Olivier Peslier
So Factual bypassed the remainder of the European season before being sent to Japan to contest the Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse on 17 December. Ridden by Olivier Peslier he raced in fifth place before making progress in the straight and finished third of the sixteen runners, beaten one and a quarter lengths and three quarters of a length by Hishi Akebono and Biko Pegasus.