Admire Groove

{{Infobox racehorse

| name = Admire Groove

| image = Admire Grove 20041031P1.jpg

| image_alt =

| caption = Admire Groove in 2004

| breed =

| sire = Sunday Silence

| grandsire = Halo

| dam = Air Groove

| damsire = Tony Bin

| sex = Mare

| foaled = April 30th, 2000

| death_date ={{death date and age |2012|10|15|2000|4|30|mf=yes}}

| country = Japan

| colour = Bay

| breeder = Northern Farm

| owner = Risa Kondo

| racing_colours =

| trainer = Mitsuru Hashida

| jockey = Yutaka Take

| record = 21:8-1-3

| earnings =551,335,000 JPY

| wins = Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2003 & 2004)
Hanshin Himba Stakes (2005)

| awards = JRA Award for Best Older Filly or Mare (2004)

| honours =

| updated =

}}

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 Queen Elizabeth II Cup.{{cite web|title=Admire Groove|url=https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000713851/|accessdate=21 November 2019|language=en}}{{cite web|title=Admire Groove|url=https://ahonoora.com/admire_groove.html|accessdate=21 November 2019|language=en}}

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 on September 21, 2003. She came close to capturing the October Shūka Sho just weeks later, but finished in 2nd. She then picked up her first Grade-1 victory, by winning the 2003 Queen Elizabeth II Cup.

She picked up another win, at the 2004 Mermaid Stakes, on 11 July.

Admire Groove then returned to the Queen Elizabeth II Cup in 2004, where she successfully defended her title.

Groove tried to repeat the feat again at the 2005 Queen Elizabeth II Cup, 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.{{Cite web |title=アドマイヤグルーヴ、有終の美飾る |url=https://www.keibado.ne.jp/keibabook/051226/plaza.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060628201404/https://www.keibado.ne.jp/keibabook/051226/plaza.html |archive-date=2006-06-28 |access-date=2023-04-23 |publisher=競馬ブック |language=ja}}

Breeding career

Admire Groove's descendants include:{{Cite web |title=Admire Groove(JPN) |url=https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000713851/broodmare/info/ |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=www.jbis.jp}}

c = colt, f = filly

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| style="width:35px;"| Foaled

| style="width:120px;"| Name

| style="width:35px;"| Sex

| style="width:580px;"| Major Wins

2007

| Admire Temba

| f

| Moiwayama Tokubetsu

2008

| Admire Sceptre

| f

| Hakushu Stakes, Applause Sho, Tokachidake Tokubetsu, Sapporo Sponichi Sho

2012

| Duramente

| c

| Satsuki Shō, Tokyo Yūshun, Nakayama Kinen

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.{{Cite web |date=2012-10-16 |title=エリザベス女王杯連覇アドマイヤグルーヴ急死 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex ギャンブル |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/gamble/news/2012/10/16/kiji/K20121016004343150.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924183210/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/gamble/news/2012/10/16/kiji/K20121016004343150.html |archive-date=2015-09-24 |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=スポニチ Sponichi Annex |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=2012-10-16 |title=アドマイヤグルーヴ急死 |url=https://news.netkeiba.com/?pid=news_view&no=68889 |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=netkeiba.com |language=ja}}

Pedigree

{{Pedigree

|name =Admire Groove (JPN), 2000{{cite web|title=Admire Groove|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/admire+groove|accessdate=21 November 2019|language=en}}

|f= Sunday Silence (USA)
b. 1986

|m= Air Groove (JPN)
b. 1993

|ff= Halo (USA)
b. 1969

|fm= Wishing Well (USA)
b. 1975

|mf= Tony Bin (IRE)
b. 1983

|mm= Dyna Carle (JPN)
b. 1980

|fff= Hail to Reason

|ffm= Cosmah

|fmf= Understanding

|fmm= Mountain Flower

|mff =Kampala

|mfm = Severn Bridge