Admire Vega

"I swore an oath... to that shining star. I will win even if I am alone."

- Admire Vega

Profile
Carrying an unknown shadow upon her, Admire Vega does not particularly like getting involved with other people and opts to be alone. She has a history of childhood problems and attempts to atone for these 'sins' with her racing activities. A regular downer and stoic, she is regarded as 'dangerous' if left alone for too long.

However, unfortunately for her, she is often caught up in the whims of her classmates T.M. Opera O and Narita Top Road.

Songs

 * Like a Shooting Star (Solo Song)
 * Make Debut!
 * ENDLESS DREAM!!
 * We are DREAMERS!!
 * GIRLS' LEGEND U
 * Gaze on Me
 * DRAMATIC JOURNEY
 * Glorious Moment!
 * Ichiban-boshi ga Kakeru Sora
 * Umapyoi Densetsu

Relationships

 * T.M. Opera O: Rival.
 * IRL: Shared the 1999 Triple Crown. winning Satsuki Sho.
 * Matches (AV/TMO)
 * 1999 Satsuki Sho (6th/1st)
 * 1999 Japanese Derby (1st/3rd)
 * 1999 Kikka Sho (6th/2nd) (1st: Narita Top Road)
 * Narita Top Road: Classmate.
 * IRL: Shared the 1999 Triple Crown, winning Kikka Sho.
 * Matches (AV/NTR)
 * 1999 Yayoi Sho (2nd/1st)
 * 1999 Satsuki Sho (6th/3rd) (1st: T.M. Opera O)
 * 1999 Japanese Derby (1st/2nd)
 * 1999 Kyoto Shimbun Hai (1st/2nd)
 * 1999 Kikka Sho (6th/1st)
 * Curren Chan: Roommate.

Special Commentary

 * Requirement: Winning the Japanese Derby
 * Reference: 1998 Japanese Derby, by Masaharu Miyake (Fuji TV)

Trivia

 * It's heavily implied that she lost her sister.
 * T.M. Opera O often stands by her because in real life they are same age, and the two of Top Three.
 * She is nicknamed as "Ayabe-san" in Uma Musume World. Real life Admire Vega is often called "AdVe".
 * She likes fluffy things. She has a futon dryer in her room.
 * The futon dryer drawn in Road to the Top was guessed as Iris Ohyama's one by fans. Hitomi Sasaki, Admire Vega's voice actor, was given a futon dryer by Iris Ohyama.

Real Life
"Admire Vega overtook all rivals that believed their victories. His overwhelming stride of the new age exploded the theory of the 'Derby Position', within tenth at the fourth corner to win. And other horses became preys of him."

- 100 Bucephaluses of the 20th Century Admire Vega is a recehorse in the early 2000s. He won the Derby and shared the Triple Crown with T.M. Opera O and Narita Top Road.

Name Origin

 * Admire ― A crown name of Riichi Kondo.
 * Vega ― His mother Vega.

At birth
Top-tier bloodline (Sunday Silence and Vega), but Vega carried twins. Conventional wisdom in horse racing is that twins do not perform well in racing, so they killed one of the fetus while still in the womb, and let the other be born. Admire Vega was the surviving one.

In 1998 (2 years old)
His maiden race was on November 7. He finished in the first, though, he was judged to had prevented Frontal Attack, and demoted in the fourth. His jockey Yutaka Take got a suspension for a month.

After Take's suspension was expired, He won Erica Sho (5 million allowance), and Radio Tampa Hai 3-year-old Stakes (G3).

In 1999 (3 years old)
At Yayoi Sho (G2), He could not reach Narita Top Road and lost in the second. though, he got a priority to enter Satsuki Sho.

At Satsuki Sho (G1), He lost to T.M. Opera O in sixth.

At Japanese Derby (G1), He overtook almost all at the homestretch, and fought with T.M. Opera O and Narita Top Road. He finished in the first, by neck to the second Top Road. Yutaka Take won the Derby twice in a row, for the first time in Japanese horseracing history.

He won Kyoto Shimbun Hai (G2), but at Kikka Sho (G1), he lost to Narita Top Road in 6th.

In 2000 (4 years old)
His stable aimed for Takarazuka Kinen, however, he got suspensory ligament desmitis and retired.

After retirement
As a stallion, four G1 winners were born, including two hurdle racers.

However, he suddenly died of a stomach rupture, at just the age of eight. His children are only four generations.


 * Though Vega sounds feminine, he is a sire. It comes from his mother's name.
 * Take's suspension affected some horses. Air Groove and Special Week had to change their jockeys during his suspension, and both lost.