Japanís late-developing Admire Moon (Jpn) (End Sweep), winner of three Group 1 races in 2007, including the G1 Dubai Duty Free, was last night named the Japan Racing Associationís 2007 Horse of the Year. The four-year-old was also named champion older male. Admire Moon received 178 out of 289 possible votes for Horse of the Year, and was the overwhelming winner of top older male with 249 votes. After scoring his first Group 1 victory overseas in the Duty Free in March, he returned home and triumphed in two more prestigious races, the G1 Takarazuka Kinen and G1 Japan Cup. He is now retired to stud at Sheikh Mohammedís Darley Japan Farm Co. in Hokkaido. Daiwa Scarlet (Jpn) (Agnes Tachyon {Jpn}) was runner-up in Horse of the Year voting and was honored as champion three-year-old filly.
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