Details
| Name / Japanese / Hong Kong | Admire Max / アドマイヤマックス / 大賞識 |
| Birth Year | 1999 |
| Sex | male |
| Earnings | 352,441,000 yen (only Japan) |
| Races-Wins / G1-Wins | 23-4 / 10-1 |
| Sire | Sunday Silence |
| Dam (Sire) | Dyna Shoot (Northern Taste) |
| Other site link | JBIS / Umanity / en.netkeiba |
All G1 races + grade races in which he finished 3rd or higher
| Y D/M |
Track | Race | No. | Pl. |  |
| 2001 17/11 |
Tokyo T1800 |
Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes (G3) | 16 | 1 | |
| 2001 22/12 |
Hanshin T2000 |
Radio Tampa Hai Nisai Stakes (G3) | 4 | 3 | |
| 2002 15/09 |
Niigata T2200 |
St.Lite Kinen (G2) | 9 | 2 | G |
| 2002 20/10 |
Kyoto T3000 |
Kikuka Sho (G1) | 18 | 11 | ◆ |
| 2002 23/11 |
Kyoto T1800 |
Keihan Hai (G3) | 6 | 3 | |
| 2003 08/06 |
Tokyo T1600 |
Yasuda Kinen (G1) | 16 | 2 | ◆ |
| 2003 03/08 |
Niigata T1600 |
Sekiya Kjinen (G3) | 3 | 3 | |
| 2003 05/10 |
Nakayama T1200 |
Sprinters Stakes (G1) | 13 | 3 | ◆ |
| 2003 14/12 |
Sha Tin T1600 |
Hong Kong Mile (G1) | 4 | 4 | G |
| 2004 23/10 |
Tokyo T1600 |
Fuji Stakes (G3) | 1 | 1 | G |
| 2004 21/11 |
Kyoto T1600 |
Mile Championship (G1) | 12 | 6 | ◆ |
| 2005 27/03 |
Chukyo T1200 |
Takamatsunomiya Kinen (G1) | 18 | 1 | ◆ |
| 2005 05/06 |
Tokyo T1600 |
Yasuda Kinen (G1) | 13 | 12 | ◆ |
| 2005 02/10 |
Nakayama T1200 |
Sprinters Stakes (G1) | 12 | 3 | ◆ |
| 2005 20/11 |
Kyoto T1600 |
Mile Championship (G1) | 2 | 6 | ◆ |
| 2005 11/12 |
Sha Tin T1000 |
Hong Kong Sprint (G1) | 2 | 11 | G |
- In 2001 (age 2), he finished 1st in the Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes and finished 3rd in the Radio Tampa Hai Nisai Stakes.
He was considered a strong contender for the following year’s classic race. - In 2002, he had to take a long break due to a broken bone.
He returned to racing in the fall and finished 2nd in the St.Light Kinen.
In his last classic race, Kikuka Sho, he was 2nd favorite but finished 11th.
He then finished 3rd in the Keihan Hai, but after the race it was discovered that he had broken bone again, and he had to take a long rest. - In the Yasuda Kinen (2003), he was 6th favorite.
He was coming off a long break, which caused some concern, but he came in 2nd, just a neck behind the 1st place finisher, Agnes Digital. - He had a good run after that, but couldn’t quite win.
- In the Takamatsunomiya Kinen (2005), he was 4th favorite.
He won the race by 2+1/2 lengths with a brilliant finishing kick.
It was his first G1 win. - He retired at the end of 2005.
In 2006, a joint retirement ceremony was held for Admire Max, Admire Don and Admire Groove.
As a sire
- He had the most standard bloodlines in Japan at the time, with his sire Sunday Silence and his broodmare-sire Northern Taste.
He wasn’t expected to do much, but his crops did well, especially in dirt races. - The most successful of his crop is K T Brave.
K T Brave is the only G1 winner by Admire Max.
Fancimine
- Admire Max’s great-granddam was Fancimine.
Fancimine’s descendants are very active in the Japanese horse racing industry.
Along with the Scarlet Family, whose ancestor is Scarlet Ink, and the Rose Family, whose ancestor is Rosa Nay, the Fancimine Family is known as one of the great female lines of the Shadai Group. - Some of the horses in the Fancimine family that have won G1 races are Rhein Kraft, Song of Wind, Le Vent Se Leve and Chuwa Wizard.
- His most successful horse on turf was Admire Cosmos.
Admire Cosmos won seven races in a row, including winning a G3 race.
He was injured during a race and retired.
He had surgery on his injuries and was going to be a stallion.
The surgery on him was successful, but his condition worsened and he was euthanized.