Admire Groove


Admire Groove was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, broodmare and the winner of the 2003 and 2004 Queen Elizabeth II Cup.

Career

Admire Groove won her very first race, on November 10, 2002, at Kyoto. She also 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 second. 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.

Breeding career

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

Death

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

In popular culture

An anthropomorphized version of Admire Groove appears in Umamusume: Pretty Derby, voiced by Hina Suzuki.

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