Admire Terra
| Admire Terra アドマイヤテラ | |
|---|---|
 Admire Terra at the 2025 Meguro Kinen | |
| Breed | Thoroughbred |
| Sire | Rey de Oro |
| Grandsire | King Kamehameha |
| Dam | Admire Miyabi |
| Damsire | Heart's Cry |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | 7 February 2021 |
| Country | Japan |
| Colour | Grey |
| Breeder | Northern Farm |
| Owner | Junko Kondo |
| Racing colours |  |
| Trainer | Yasuo Tomomichi |
| Jockey | Yutaka Take Yuga Kawada |
| Record | 16: 6-1-2 |
| Earnings | ¥338,259,000 |
| Major wins | |
| Meguro Kinen (2025) Hanshin Daishoten (2026) | |
Admire Terra (Japanese: アドマイヤテラ, Hepburn: Adomaiya Tera; foaled 7 February 2021) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. He has competed since 2023, recording six wins in fourteen starts, including the Meguro Kinen (GII) in 2025 and the Hanshin Daishoten (GII) in 2026. His racing name combines the "Admire" prefix used by owner Junko Kondo with "Terra," the Latin word for "Earth."
Background
Admire Terra is a grey colt bred in Abira, Hokkaido, by Northern Farm. He was sired by Rey de Oro, a son of King Kamehameha, and his dam was Admire Miyabi, a daughter of Heart's Cry who won the 2017 Queen Cup (GIII). His fourth dam, Wind in Her Hair, is the winner of the 1995 Aral-Pokal and also is the dam of Deep Impact. He is owned by Junko Kondo and sent into training with Yasuo Tomomichi at the JRA's Ritto Training Center.
Racing career
2023: two-year-old season
Admire Terra debuted on November 19, in a maiden race on the turf at Kyoto Racecourse. The horse was initially supposed to be ridden by Ryan Moore, but due to a fall which he suffered mid-race earlier that day, he was instead ridden by Yuga Kawada, who would win the race by 1.75 lengths.
2024: three-year-old season
Admire Terra won a one-win class race at Kyoto on January 7, 2024. He finished fourth in the Wakaba Stakes (Listed) at Hanshin Racecourse in March and fourth in the Kyoto Shimbun Hai (GII) at Kyoto in May, failing to qualify for the spring classics. He finished second in the Akanko Tokubetsu (Allowance) at Sapporo Racecourse in July and won the Chausuyama Kogen Tokubetsu (Allowance) at Chukyo Racecourse in September. He finished third in the Kikuka Shō (GI) at Kyoto in October, beaten 0.4 seconds by Urban Chic.
2025: four-year-old season
Admire Terra won the Osaka-Hamburg Cup (Open) at Hanshin in April. On June 1, he won the Meguro Kinen (GII) at Tokyo Racecourse, defeating Ho Elite by a neck, recording his first graded stakes victory. He finished fourth in the Kyoto Daishoten (GII) at Kyoto in October.
On November 30, he contested the Japan Cup (GI) at Tokyo. However, at the start his jockey Yuga Kawada was unseated, and Admire Terra continued as a riderless horse, crossing the finish line first ahead of Calandagan and Masquerade Ball. However, as a riderless horse, he was not officially placed in the race. He finished eleventh in the Arima Kinen (GI) at Nakayama Racecourse in December.
2026: five-year-old season
On March 22, Admire Terra won the Hanshin Daishoten (GII) at Hanshin in a race-record time of 3:02.0. On May 3, he finished third in the Tennō Shō (Spring, GI) at Kyoto, beaten by 0.1 seconds by Croix du Nord.
After a summer break, Admire Terra is scheduled to run the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in France after running the Sapporo Kinen in August. Yutaka Take was initially planned to ride the horse at Sapporo; but following the announcement that Take would ride Sixpence at Prix Jacques Le Marois instead, it was announced that Ryusei Sakai would ride Admire Terra instead. In the race, the horse started well but he suddenly made a move at the backstretch into second position. He was jostling with several horses before gassing up after the fourth corner. He touched the finish line in ninth place. Sakai admitted that he pushed the horse to the front when the pace started to slow down. This move made him run out of energy in the final phase. Sakai also stated that the horse was better suited to a longer race. His trainer, Tomomichi, agreed that the 2000 metres pace did not suit him, but this result would not affect their possible plan for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. On the race day, he would start the race from gate 12 and ridden by a new jockey, Cristian Demuro. In this race, Demuro ride him prominently in the middle pack but as they entered the homestretch, his strides was weakened, he fell out of the order as he crossed the finish line in 11th place six length behind. In the post-race, trainer Tomomichi was glad that the horse was able to run as they planned despite he gassed out in the end and put a target of his next race on the Arima Kinen in the end of year.
Statistics
The following table details all 16 starts of Admire Terra's racing career based on official netkeiba and JBIS records. Record current as of 4 October 2026.
| Date | Distance (Condition) | Race | Class | Course | Odds (Favourite) |
Field | Finish | Time | Jockey | Winning (Losing) Margin |
Winner (2nd Place) |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 – two-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Nov 19 | Turf 2000 m (Good) | 2-Y-O Newcomer | Maiden | Kyoto | 6.9 (5th) | 7 | 1st | 2:03.3 | Yuga Kawada | –0.3 | (Win Liberale) | |
| 2024 – three-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Jan 7 | Turf 2000 m (Firm) | 3-Y-O 1-Win Class | Allowance | Kyoto | 2.7 (1st) | 9 | 1st | 2:02.8 | Yuga Kawada | –0.4 | (Namura Ahab) | |
| Mar 16 | Turf 2000 m (Firm) | Wakaba Stakes | Listed | Hanshin | 4.0 (3rd) | 9 | 4th | 2:00.0 | Mirai Iwata | 0.3 | Mr G T | |
| May 4 | Turf 2200 m (Firm) | Kyoto Shimbun Hai | GII | Kyoto | 11.6 (6th) | 15 | 4th | 2:11.7 | Mirco Demuro | 0.5 | June Take | |
| Jul 28 | Turf 2600 m (Good) | Akanko Tokubetsu | Allowance | Sapporo | 1.5 (1st) | 12 | 2nd | 2:41.0 | Christophe Lemaire | 0.7 | Aster Bugie | |
| Sep 15 | Turf 2200 m (Good) | Chausuyama Kogen Tokubetsu | Allowance | Chukyo | 1.5 (1st) | 10 | 1st | 2:12.4 | Christophe Lemaire | –0.3 | (Namura Hooker) | |
| Oct 20 | Turf 3000 m (Firm) | Kikuka Shō | GI | Kyoto | 23.6 (7th) | 18 | 3rd | 3:04.5 | Yutaka Take | 0.4 | Urban Chic | |
| 2025 – four-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Apr 13 | Turf 2600 m (Good) | Osaka-Hamburg Cup | Open | Hanshin | 2.4 (1st) | 11 | 1st | 2:39.8 | Yutaka Take | –0.1 | (Nishino Revenant) | |
| Jun 1 | Turf 2500 m (Firm) | Meguro Kinen | GII | Tokyo | 3.3 (1st) | 18 | 1st | 2:32.9 | Yutaka Take | 0.0 | (Hohelied) | |
| Oct 5 | Turf 2400 m (Good) | Kyōto Daishōten | GII | Kyoto | 3.1 (1st) | 18 | 4th | 2:24.2 | Yuga Kawada | 0.3 | Deep Monster | |
| Nov 30 | Turf 2400 m (Firm) | Japan Cup | GI | Tokyo | 46.1 (10th) | 17 | DNF | – | Yuga Kawada | – | Calandagan | |
| Dec 28 | Turf 2500 m (Firm) | Arima Kinen | GI | Nakayama | 50.3 (9th) | 16 | 11th | 2:32.4 | Yuga Kawada | 0.9 | Museum Mile | |
| 2026 – five-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Mar 22 | Turf 3000 m (Firm) | Hanshin Daishōten | GII | Hanshin | 3.1 (1st) | 10 | 1st | R3:02.0 | Yutaka Take | –0.5 | (Aqua Vernal) | |
| May 3 | Turf 3200 m (Firm) | Tennō Shō (Spring) | GI | Kyoto | 3.0 (2nd) | 15 | 3rd | 3:13.8 | Yutaka Take | 0.1 | Croix du Nord | |
| Aug 16 | Turf 2000 m (Firm) | Sapporo Kinen | GII | Sapporo | 4.4 (2nd) | 16 | 9th | 1:59.4 | Ryusei Sakai | 1.2 | Shake Your Heart | |
| Oct 4 | Turf 2400 m (Good to Soft) | Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe | GI | Longchamp | 66/1 (13th) | 16 | 11th | 2:28.0 | Cristian Demuro | 0.9 | Daryz | |
Pedigree
| Sire Rey de Oro (JPN) 2014 |
King Kamehameha (JPN) 2001 |
Kingmambo | Mr. Prospector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miesque | |||
| Manfath | Last Tycoon | ||
| Pilot Bird | |||
| Radlada (JPN) 2006 |
Symboli Kris S | Kris S. | |
| Tee Kay | |||
| Lady Blonde | Seeking the Gold | ||
| Wind in Her Hair | |||
| Dam Admire Miyabi (JPN) 2014 |
Heart's Cry (JPN) 2001 |
Sunday Silence | Halo |
| Wishing Well | |||
| Irish Dance | Tony Bin | ||
| Buper Dance | |||
| Lady Skipper (JPN) 2007 |
Kurofune | French Deputy | |
| Blue Avenue | |||
| Like the Wind | Danehill | ||
| Wind in Her Hair |
- Admire Terra is inbred 4 × 5 to Mr. Prospector (sire side) and 4 × 4 to Wind in Her Hair (sire and dam side).
- His dam Admire Miyabi won the 2017 Queen Cup (GIII).
- His fourth dam Wind in Her Hair won the 1995 Aral-Pokal (German Group 1) and is the dam of Deep Impact and Black Tide.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 "アドマイヤテラ (Admire Terra) - Profile & Race Record". JBIS Search (in Japanese). Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "アドマイヤテラ - 5代血統表". JBIS Search (in Japanese). Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- ↑ "Ｒ・ムーアが落馬負傷のため乗り替わり マイルＣＳナミュールは藤岡康にスイッチ". 東スポ競馬 (in Japanese). 19 November 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "【新馬戦】アドマイヤテラ 代打川田が導いた 友道師「厩舎ゆかりの血統ですし、良かった」". netkeiba (in Japanese). 20 November 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "アドマイヤテラ 競走成績". netkeiba (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- ↑ "【菊花賞】アドマイヤテラ3着 見せ場十分の奮闘 武豊「十分に力は出せた」". Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). 20 October 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- ↑ "【大阪－ハンブルクC】武豊アドマイヤテラが久々を克服して菊花賞3着の底力を示す「完勝やね」". Toshpo Keiba (in Japanese). 13 April 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- ↑ "【目黒記念】アドマイヤテラが人気に応え重賞初V！ 武豊騎手は39年連続重賞勝利". Sankei Sports (in Japanese). 1 June 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- ↑ "【京都大賞典・1番人気の敗因】アドマイヤテラは伸びきれず4着も川田将雅が感じた以前からの「成長」". Toshpo Keiba (in Japanese). 5 October 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- 1 2 "【ジャパンC】アドマイヤテラ川田が落馬…スタート直後に騒然 空馬"1着ゴール"世界1位カランダガンV". netkeiba (in Japanese). 30 November 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- ↑ "アドマイヤテラは札幌記念のあと凱旋門賞挑戦へ スティンガーグラスはメルボルンCへ". サンスポZBAT! (in Japanese). Sankei Shimbun. 13 July 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "アドマイヤテラは坂井瑠星騎手と札幌記念に参戦、武豊騎手は同週の仏ジャックルマロワ賞に騎乗". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ 【札幌記念】３番人気シェイクユアハートが大外一気で重賞Ｖ３ [[Sapporo Kinen] Third favorite Shake Your Heart wins third graded stakes race with a powerful surge from the outside.]. netkeiba (in Japanese). 16 August 2026. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- 1 2 【札幌記念】まさかの9着大敗に友道調教師「予定通り凱旋門賞だと思います」 アドマイヤテラの敗因に言及 [[Sapporo Memorial] Trainer Tomomichi comments on Admire Terra's unexpected 9th place finish: "I think she's headed for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe as planned."]. netkeiba (in Japanese). 16 August 2026. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- ↑ Wood, Greg (3 October 2026). "Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 2026: horse-by-horse guide to all the runners". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
- ↑ "Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Group 1) (3yo+ No Geldings) (Grande Course) (Turf) Full Result". Racing Post. 4 October 2026. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
- ↑ 凱旋門賞11着アドマイヤテラは12・27有馬記念参戦を視野 [Admire Terra, who finished 11th in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, is considering participating in the Arima Kinen on December 27th.]. netkeiba (in Japanese). 7 October 2026. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
- ↑ "Sapporo Kinen (G2) Full Result | R11". netkeiba. 16 August 2026. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- ↑ "C5 - QATAR PRIX DE L'ARC DE TRIOMPHE - 2400m" (PDF). France Galop (in French). 4 October 2026. Retrieved 4 October 2026.