page_title: Real Steel (horse)
section_title: 2017: five-year-old season
hierarchical_section_title: Real Steel (horse) / Racing career / 2017: five-year-old season
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 2017/10/8 毎日王冠 リアルスティールEnglish: Japanese race horse Real Steel at Tokyo racecourse. Tokyo (JPN) 08 Oct 2017Mainichi Okan (Grade 2) (3yo+) (Turf) 1m1f Firm RankHorse NameOddsAgeWgtJockeyTrainer1stReal Steel (JPN)48/10H59-0Mirco DemuroYoshito Yahagi2ndSatono Aladdin (JPN)77/10H69-2Yuga KawadaYasutoshi IkeeOthers are omitted. (12 horses entered in a race.)
context_page_description: Real Steel is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. After winning his only race as a juvenile in 2014 he developed into a top-class performer in the following year when he won the Tokino Minoru Kinen and finished second in the Spring Stakes, Satsuki Sho St Lite Kinen and Kikuka Sho as well as running fourth in the Japanese Derby. He reached his peak as a four-year-old in 2016 when he won the Dubai Turf and ran second in the Tenno Sho. He remained in training for two more years, winning the Mainichi Okan in 2017 and running third in the 2018 Dubai Turf.
context_section_description: Real Steel began his 2017 season in the Nakayama Kinen, as in the previous year, but on this occasion he ran poorly and came home eighth of the eleven runners behind Neorealism. He was expected to defend the Dubai Turf on 25 March but was withdrawn from the race when he bled from his nostrils after a training gallop.
  He was off the track for over seven months before making his comeback in the Mainichi Okan over 1800 metres at Tokyo on 8 October. Ridden by Mirco Demuro he was made the 4.8/1 third choice in the betting behind Soul Stirring and Makahiki in a twelve-runner field which also included Satono Aladdin (Yasuda Kinen) and One And Only (Tokyo Yushun). After racing in mid-division on the outside he made steady progress in the straight, took the lead 100 metres from the finish and held off the late challenge of Satono Aladdin to win by a neck. Three weeks later he contested the autumn running of the Tenno Sho for the second time and finished fourth behind Kitasan Black, Satono Crown and Rainbow Line.
  Real Steel finished 129th 2017 World's Best Racehorse Rankings with a rating of 117.
caption: Real Steel win the 2017 Mainichi Okan
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