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In the polling for the 2012 JRA Award Gentildonna was elected Japanese Horse of the Year, taking 256 of the 289 votes beating Gold Ship (21 votes), Orfevre (11 votes) and the sprinter Lord Kanaloa (1 vote). She also took all the votes cast in the poll for the JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly.