Admire Moon

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename= Admire Moon


caption= October 29, 2006 Tokyo Racecourse
sire= End Sweep
grandsire= Forty Niner
dam= My Katies
damsire= Sunday Silence
sex= Stallion
foaled= 2003
country= Japan flagicon|Japan
colour= Bay
breeder= Northern Farm
owner= Riichi Kondo
Darley Japan Farm Co Ltd
trainer= Hiroyoshi Matsuda
record= 17: 10-2-2
earnings= 870,462,000 JPY
+3,000,000 USD
+5,900,000 HKD
race= Dubai Duty Free Stakes (2007)
Takarazuka Kinen (2007)
Japan Cup (2007)
awards= Japanese Horse of the Year (2007)
honours=
updated= January 31, 2008

Nihongo|Admire Moon|アドマイヤムーン|Adomaiya mūn (February 23, 2003 - ) is a Japanese racehorse who won the 2007 Dubai Duty Free Stakes, Takarazuka Kinen and Japan Cup.

GI Races

Admire Moon ran in the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) in 2006, his first Grade I race in his career. He placed 4th to Meisho Samson. He would then go to Tokyo for the Japanese Derby, the Tokyo Yushun, where he placed 7th also to Meisho Samson.

He would then go back to Tokyo in late October for the Tenno Sho, not the Kikuka Sho (the Japanese St. Leger). He would finish 3rd to Daiwa Major.

In December, he traveled to Hong Kong for the Hong Kong Cup, his first ever race outside of Japan. He would finish second to Pride by a nose.

In 2007, he raced in Kyoto Kinen and he won the race. He would then head to Dubai for the Dubai Duty Free Stakes. He finished first, winning his first ever Group One race, over Linngari, Daiwa Major, etc. On June 24, he would take on the Takarazuka Kinen by a vote of fans and would finish first ahead of Vodka (the 2007 Tokyo Yushun winner), Daiwa Major etc., winning his first Grade I race in Japan.

He would then run in the Japan Cup the same year in November and win the race, winning by a head to Pop Rock. With the Takarazuka Kinen win earlier this year, Admire Moon gets a ¥130 million bonus in addition to over ¥250 million in prizemoney.

Admire Moon would retire from horse racing after winning the Japan Cup.

Pedigree

Pedigree
name = Admire Moon
f = End Sweep
ff = Forty Niner
fff = Mr. Prospector
ffff = Raise a Native
fffm = Gold Digger
ffm = File
ffmf = Tom Rolfe
ffmm = Continue
fm = Broom Dance
fmf = Dance Spell
fmff = Northern Dancer
fmfm = Obeah
fmm = Witching Hour
fmmf = Thinking Cap
fmmm = Enchanted Eye
m = My Katies
mf = Sunday Silence
mff = Halo
mfff = Hail to Reason
mffm = Cosmah
mfm = Wishing Well
mfmf = Understanding
mfmm = Mountain Flower
mm = Katies First
mmf = Kris
mmff = Sharpen Up
mmfm = Doubly Sure
mmm = Katies
mmmf = Nonoalco
mmmm = Mortefontaine F-No.7-f