasse' Roll, by Kurofune. This is his third graded stakes title.