After a break of almost four months One And Only returned to the track on 28 September for the Kobe Shimbun Hai (a trial race for the Kikuka Sho) over 2400 metres at Hanshin and started the odds-on favourite against fifteen opponents, the best fancied of whom were Satono Aladdin, Tosen Stardom (Kisaragi Sho), Win Full Bloom and Hagino Hybrid.