The rise of Sunday Silence

[Sparrow Castle]

camilla yakteen @camillayakteen
48m48 minutes ago
Found this photo, taken by Candace Rushing, while spring cleaning our office today. What a gem! Charlie and Sunday Silence. Now on wall!

[lurkey mclurker]

That is a fabulous photo. Wow. *hugs it*

[lurkey mclurker]

homan @hcm0501
16h 16 hours ago

Bullet Liner, son of Sunday Silence, is now retired and he is the last Sunday Slience offspring running in JPN.
He mainly participated the races in MIZUSAWA racecourse (NAR) since 2008
#KEIBA #Finally

Amazing.

Tabulated Race Record
Year Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Other Earnings(JPY)
2004 4 1 1 1 1 8,800,000
2005 4 0 0 0 4 1,000,000
2006 6 0 0 1 5 1,900,000
2007 6 0 1 0 5 4,100,000
2008 7 0 1 0 6 230,000
2009 17 1 0 2 14 500,000
2010 16 5 3 2 6 1,290,000
2011 15 1 2 1 11 593,000
2012 17 2 0 5 10 503,000
2013 20 3 0 2 15 639,000
2014 19 4 3 4 8 669,000
2015 23 2 3 6 12 432,000
2016 12 2 4 0 6 297,000
2017 11 0 0 0 11 0
2018 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 178 21 18 24 115 20,953,000

[Starine]

Incredible. I had no idea he had any offspring still running. And 178 starts!

[Ridan_Remembered]

camilla yakteen @camillayakteen
48m48 minutes ago
Found this photo, taken by Candace Rushing, while spring cleaning our office today. What a gem! Charlie and Sunday Silence. Now on wall!

Oh wow! Does that ever bring back memories. Golden SoCal days at Santa Anita and Hollywood Park. 1989...Sunday won the Derby and Preakness in the Spring. Secretariat died that October 4th. Sunday was named 3-year-old champion and HOTY. The great Bayakoa, trained by Ron McAnally, was named champion older female. Terrific year for SoCal racing. I began what would become a 25-year career in the auto industry. And my beloved German Wirehaired Pointer littermates, Annabelle and Wolf, were born on November 9th. The Berlin Wall came down that same day, November 9th. A momentous year for the world, horse racing, and for me personally.

By the way, laminitis took the lives of Secretariat, Sunday Silence and Bayakoa. When Red died, Penny Chenery rallied the industry, through the Grayson-Jockey Club Foundation, to work toward a cure. Today it was announced that laminitis survivor Lady Eli has been retired and will be bred to War Front. Laminitis survivor Paynter is at stud, and more horses are surviving this horrible disease. Yep, 1989 was a momentous year.

[lurkey mclurker]

wowzers

Jess Samy @Frankel1313
9h 9 hours ago

Sunday Silence's doppelganger Glory Vase !
Glory Vase (above) is by Deep Impact and is a grandson of Sunday Silence (below)

Uncanny markings !

[Starine]

Wow. That's quite remarkable!

[BaroqueAgain1]

There's a conversation going on over in the What does "stamp his get" mean? thread, and IMHO Sunday' really did do that.
When you can see a grandson of a stallion that looks like his twin, I'd say Sunday' was stamping them like he was minting coins.

[barbaro111]

camilla yakteen @camillayakteen
48m48 minutes ago
Found this photo, taken by Candace Rushing, while spring cleaning our office today. What a gem! Charlie and Sunday Silence. Now on wall!

Great and touching photo

[Ridan_Remembered]

There's a conversation going on over in the What does "stamp his get" mean? thread, and IMHO Sunday' really did do that.
When you can see a grandson of a stallion that looks like his twin, I'd say Sunday' was stamping them like he was minting coins.

Yes, this is a great example of stamping them.

[tachyon]

It looks like Deep Sky(JPN)(Agnes Tachyon) has found his successor, as his 4yo colt Clincher(JPN) scored his first graded victory in the G2 Kyoto Kinen 2200m turf at Kyoto on Feb 11th 2018 beating four G1 winners including the 2017 Derby winner Rey de Oro(JPN)(King Kamehameha).

Deep Sky(JPN), 2005H. Agnes Tachyon(JPN) x Abi(GB) by Chief's Crown(USA), was the winner of the Japanese Derby in 2008.


replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8sgW5aEncA
Clincher(JPN): 2014C. Deep Sky(JPN) x The Fates(JPN) by Brian's Time(USA) 8-3-1-0
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001184463/


Deep Sky(JPN): 2005H. Agnes Tachyon(JPN) x Abi(GB) by Chief's Crown(USA)
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000891931/
standing at East Stud, Japan

[Ridan_Remembered]

Deep Sky is a gorgeous horse. Nice to see a grandson of not only Sunday Silence, but Chief's Crown doing well at stud. Chief's Crown was on his way to an excellent stud career when sadly he died at just 15.

[lurkey mclurker]

That's a terrific win over some formidable rivals - the field included Al Ain, Deirdre, Mozu Katchan as well as Rey de Oro.

[tachyon]

Nonkono Yume(JPN), 2012G. Twining(USA) x Nonko(JPN) by Agnes Tachyon(JPN), won his first G1 title in the February Stakes 1600m dirt at Tokyo on Feb 18th 2018, improving his record to 21-8-4-1.
The gelding became the first G1 winner for the sire Twining(USA) who had died in 2015, as well as for the broodmare sire Agnes Tachyon(JPN) who had died in 2009.

http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001153787/



-- replay (English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHie8R4ps0g
1st 12 Nonkono Yume(JPN) [Twining(USA) x Nonko(JPN) by Agnes Tachyon(JPN)] G6 57 01:36.0
2nd 14 Gold Dream(JPN) [Gold Allure(JPN) x Mon Vert(JPN) by French Deputy(USA)] H5 57 01:36.0 NK
3rd 6 Incantation(JPN) [Sinister Minister(USA) x Original Spin(IRE) by Machiavellian(USA)]H8 57 01:36.1 NK
4th 16 Sunrise Nova(JPN) C4 57 01:36.6 3
5th 13 Let's Go Donki(JPN) M6 55 01:36.7 1/2
6th 9 King's Guard(JPN) H7 57 01:36.7 NS
7th 8 Meisho Sumitomo(JPN) H7 57 01:37.1 2 1/2
8th 5 Sound True(JPN) G8 57 01:37.5 2 1/2
9th 4 Awardee(USA) H8 57 01:37.6 NK
10th 15 Best Warrior(USA) H8 57 01:37.6 NK
11th 2 K T Brave(JPN) H5 57 01:37.7 1/2
12th 10 T M Jinsoku(JPN) H6 57 01:37.9 3/4
13th 3 Nobo Baccara(JPN) H6 57 01:38.3 2 1/2
14th 11 London Town(JPN) H5 57 01:38.5 1 1/2
15th 7 Lalabel(JPN) M6 55 01:38.8 1 3/4
16th 1 Nishiken Mononofu(JPN) H7 57 01:39.0 1 1/4

-- JRA report
http://japanracing.jp/_news2018/pdf/180218.pdf

[tachyon]

-- from Breederscup.com

Press Release
''Nonkono Yume (JPN) wins the G1 February Stakes and gains first automatic berth for the Breeders Cup Classic''


http://www.breederscup.com/article/nonk ... berth-2018





That was the first G1 win in nearly 4 years for the veteran jockey Hiroyuki Uchida.

[tachyon]

in Australia;

Brave Smash(JPN), 2013H. Tosen Phantom(JPN) x Tosen Smash(JPN) by Tokai Teio(JPN), won his first G1 title in the Futurity Stakes 1400m turf at Caulfield on Feb 24th 2018. !!!
Tosen Phantom is a son of Neo Universe(JPN).
Japanese imports quinella as Tosen Stardom(JPN), 2011H. Deep Impact(JPN) x Admire Kirameki(JPN) by End Sweep(USA), finished second.
Thanks Craig Williams for the perfect irde, too!!



-- replay of the G1 Futurity Stakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClEkoGF7BcI


That's wonderful news for the Neo Universe branch, as Tosen Phantom(JPN)(Neo Universe) became Sunday Silence's 3rd grandson to sire a G1 winner following Victoire Pisa(JPN)(by Neo Universe, sire of Jeweller) and Orfevre(JPN) (by Stay Gold, sire of Lucky Lilac).

And I adore Brave Smash's pedigree, in whch we can find many familiar names that contributed to the Japanese racing in the past.

First of all, Scarlet Ink(USA) is one of Shadai's greatest foundation broodmares, whom Zenya Yoshida introduced to Japan in 1973.
We can see a 4x4 Northern Taste(CAN), Real Shadai(USA), and Japan's superstar Tokai Teio(JPN) by Symboli Rudolf(JPN) in his 5 generations.
Birthday Rose(JPN) is a 1/2 sister to the stallions Agnes Gold(JPN) and Fusaichi Zenon(JPN), both of whom stood in the states.


Tosen Phantom(JPN): 2007H. Neo Universe(JPN) x Birthday Rose(JPN) by Tony Bin(IRE)

standing at Arrow Stud, Japan
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001171106/


Neo Universe(JPN): 2000H. Sunday Silence(USA) x Pointed Path(GB) by Kris(GB)

standing at Lex Stud
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000701577/

[Ridan_Remembered]

Great looking stallions. What I especially like about that pedigree is almost completely free of the lines we see so often in the US. I believe it is important to keep the gene pool as broad as possible.

[Starine]

Great looking stallions. What I especially like about that pedigree is almost completely free of the lines we see so often in the US. I believe it is important to keep the gene pool as broad as possible.

It really is a unique pedigree. And I like that the dam side has several names I haven't seen in a while like Symboli Rudolph and his son Tokai Teio, as well as prominent Japanese imports like Real Shadai and Northern Taste.

[tachyon]

Great looking stallions. What I especially like about that pedigree is almost completely free of the lines we see so often in the US. I believe it is important to keep the gene pool as broad as possible.

It really is a unique pedigree. And I like that the dam side has several names I haven't seen in a while like Symboli Rudolph and his son Tokai Teio, as well as prominent Japanese imports like Real Shadai and Northern Taste.

-- from TDN
''Luck On Smash's Side''

Pedigree Notes:

Brave Smash, who has a yearling full-sister waiting in the wings, hails from the extended family of Japanese champion miler and successful sire Daiwa Major (Jpn) (Sunday Silence), who appears under the fourth dam alongside his half-sister, the champion filly and G1 Arima Kinen winner Daiwa Scarlet (Jpn) (Agnes Tachyon {Jpn}).

And, yes!!!! this is the first time Tokai Teio(JPN) made his mark in the G1 race as a broodmare sire.
I'm pretty sure that many old-Japanese-fans are thrilled with Brave Smash's success and now hoping he will be a stallion in Austaralia.
Tokai Teio is remembered as one of the most popular horses of all-time in the Japanese racing history.
The son of Symboli Rudolf(JPN) experienced a lot of setbacks and injuries during his racing career.
But he overcame all those diffiiculties.



Here below is the video of the 1993 Arima Kinen which is widely known as the ''Tokai Teio's miraculous comeback''.
He won his final race off a 364 days layoff nailing the race-favorite Biwa Hayahide(JPN).

-- replay of the 1993 Arima Kinen (G1) <--- please listen to the roar of 150,000 fans at Nakayama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEVj0CYb9TA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqEI8KPu_Ts

-- chart of the 1993 Arima Kinen (G1)
http://www.jbis.jp/race/result/19931226 ... 1513605161

-- Tokai Teio's race record
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000207623/record/

Tokai Teio(JPN) [1988 - 2013]

http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000207623/

[Ridan_Remembered]

Wow to those two races you linked the videos for, Tachyon. Spectacular.