Admire Mars
Daiwa Major - Via Medici
Chestnut 2016 16.0½hh
Japan's Champion 2YO Colt, unbeaten in 4 starts at two, a triple Group 1-winning miler & the only 3YO winner of the Hong Kong Mile G1. Now the sire of 16 first-crop 2YO winners in Japan & a 3YO SW. His first Australian 2YOs run in 2024/25.
Overview
Three-time Group 1 winner Admire Mars, whose first southern hemisphere yearlings sold consistently well in 2024, has much to add to the growing story of Japanese stallion success in this part of the world.
A son of Group 1 winner & leading sire Daiwa Major (by Sunday Silence) & the French Group winner Via Medici, Admire Mars was Japan’s unbeaten Champion 2YO Colt of 2018 after winning all four of his juvenile starts.
His 2YO season culminated with victory in the 1600-metre Hanshin Asahi Hai Futurity S. G1, where he pulled clear of the field to score by two lengths in 1:33.9.
Admire Mars returned at three to claim the Tokyo NHK Mile Cup G1, overcoming a difficult, wide run in transit to sprint hard in the straight and score in 1:32.4.
The colt ended 2019 by playing his part in a Japanese cleanup at the Hong Kong International Races, defeating Waikuku and champion Beauty Generation in 1:33.25 to become the first 3YO winner of the Hong Kong Mile G1. He contested the same race a year later and closed out his ~A$5 million career with a fighting third behind champion Golden Sixty.
Standing at Japan’s famed Shadai Stallion Station, Admire Mars has begun his stud career in attention-grabbing style, with 3 first-crop 2YO winners in a single mid-summer weekend: the filly Jardinier at Kokura and the colts Mars Odyssey & Seiun Big Bang at Fukushima.
He has since added a further 9 individual winners including the filly Embroidery who scored by 7 lengths at Niigata, in the process setting a new 2YO track record.
“I've worked with a few horses from the Japanese stallion Admire Mars, and they've all got really good minds. They're very quiet and athletic.”
— Robbie Hewetson, Muskoka Farm, September 2024
Progeny
Data provided by Arion Pedigrees
Admire Mars’ first-crop Australian yearlings averaged 6 times his fee at major 2024 sales, with top prices of $300,000 paid by Peter Moody & Dalziel Bloodstock for the filly out of Adamina, now named Miss Kasei; and $240,000 for the Inglis Easter colt ex Mardi, bought by Busuttin Racing. In Japan, his second-crop yearlings averaged ~$366,000 with a top price of ~$840,000 paid for Northern Farm’s colt ex Sankalpa.
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| YEAR | SALE | SEX | DAM | PRICE | VENDOR | BUYER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | MMGY | F | Adamina | $300,000 | Arrowfield Stud | Dalziel Bloodstock/Moody Racing |
| 2024 | MMGY | F | Legend Emma (IRE) | $200,000 | Arrowfield Stud | Byron Rogers/Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
| 2024 | MMGY | C | Zurla | $200,000 | Arrowfield Stud | Blossom Breeding |
| 2024 | KPY | C | Overreactive | NZ$180,000 | Wentwood Grange | Busuttin Racing/Group 1 Bloodstock |
| 2024 | MMGY | F | Reality Show | $150,000 | Longwood Thoroughbred Farm | Boomer Bloodstock/Catalyst Stable |
| 2024 | MMGY | F | Simogramor (NZ) | $140,000 | Bhima Thoroughbreds | Dalziel Bloodstock/Moody Racing |
| 2024 | MMGY | C | Lucky Helmet | $100,000 | Kenmore Lodge | Ohukia Lodge |
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