T. M. Opera O

Uncommon card · No. 87454

T. M. Opera O (Japanese: テイエムオペラオー, Hepburn: Tei Emu Opera Ō; March 13, 1996 – May 17, 2018) was a champion Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, and the world's all-time leading money earner at the time of his retirement in 2001. In 1999, he was the champion three-year-old colt in Japan after winning the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas). At age four, he was the Japanese Horse of the Year and champion older horse after an undefeated season. This included wins in both the spring and autumn Tennō Shōs, the Takarazuka Kinen, the Japan Cup and the Arima Kinen; a feat referred to as completing a "Grand Slam" and which only T. M. Opera O has ever achieved. He was inducted into the Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame in 2004.

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