501:). After racing in mid-division Admire Mars began to make progress in last quarter mile, overtook Beauty Generation 150 metres from the finish, and repelled the late challenge of Waikuku to win by half a length. After the race Soumillon said "I knew my horse was very strong... he was the best two-year-old in Japan last year and probably the best three-year-old in Japan this year as well... I told the lad before the race when I saw the odds on the screen that there was something wrong there β I thought he should have been in the first four favourites... But I rode my race like he was the favourite and it paid off".
461:). Admire Mars did not start well and was forced to race on the outside in mid-division as Iberis set the pace from Kurino Gaudi and Pourville. After turning into the straight he launched a sustained run down the centre of the track, took the lead 100 metres from the finish and won by half a length and a nose from Cadence Call and Catedral. After the race Demuro said "his start wasn't so good and we had to race in a lower position than hoped, but he just hates to lose - once another runner came up next to him, he found his second wind. He's truly an amazing miler".
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over 1600 metres at Tokyo in which he was matched against older horses. He was made the 1.1/1 favourite but was never in serious contention and came home ninth of the eighteen runners as victory went to the four-year-old filly
473:. Riichi Kondo died in November 2019 and the ownership of the horse passed to the executors of his estate. For his final run of the year the colt was one of four Japanese horses sent to
421:. He started the 0.7/1 favourite in a seven-runner field but sustained his first defeat as he was beaten one and a quarter lengths into second place by Yamanin Kingly. On 14 April at
347:. He maintained his unbeaten record as he won by half a length from Meisho Shobu. On 16 December the colt was moved up in class again and started 3.6/1 second favourite behind the
321:. The colt made a successful racecourse debut when he recorded a narrow win over Cadence Call in a contest for previously unraced juveniles over 1600 metres at
574:. Starting at odds of 4.4/1 he went to the front 400 metres out but was overtaken in the straight and came home third behind the locally-trained contenders
262:. As a yearling in 2017 he was consigned to the Select Sale and was bought for Β₯56,160,000 by Riichi Kondo. He was sent into training with Yasuo Tomomichi.
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1009:"Unbeaten Race Favorite Saturnalia Claims This Year's Satsuki Sho"
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1041:"Admire Mars Beats Top Three-Year-Old Milers in NHK Mile Cup"
1074:"Tears flow as Admire Mars stuns rivals in Hong Kong Mile"
566:. In December he returned to Sha Tin and was partnered by
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Hanshin. Ridden as in his previous 2020 starts by
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226:before returning to winning form to take the
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508:for 2019, Admire Mars finished runner-up to
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1130:"The 2020 World Thoroughbred Rankings"
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216:JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Colt
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941:"Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes result"
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943:. Racing Post. 16 December 2018.
929:. Racing Post. 10 November 2018.
343:on 10 November and went off the
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927:"Daily Hai Nisai Stakes result"
16:Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse
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485:and started a 26/1 outsider.
254:on his left hind leg bred in
148:Β₯322,195,000 + HK$ 16,750,000
33:Admire Mars in December 2018
1167:Racehorses trained in Japan
973:"JPN Thoroughbred Rankings"
891:"Golden Grove β Family 4-l"
397:2019: three-year-old season
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504:In January 2020, at the
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1059:"Hong Kong Mile result"
895:Thoroughbred Bloodlines
797:"Admire Mars pedigree"
520:in the voting for the
417:) over 1800 metres at
413:(a trial race for the
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387:Best Two-Year-Old Colt
368:Saudi Arabia Royal Cup
337:Daily Hai Nisai Stakes
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649:Scarlet Bouquet (JPN)
578:and Southern Legend.
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360:Keio Hai Nisai Stakes
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364:Niigata Nisai Stakes
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214:and won the
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169:NHK Mile Cup
124:Riichi Kondo
873:Racing Post
763:Salvinaxia
682:Consentida
602:Daiwa Major
560:Yuga Kawada
552:Swan Stakes
466:Fuji Stakes
449:), Iberis (
415:Satsuki Sho
267:Daiwa Major
224:Satsuki Sho
198:(Japanese:
196:Admire Mars
43:Daiwa Major
22:Admire Mars
1151:Categories
1136:2021-01-26
839:2012-12-28
801:Equineline
780:References
724:Storm Bird
568:Ryan Moore
564:Indy Champ
537:Dubai Turf
518:Indy Champ
510:Saturnalia
506:JRA Awards
491:Indy Champ
391:JRA Awards
383:Saturnalia
242:Background
153:Major wins
62:Via Medici
742:Singspiel
271:Tenno Sho
140:13: 6-1-3
49:Grandsire
695:Medicean
589:Pedigree
471:Normcore
256:Hokkaido
222:and the
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389:at the
381:winner
334:Grade 2
295:Group 3
129:Trainer
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137:Record
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