Dee Majesty

Dee Majesty began his track career by finishing second to King Lion in an event for previously unraced juveniles over 1500 metres at Sapporo Racecourse on 5 September. Three weeks later at Nakayama Racecourse he contested a maiden race over 1800 metres came home second of the thirteen runners behind Meiner Fun. The colt recorded his first success at Tokyo Racecourse on 23 November when he won a maiden from Mount Robson and thirteen others.[5] He was then aimed at the Grade 2 Hopeful Stakes but was withdrawn from the race owing to a leg inflammation.[6]

Dee Majesty's trainer Yoshitaka Ninomiya

On his debut as a three-year-old Dee Majesty started a 21.6/1 outsider for the Grade 3 Tokinominoru Kinen over 1800 metres at Tokyo. Ridden by Masayoshi Ebina he won by one and a quarter lengths from Immortal with the odds-on favourite Hartley (winner of the Hopeful Stakes) coming home ninth of the ten finishers.[7] Yoshitaka Ninomiya commented "The rider was urging him on from just before the final turn but I think the going was at its worst right there. He gave it his all and peeled off from the rest of the field with the fastest final 3-furlong time of the field for what was a very strong race."[6]

For his next run Dee Majesty ran in the Grade 1 Satsuki Sho, the first leg of the Japanese Triple Crown over 2000 metres at Nakayama on 17 April. In the run-up to the race said "He's still growing and is still a bit weak in his back and hindquarters, but he has gained a bit of weight and has the physique of a mature horse. He has an excellent heart and strong lungs and his breathing is very good."[6] With Ebina in the saddle, Dee Majesty started a 30/1 outsider in a field of eighteen three-year-old colts. Satono Diamond started favourite ahead of Leontes and Makahiki while the other runners included Air Spinel (Daily Hai Nisai Stakes), Mount Robson (Spring Stakes), Lord Quest (second in the Hopeful Stakes), Admire Daio (Wakaba Stakes) and Dreadnoughtus (Kyoto Nisai Stakes). Dee Majsty raced towards the rear before making a forward move on the outside approaching the final turn. He produced a strong run in the straight, took the lead from Leontes 100 metres from the finish and drew away to win by one and a quarter lengths, with Makahiki taking second ahead of Satono Diamond. The winning time of 1:57.9 was a new record for the race. Masayoshi Ebina said "everything went as planned. He was responding really well turning the last corner and I knew then that he'll be able to take over the field at the top of the slope". [8]

Dee Majesty's regular jockey Masayoshi Ebina

On 29 May, in front of a crowd of 140,000 at Tokyo, Dee Majesty started 2.5/1 favourite for the Tokyo Yushun with the best-fancied of his seventeen opponents being Satono Diamond, Makahiki and Leontes. Ebina repeated his tactics from the Satsuki Sho, coming from well off the pace before moving up on the outside for a late run in the straight, but on this occasion he was never able to get to the lead and finished third, beaten a nose and half a length by Makahiki and Satono Diamond.[9]

After the summer break, Dee Majesty returned to the track in the Grade 2 St Lite Kinen over 2200 metres at Nakayama on 18 September and started odds-on favourite against eleven opponents headed by the Grade 3 winner Seewind. Ridden by Ebina, he won by a neck from Seewind, with Prodigal Son a length and a quarter back in third.[10] On 23 October Dee Majesty started second choice in the betting for the Kikuka Sho over 2800 metres at Kyoto Racecourse but despite finishing strongly he came home fourth behind Satono Diamond, Rainbow Line and Air Spinel, beaten two and three quarter lengths by the winner. On his final race of the year the colt was matched against older horses in the Japan Cup on 27 November but made no impact and finished towards the rear of the field in a race won by Kitasan Black.

In the 2016 edition of the World's Best Racehorse Rankings Dee Majesty was given a rating of 120, making him the 34th best racehorse in the world.[11]

Dee Majesty began his third season in the Nikkei Sho at Nakayama on 25 March and finished sixth of the sixteen runners behind Sciacchetra. A month later he started a 35/1 outsider for the spring edition of the Tenno Sho at Kyoto and came home sixth in a race won by Kitasan Black. Dee Majesty never raced again and was retired at the end of the season.