2001: two-year-old season Symboli Kris S made his debut on a 1600 metres
maiden race in
Tokyo Racecourse, where he won the race by a neck against the second place, Asakusa Kininaru.
2002: three-year-old season After his debut,
Kazuo Fujisawa who was his trainer rested him for the next three and half months before turned up again at the Saintpaulia Sho on January 27. Symboli Kris S scored podium in the next three races he joined with second place once and third place twice. This made the Fujisawa to change up a bit on the strategy at his fifth race, The Yamabuki Sho. In this race, he took the lead from the start, maintained his position and won the race by one and three-quarters length ahead the rest of them for his second career victory. On April 27, Symboli Kris S would start for his first graded stakes race, the
Aoba Sho. Instead of his normal jockey (
Yukio Okabe), he would be controlled by
Yutaka Take this time. Starting from gate 3 in stall 2, he positioned himself well on the inside. This win allowed him to compete for the
Tokyo Yushun. For this race, he was placed as the third favourite behind No Reason (Satsuki Sho's winner) and
Tanino Gimlet (Satsuki's Sho third place finisher). When the race began, he positioned himself on the midpack in the early phase. At the third corner, he started moving outside to gain advantage. He surpassed several horses like Machikane Akatsuki and
Gold Allure for the lead. The race was not meant for him in the end as Tanino Gimlet's late surge at the homestretch caught him up before the line. He finished second on the day one length behind. Just like in the Tokyo Yushun, Symboli Kris S stayed at the middle pack at the start. However, this time he was blocked on the third corner and could not find the way to move on the outside. He delayed his burst on the final straight and this was working well as he overtook all horses to win his second graded stakes races, two and a half lengths ahead of No Reason. This result also made Fujisawa convinced Wada to switch his races from the Kikuka Sho to the
Tenno Sho (Autumn) as he thought the horses was good enough for the older horses competition. The race would be held on the
Nakayama Racecourse as the normal venue, the
Tokyo Racecourse was under renovation. He started well at the beginning, positioning himself on the sixth out of 18 horses competing that day on the inner track. On November 24, He competed in the
Japan Cup which also held in Nakayama due to the Tokyo Racecourse renovation. He was seeded fourth on the race behind horses like Narita Top Road,
Jungle Pocket and No Reason. Symboli Kris S who was ridden by
Olivier Peslier, botched the start for this race which put him at the back for the majority of the race. After the race, Peslier blamed the noisy horse beside them at the starting gate as the reason for the late start. He closed the autumn campaign with a run in the
Arima Kinen on December 22. He was placed second for the vote with 83,623 votes, just behind Narita Top Road. At the final corner, Tap Dance City still holding on to the lead by at most eight lengths over the rest of the field. Just entering the final straight, Symboli Kris S moved outside and sprinted forward against the fields with such incredible speed that visualized by the onlookers as if the other horses seemed to stop in mid-air. Peslier commented after the win that Symboli Kris S was laser-focused on the win once the gap on the straight opened up that day in which he used his sharp legs to generate a tremendous speed towards the finish. He only started the season with a run in the
Takarazuka Kinen at the
Hanshin Racecourse by June. For the race, he received the most votes with 59,817 votes in total. His routine start was good and he took off in the middle pack. He tried for the outside move to pass Tap Dance City and succeed. Unfortunately, his lack of pace for the day cost him the win as he was soon overtook by Tap Dance City, Tsurumaru Boy and Hishi Miracle. He finished the race in fifth place. Fujisawa attributed this lost came due to the mistiming of taking the lead and also the erratic inward and outward movement by Symboli Kris S on the straight which lead to the lost in performance. Following the earlier plan, the next race for the horse would be the Tenno Sho (Autumn). His competition for the day would be Lohengrin and
Eishin Preston. At the start, Symboli Kris S was drawn on the disadvantageous outside gate but still capable to do his routine middle of the pack start. Lohengrin and Go Steady dominated the early phase as they stretched the lead by 20 lengths at the first 1000 metres. The two horses eventually slowing down on the later phase as the chasing pack caught up. This was his third GI win and also for the first time ever a horse won the Tenno Sho (Autumn) in back to back years. Peslier rode him well in the middle pack in the start. He increased the pace as they reached the third corner of the track. They started to accelerate when they approached the homestretch but unable to catch the runaway Tap Dance City in the process. Tap Dance City himself, lead early on and bring it home nine and three quarters length ahead of Symboli Kris S who finished in third place, behind That's The Plenty. His final race of the season would be the Arima Kinen. He was the most voted horse this time around, accumulating 125,116 votes in the process. Lincoln made a move first by overtaking both of the frontrunners. That move was marked by Symboli Kris S who in turned followed and surpassed him on the final 300 metres. Symboli Kris S widened the gap towards Lincoln, who did held that second position by nine lengths to win the Arima Kinen, repeating his feat the previous year. For the year of 2003, Symboli Kris S was rated 124 by the
International Federation of Horseracing Authorities. This would be the last race of his career as his retirement ceremony came short after the race was ended. His racehorse registration also terminated on the same day. For the
JRA Award this year, Symboli Kris S became the Japanese Horse of the Year for the second time in a row with 220 votes out of 287. He also snatched the
JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse with 275 votes. == Racing form ==