Sunday Silence
| Sunday Silence | |
 Sunday Silence at Shadai Stallion Station Hayakita (Abira), Hokkaido, Japan. |
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| Father: | Halo |
| Mother: | Wishing Well |
| Mother, father: | Understanding |
| Gender: | stallion |
| Year of birth: | 1986 |
| Year of death: | 2002 |
| Country: | United States |
| Colour: | Black-brown |
| Breeder: | Oak Cliff Thoroughbreds, Ltd. |
| Owner: | HGW Partners |
| Trainer: | Charlie Whittingham |
| Record: | 14: 9-5-0 |
| Prize amount: | $ 4,968,554 |
| Greatest wins, titles and awards | |
| Greatest victories | |
| Santa Anita Derby (1989) San Felipe Stakes (1989) Super Derby (1989) Californian Stakes (1990) |
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US Champion 3-Year-Old Colt (1989) United States Horse of the Year (1989) |
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United States Racing Hall of Fame (1996) Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100… 100 US Racehorses of the 20th Century Sunday Silence Stakes in Louisiana Downs Champion of father horses in Japan 1995 to 2007 |
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Infobox last modified on: January 12th, 2008. |
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Sunday Silence (March 25, 1986 - August 19, 2002) was an English thoroughbred stallion . It was raised from Wishing Well by Halo at Stone Farm , Kentucky . He was an outstanding racehorse in the USA and fought one of the most important duels in horse racing history with his equal Easy Goer . As a stallion he then catapulted the Japanese thoroughbred breed almost single-handedly to the top of the world and became one of the most important sires of all time.
Parentage and rearing
Although his sire Halo (1969-200) is regarded as a very important sire today, Sunday Silence was attributed a bad parentage due to his weak dam line. He also suffered clearly from cow hacking and inherited an extremely misanthropic character from his father. The well-known thoroughbred expert Ted Keefer was horrified when he saw Sunday Silence for the first time and recommended not only the foal, but also the mother to the butcher. At the age of 8 months, Sunday Silence fell ill with a life-threatening bowel disease. As a yearling, he could only be offered in the section for underage yearlings at the 1987 Keeneland auction in Saratoga Springs (New York) . There it caused great problems during the demonstration and was finally bought by Arthur Hancock III , the owner of the Stone Farm, for 17,000 dollars from the oil business grower Tom Tatham just to avoid an image-damaging junk price. Thereupon attempts were unsuccessfully to get rid of the unwanted horse in California. After all, you could sell Charles Whittingham, the leading coach on the West Coast, a 50% stake for $ 25,000. Whittingham did not pay in cash, however, but with training services for Hancock horses. On the return journey from California to Kentucky, the driver of the truck suffered a fatal heart attack with a serious traffic accident as a result. Sunday Silence suffered severe wounds but no breaks. After his discharge from the equine clinic, his character became a little gentler, but he remained a misanthropist throughout his life, which even people who were familiar with him had to be careful of. When he recovered from his injuries, Whittingham took Sunday Silence to training in California and sold half of his 50% stake to his doctor friend, Ernest Gaillard . There Sunday Silence developed into a horror for the work riders. Bill Shoemaker , one of the most successful jockeys of all time and at that time the first jockey at Whittingham's stable, shouted after a test ride: "Don't ever put me on that crazy son of a bitch again, send him back to a farm and get him broke! ". Ultimately Whittingham was the only one who believed in the future of Sunday Silence as a racehorse, and in Pat Valenzuela he found a talented, hungry young jockey who could handle the horse.
Racing career
In 1989 he won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes . He didn't win the American Triple Crown because he was beaten at the Belmont Stakes . However, later in the year he won the Breeders' Cup Classic and was named American Horse of the Year .
Sunday Silence's racing career was shaped by its rivalry with Easy Goer, who became American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt in 1988, beating him eight lengths at the Belmont Stakes. Easy Goer finished second after Sunday Silence in several races: in the Kentucky Derby by two and a half lengths, in the Preakness Stakes by a nose and in the Breeders' Cup Classic by a neck length. Both horses were later elected to the American Hall of Fame.
Breeding career
Sunday Silence was little asked for by American breeders and therefore sold to the Japanese breeder Zenya Yoshida. He was set up for breeding in his Shadai stallion station in Shiraoi, Hokkaido. He was able to win the championship for sire horses in Japan 13 times, surpassing Northern Taste's record. At that time, Japanese horse racing still had a comparatively insular character, which meant that Sunday Silence's breeding success was initially limited to Japan. However, his offspring have won major races around the world in recent years, including Australia, France, Great Britain, Hong Kong, the United States, and Dubai. Anne Peters of The Blood Horse says Sunday Silence found its ideal gene pool in Japan.
Sunday Silence ranks 31st in the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 US Racehorses of the 20th Century .
Successful offspring
| Foaled | Surname | gender | Major wins |
| 1992 | Fuji Kiseki | stallion | Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes |
| 1992 | Genuine | stallion | Satsuki Shō, Mile Championship |
| 1992 | Dance partner | mare | Yushun Himba, Queen Elizabeth II Cup |
| 1992 | Tayasu Tsuyoshi | stallion | Tokyo Yushun |
| 1993 | Bubble Gum Fellow | stallion | Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes, Tennō Shō |
| 1993 | Dance in the Dark | stallion | Kikuka Sho |
| 1994 | Silence Suzuka | stallion | Takarazuka Kinen |
| 1994 | Stay gold | stallion | Hong Kong Vase, Dubai Sheema Classic |
| 1995 | Special Week | stallion | Tokyo Yūshun, Japan Cup , Tennō Shō |
| 1996 | Admire Vega | stallion | Tokyo Yushun |
| 1996 | To the Victory | mare | Queen Elizabeth II Cup |
| 1997 | Agnes Flight | stallion | Tokyo Yushun |
| 1997 | Air Shakur | stallion | Satsuki Sho, Kikuka Sho |
| 1998 | Agnes Tachyon | stallion | Satsuki Sho |
| 1998 | Manhattan Cafe | stallion | Kikuka Shō, Arima Kinen , Tennō Shō |
| 1999 | Durandal | stallion | Mile Championship, Sprinters Stakes |
| 1999 | Gold allure | stallion | February stakes |
| 2000 | Neo Universe | stallion | Satsuki Shō, Tokyo Yūshun |
| 2000 | Still in love | mare | Oka Shō, Yūshun Himba, Shūka Shō |
| 2000 | Zenno Rob Roy | stallion | Japan Cup, Arima Kinen, Tennō Shō |
| 2001 | Daiwa Major | stallion | Mile Championship, Yasuda Kinen, Satsuki Shō, Tennō Shō |
| 2001 | Dance in the Mood | mare | Oka Sho |
| 2001 | Has trick | stallion | Mile Championship, Hong Kong Mile |
| 2001 | Heart's Cry | stallion | Dubai Sheema Classic, Arima Kinen |
| 2001 | Suzuka Mambo | stallion | Tennō Shō |
| 2002 | Deep impact | stallion | Satsuki Shō, Tokyo Yūshun, Kikuka Shō, Japan Cup, Arima Kinen, Takarazuka Kinen, Tennō Shō |
| 2003 | Matsurida Gogh | stallion | Arima Kinen |
Father of sire animals
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Numerous sons of Sunday Silence became significant sires, at least sixteen of his sons have sired Group I winners.
- Fuji Kiseki sired Kane Hekili, Sun Classique (Dubai Sheema Classic), Isla Bonita (Satsuki Shō) and Straight Girl (Victoria Mile, Sprinters Stakes).
- Dance in the Dark sired Delta Blues (Melbourne Cup)
- Stay Gold sired Orfevre, Gold Ship, Dream Journey (Takarazuka Kinen, Arima Kinen), Nakayama Festa, Fenomeno (Tennō Shō), Oju Chosan (Nakayama Grand Jump, Nakayama Daishogai), Red Reveur (Hanshin Juvenile Fillies) and Admire Lead (Victoria Mile).
- Divine Light became the father of Natagora.
- Special Week sired Toho Jackal (Kikuka Sho), Buena Vista and Cesario (Yūshun Himba, American Oaks, dam of Epiphaneia).
- Manhattan Cafe sired Grape Brandy (February Stakes), Hiruno d'Amour (Tenno Sho), Jo Cappuccino (NHK Mile Cup) Red Desire (Shuka Sho) and Queens Ring (Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup).
- Neo Universe sired Unrivaled (Satsuki Shō), Logi Universe (Tokyo Yūshun) and Victoire Pisa. Victoire Pisa in turn sired the Oka Sho winner Jeweler.
- Zenno Rob Roy fathered Saint Emilion (Yūshun Himba)
- Daiwa Major sired Curren Black Hill (NHK Mile Cup) and Major Emblem (Hanshin Juvenile Fillies)
- Hat Trick sired Dabirsim and King David (Jamaica Handicap).
- Deep Impact sired Gentildonna, Kizuna, Harp Star, A Shin Hikari, Makahiki, Beauty Parlor (Poule d'Essai des Pouliches), Ayusan (Oka Sho), Verxina (Victoria Mile), Tosen Ra (Mile Championship), Mikki Isle (NHK Mile Cup), Spielberg (Tennō Shō), Lachesis (Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup), Danon Shark (Mile Championship), Shonan Adela (Hanshin Juvenile Fillies), Danon Platina (Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes), Real Impact (George Ryder Stakes) , Mikki Queen (Yūshun Himba, Shuka Sho), Marialite (Queen Elizabeth II Cup), Real Steel (Dubai Turf), Sinhalite (Yūshun Himba), Vivlos (Shuka Sho) and Satono Diamond (Kikuka Sho, Arima Kinen).
- Suzuka Phoenix fathered Mein Ho O (NHK Mile Cup)
- Gold Allure sired Espoir City (Japan Cup Dirt, February Stakes), Copano Rickey (February Stakes) and Gold Dream (February Stakes).
- Heart's Cry sired Just A Way, Admire Rakti, Nuovo Record (Yūshun Himba) and One And Only (Tokyo Yūshun).
- Black Tide sired Kitasan Black (Kikuka-shō, Tenno Sho, Japan Cup)
- Suzuka Mambo sired Meisho Mambo (Yushun Himba, Shuka Sho, Queen Elizabeth II Cup) and Sambista (Champions Cup)
Pop Culture
In the 2008 horse racing computer game Derby Owners Club by Sega , Sunday Silence is available as a breeding stallion.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Richard Sowers: The Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes: A Comprehensive History . McFarland, Jefferson 2014, ISBN 978-0-7864-7698-5 , pp. 272 ( books.google.com ).
- ^ Leading Sires of Japan . Tbheritage.com. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ^ Anne Peters: Pedigree: Kentucky Derby Winners as Sires . In: The Blood Horse , May 29, 2013.