Just A Way
In autumn, Harp Star was sent to Europe to contest the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe as part of a three horse Japanese challenge which also included Gold Ship and Just A Way. She raced at the back of the twenty-runner field for most of the way before moving to the outside to make her challenge in the straight. She made rapid progress in the last 400 metres but appeared to have been given too much ground to make up and finished sixth of the twenty runners, three and a half lengths behind the winner Treve. On her return to Japan, Harp Star started second favourite behind Gentildonna for the Japan Cup on 30 November. She stayed on on the wide outside in the straight but never challenged for the lead and finished fifth behind Epiphaneia, Just A Way, Spielberg and Gentildonna.