Admire Groove (in Japanese: アドマイヤグルーヴ, foaled April 30, 2000) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, broodmare and the winner of the 2003 and 2004

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Career

Admire Groove's first race was on November 10, 2002, at Kyoto, where she came in first. She then won her next two races at Hashin Racecourse, which included a win at the Wakaba Stakes. Admire Groove's first major win was at the Grade-2

Rose Stakes The Rose Stakes (Japanese ローズステークス) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Hyōgo Prefecture for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies. It is run over a distance of 1800 metres at Hanshin Racecourse in September, having been run ...

on September 21, 2003. She came close to capturing the October

Shūka Sho The is a Conditions races, Grade 1 Flat racing, flat Horse racing, horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred Filly, fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1 1/4 miles) at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyot ...

just weeks later, but finished in 2nd. She then picked up her first Grade-1 victory, by winning the 2003

. She picked up another win, at the 2004

Mermaid Stakes The Mermaid Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. An important event for three-year-old fillies, the race was run on dirt over a distance of one mile and one furlong u ...

, on 11 July. Admire Groove then returned to the

in 2004, where she successfully defended her title. Groove tried to repeat the feat again at the 2005

, but finished in 3rd place. On December 18, 2005, she grabbed her final win in her last race by winning the 2005 Hanshin Himba Stakes. A retirement ceremony soon followed.

Breeding career

Admire Groove's descendants include: ''c = colt, f =

filly A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare. There are two specific definitions in use: *In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old. *In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States ...

Death

On October 16, 2012, the JRA announced that Admire Groove suddenly passed away the day prior at the Northern Farm, where she was a broodmare. It was only two days after Admire Sceptre won the Hakushu Stakes.

Pedigree

References

{{reflist 2000 racehorse births 2012 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in Japan Racehorses trained in Japan Thoroughbred family 8-f