turn. He was soon joined by Glory Vase on the outside and the pair drew away from the field to engage in a sustained struggle over the last 400 metres before Fierement prevailed by a neck. There was a gap of six lengths back to Perform A Promise who took third place. Lemaire commented "It was a tough race to win but Fierement really showed his strength. He was able to relax early on which is important in a long-distance race like this... He's improving with every race". In the Sapporo Kinen over 2000 metres at Sapporo Racecourse on 18 August Fierement started the 1.3/1 favourite but despite making strong progress in the straight he was unable to catch the leaders and finished third behind Blast Onepiece and Sungrazer. The colt was then sent to Europe to contest the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe over 2400 metres at Longchamp Racecourse on 6 October. Racing on very soft ground he tracked the leaders before dropping out of contention in the last 600 metres and came home last of the twelve runners after being eased down by Lemaire in the closing stages. On his final appearance of the season Fierement contested the Arima Kinen over 2500 metres at Nakayama on 22 December in which he was ridden by Kenichi Ikezoe and finished fourth behind Lys Gracieux, Saturnalia and World Premiere. In January 2020, at the JRA Awards for 2019, Fierement finished fourth to Win Bright, Indy Champ and Suave Richard in the poll to determine Best Older Male Horse. 2020: five-year-old season On his first run as a five-year-old on 3 May 2020 Fierement, with Lemaire in the saddle, attempted to become the fifth horse after Mejiro McQueen, T M Opera O, Fenomeno and Kitasan Black to win consecutive runnings of the spring Tenno Sho. In a race run behind closed doors owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. he went off the 1/1 favourite against thjirteen opponents including You Can Smile, Kiseki (2017 Kikuka Sho), Mikki Swallow (Nikkei Sho), Mozu Bello (Nikkei Shinshun Hai), Etario, Danburite (Kyoto Kinen), Meisho Tengen (Yayoi Sho) and Stiffelio (Mile Championship). The favourite settled towards the rear as Kiseki set the pace from Danburite and Stiffelio and was still only seventh on the final turn but produced a sustained run on the outside and caught Stiffelio in the final strides to win by a nose. After the race