The rise of Sunday Silence
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What might make him a reasonable choice (for a turf horse) for a race like the Pegasus is because he has speed. If he can handle the brown stuff (over which I would hope O'Brien will try training him before shipping him off to Florida), he has a dangerous combination; speed and stamina.
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What a brilliant and consistent sort Maurice is. I hope he does well at stud.
Also I still can't believe how badly A Shin Hikari has tailed off since his terrific win in the Prix d'Ispahan.
One of these heading off to stud at the height of his career; the other finds retirement almost mercifully.
Also I still can't believe how badly A Shin Hikari has tailed off since his terrific win in the Prix d'Ispahan.
One of these heading off to stud at the height of his career; the other finds retirement almost mercifully.
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I quite enjoyed this article.....and seeing as many of the horses noted have Sunday Silence in their blood...figured I'd share it here. The videos were great
"The lovable racetrack rogues of Japanese racing"
http://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/articl ... ack-rogues
"The lovable racetrack rogues of Japanese racing"
http://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/articl ... ack-rogues
"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway', but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies."
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Awww, those videos are great!!!Retrospectiv wrote:I quite enjoyed this article.....and seeing as many of the horses noted have Sunday Silence in their blood...figured I'd share it here. The videos were great
"The lovable racetrack rogues of Japanese racing"
http://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/articl ... ack-rogues
And I love the idea of ''Red Ribbon Rating''.
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There's a video (horse kicking moron to the ground?) of a blue roan horse being lead on the street, maybe in some sort of a parade. I'm almost positive that the animal is a Gypsy Horse, or Gypsy Cob...and you really have to be incredibly annoying and stupid to aggravate one of those horses enough to kick like that. Even the stallions are very laid back.
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Though most of us I'm sure know his story, I still thought this was a nice article.
http://www.gallop-magazine.com/sunday-silence/
http://www.gallop-magazine.com/sunday-silence/
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Retrospectiv wrote:Though most of us I'm sure know his story, I still thought this was a nice article.
http://www.gallop-magazine.com/sunday-silence/
Thank you for that link---i never tire of reading about the story of Sunday Silence who died nuch too young
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Excellent writing, and the photographs are gorgeous. Thank you for sharing!
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Japanese champion Maurice(JPN) had his retirement ceremony at Nakayama Racecourse on Jan 15th 2017.tachyon wrote:Japanese champion Maurice(JPN), 2011H. Screen Hero(JPN) x Mejiro Frances(JPN) by Carnegie(IRE), signed off his career with an outstanding win overcoming a bad start in the G1 Hong Kong Cup 2000m turf at Sha Tin on Dec 11th 2016.
He will be remembered as one of the greatest Japanese horses!!!
-- replay (English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qwAx-p6tjs
1 2 MAURICE(V605) 2.00.95
2 8 SECRET WEAPON(S217) 2.01.42
3 5 STAPHANOS(T622) 2.01.49
4 6 LOVELY DAY(V631) 2.01.50
5 4 BLAZING SPEED(P192) 2.01.54
6 10 HORSE OF FORTUNE(T118) 2.01.66
7 9 ELLIPTIQUE(A612) 2.01.73
8 3 DESIGNS ON ROME(P270) 2.01.84
9 12 QUEENS RING(A613) 2.02.08
10 1 A SHIN HIKARI(V614) 2.02.18
11 7 GUN PIT(S183) 2.02.35
12 11 HELENE SUPER STAR(S152) 2.03.15
Maurice is now retired from racing.
He will stand at Shadai Stallion Station next year.
Maurice(JPN) 2011H. Screen Hero(JPN) x Mejiro Frances(JPN) by Carnegie(IRE),
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001138240/
18-11-2-1
-- replay of the retirement ceremony, his career highlights, messages from the jockeys J. Moreira and R. Moore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW4C3XxJDUI
he ate carrots and flowers
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Barbara Livingson shared a photo of Sunday Silence I had never seen before -- with Arthur Hancock before he shipped to Japan. The photo was taken by Tony Leonard:
https://twitter.com/TTLColl/status/821739379664285705
https://twitter.com/TTLColl/status/821739379664285705
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That's a beautiful picture I had never seen before.Starine wrote:Barbara Livingson shared a photo of Sunday Silence I had never seen before -- with Arthur Hancock before he shipped to Japan. The photo was taken by Tony Leonard:
https://twitter.com/TTLColl/status/821739379664285705
Thanks for sharing!!
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I'm sure tachyon will have better & more thorough information, but... RIP Gold Allure.
http://bit.ly/2kAdhCp
http://bit.ly/2kAdhCp
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That's devastating news.lurkey mclurker wrote:I'm sure tachyon will have better & more thorough information, but... RIP Gold Allure.
http://bit.ly/2kAdhCp
Gold Allure(JPN) was one of the most influential sons of Sunday Silence(USA) and by far the best successor on the dirt.
And... today... his sons won determinedly both in the G1 February Stakes 1800m dirt and in the Kenturky Derby trial Hyacinth Stakes!!!
It did look like both Gold Dream(JPN) and Epicharis(JPN) knew they had to win to pray for their sire.
Hope they will ship to the US!!!!!
That was certainly a Gold Allure day.
Gold Dream
-- replay of the G1 February Stakes 1600m dirt at Tokyo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p61lWZ6us9g
1st 3 Gold Dream(JPN) (Gold Allure x Mon Vert by French Deputy) C4 57 01:35.1
2nd 9 Best Warrior(USA) (Majestic Warrior x Flirtatious Miss by Mr Greeley) H7 57 01:35.1 NK
3rd 10 Kafuji Take(JPN) (Precise End x Take the Cake by Scan) H5 57 01:35.2 3/4
4th 13 A Shin Bakken(JPN) H5 57 01:35.4 1 1/4
5th 12 Nishiken Mononofu(JPN) H6 57 01:35.6 1 1/4
6th 15 K T Brave(JPN) C4 57 01:35.6 NS
7th 11 Nonkono Yume(JPN) G5 57 01:35.7 NK
8th 1 Sound True(JPN) G7 57 01:35.7 NS
9th 2 White Fugue(JPN) M5 55 01:35.9 1 1/4
10th 7 Brightline(JPN) H8 57 01:36.0 1/2
11th 14 King's Guard(JPN) H6 57 01:36.0 NK
12th 6 Moanin(USA) H5 57 01:36.1 NK
13th 16 Incantation(JPN) H7 57 01:36.5 2 1/2
14th 4 Copano Rickey(JPN) H7 57 01:36.5 NK
15th 5 Asukano Roman(JPN) H6 57 01:36.6 1/2
16th 8 Denim and Ruby(JPN) M7 55 01:36.7 1/2
-- result
http://japanracing.jp/_news2017/pdf/170219.pdf
Epicharis
-- replay of the Hyacinth Stakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggH4drMd8ZM
1st. Epicharis(JPN) C3. Gold Allure(JPN) x Stapes Mithuko(JPN) by Carnegie(IRE)
2nd. Adirato(JPN) C3. Rulership(JPN) x Narita Blue Star(JPN) by Manhattan Cafe(JPN)
3rd. Hypernoba(JPN) C3. I'll Have Another(USA) x Special Queen(JPN) by Special Week(JPN)
-- result
http://umanity.jp/en/racedata/race_21.p ... 1905010809
Gold Allure(JPN) 1999H. Sunday Silence(USA) x Nikiya(USA) by Nureyev(USA)
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000619768/
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Gold Allure is an important stallion. Beautifully bred and a grand-looking horse. Has the news of his passing been confirmed? That one Facebook page does not make it clear.
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The Paulick article about Epicharis' win mentions Gold Allure, so I have to assume it's official.
Epicharis was bred in Japan by Masatsugu Kamada and is by Gold Allure, the recently deceased son of Sunday Silence. He is owned by U Carrot Farm and trained by Kiyoshi Hagiwara, and was ridden to victory by Christophe Lemaire.
Read more: http://www.paulickreport.com/news/tripl ... h-victory/
Epicharis was bred in Japan by Masatsugu Kamada and is by Gold Allure, the recently deceased son of Sunday Silence. He is owned by U Carrot Farm and trained by Kiyoshi Hagiwara, and was ridden to victory by Christophe Lemaire.
Read more: http://www.paulickreport.com/news/tripl ... h-victory/
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It was confirmed by other Japanese Twitter posts as well.
And more from the Japan Times:
And more from the Japan Times:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2017 ... old-dream/Sunday’s victory also turned out to be a fitting tribute to Gold Dream’s sire Gold Allure, who unexpectedly died of heart failure a day earlier.
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Is it strange that we have lost three stallions...Fame and Glory, Lucky Pulpit, Gold Allure...to heart failure within the last week?
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I don't know if we're just more aware of it due to the internet or if this is unusual, but either way, it's very sad.BaroqueAgain1 wrote:Is it strange that we have lost three stallions...Fame and Glory, Lucky Pulpit, Gold Allure...to heart failure within the last week?
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Well, like any other *cough* cardiovascular activity, I suppose breeding can be strenuous and it's not unheard of to lose stallions in/around the process of covering mares. "Older" stallions, at least, those in their teens (which really doesn't seem that old to me, but what do I know)... and when you've had the winter off and breeding season starts up again, a cluster of deaths might seem unusual but essentially be a result of suddenly increased activity.