Sunday Silence

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TapitsGal
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Sat Oct 09, 2021 1:38 am

I've always wondered does anyone know what Sunday Silence temperament was like being sired by Halo? I always wondered if Halo ever passed his personality on
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Private Thoughts
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Sat Oct 09, 2021 5:27 am

From a Dec 14,2011 Sporting Post article,

Another famous stallion, best described as vicious, was Halo. A horse who constantly wore a muzzle, Halo passed on much of his fire to his great sun, Sunday Silence. The latter was said to have “a belligerent temper” while Halo attacked a number of grooms during his years at stud.
Sunday Silence’s groom, Naoki Sarota, described the champion as “very aggressive…it is a miracle that we both have all our body parts in tact.”

Famed US trainer, Charlie Whittingham, said of the Halo progeny,”Halo is a pretty mean sucker…all his sons and daughters are a little that way. Sunday Silence is very fiery… Goodbye Halo (won Kentucky Oaks) is a little cranky and she’ll kick the brains out of you.”
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Gemini
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Thu Oct 14, 2021 12:44 pm

Ray Paulick's book about Sunday Silence describes more than one instance of his temper. On the other hand, don't think he was as bad as Halo.
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