Orfevre was beaten in his first two races in 2011 but won his next six races . In March he won the Spring Stakes at Hanshin Racecourse . A month later he won the Satsuki Sho ( Japanese 2000 Guineas ) , beating the odds-on favourite Sadamu Patek by three lengths . The race had been delayed for a week and moved from Nakayama to Tokyo as a result of the March 11 earthquake . On 29 May , Orfevre took the second leg of the Japanese Triple Crown when he came from well off the pace to beat Win Variation in the Tokyo Yushun ( Japanese Derby )
March 11 earthquake
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
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