Gold Ship, seen here with spittle flaying into the air, goes a little bit “cray cray” before the 2015 Takarazuka Kinen, in which he bombed the start by 20 lengths. Photo: Andrew Hawkins. While there seems to be a correlation between leading vote-getter in Japan’s biggest “all-star” race, the Arima Kinen, and Horse of the Year honours, in recent years those horses have been completely, certifiably