The rise of Sunday Silence

tachyon · Fri Apr 15, 2022 6:39 pm

Flanders wrote: ↑Fri Apr 15, 2022 3:54 pm
WarEmblemluvr wrote: ↑Fri Apr 15, 2022 10:05 am That's great she had the filly and both are healthy! Was this her first foal? Are there any photos? Are they both staying in the USA? Thanks!
She retired at the end of 2020 and was bred for the first time in 2021, so 2022 was her first foal. I just looked to see if she had a foal. No idea if the owner shares pics or not. Her owner keeps some mares in Kentucky but usually sends the foals to Japan as yearlings.

Yes!
Koji Maeda (North Hills) is likely to send Scarlet Color's 2022 filly to Japan while the mare might continue to stay at Lane's End Farm in the US.
I haven't had any pick of the filly.
Koji Maeda is a leading owner / breeder in Japan who has had the likes of Contrail(JPN), Kizuna(JPN), Heavenly Romance(JPN), Robe Decollete(USA), Lani(USA) etc.
He raced Sunday Break(JPN)(Forty Niner), the 2002 Peter Pan winner & the Belmont 3rd, in the US.

tachyon · Sat Apr 16, 2022 4:38 am

What a run!
What a win!!

Japan's legendary jumper Oju Chosan(JPN), 2011H. Stay Gold(JPN) x Shadow Silhouette(JPN) by Symboli Kris S(USA), won his 6th Nakayama Grand Jump (Jump-G1) 4250m turf at Nakayama to score his 9th Jump-G1 title on April 16th 2022.

The 11yo has won one or more Jump-G1 every year since 2016.
And Stay Gold got JRA's G1 title (including Jump G1s) 14 years in a row, tying his sire Sunday Silence's record.

-- replay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ApCtnxCWrE
1st 7 Oju Chosan(JPN) [Stay Gold(JPN) x Shadow Silhouette(JPN) by Symboli Kris S(USA)] H11 63 04:52.3
2nd 1 Blason d'Amour(JPN) [Deep Impact(JPN) x Medaglia d'Amour(USA) by Medaglia d'Oro(USA)] H7 63 04:52.5 1 1/4
3rd 2 Meiner Leone(JPN) [Stay Gold(JPN) x Wembley(JPN) by Soccer Boy(JPN)] H10 63 04:52.6 1/2
4th 6 Ken Hovawart(JPN) H9 63 04:53.2 3 1/2
5th 8 Village Eagle(JPN) H5 63 04:53.8 3 1/2
6th 4 Satono Pursuit(JPN) H5 63 04:54.4 3 1/2
7th 5 Meiner Prompt(JPN) G10 63 04:57.1 DS
8th 9 Kitano Teio(JPN) H7 63 04:58.1 6
9th 3 My Sunshine(JPN) H6 63 04:58.2 NK

-- JRA review
''Oju Chosan Proves Invincible with Sixth Nakayama Grand Jump Victory''
https://japanracing.jp/_news2022/pdf/220416.pdf

Mylute · Sat Apr 16, 2022 9:03 am

Someone please stand that horse

BaroqueAgain1 · Sat Apr 16, 2022 5:43 pm

In any other country, a field of jumpers would be almost all geldings, with a few mares. But in Japan, that whole field was comprised of intact horses, with only 10yo Meiner Prompt being gelded. Such a difference in the way male horses are treated, with the Japanese apparently feeling that gelding a good racehorse does not make him better.

tachyon · Sat Apr 16, 2022 9:56 pm

“I can’t find any words to express how great he is. Last time out in the Nakayama Daishogai, we were running away from Blason d'Amour but this time was the other way around. I was confident though that we would be able to out-finish our rival,” commented Shinichi Ishigami.

That's definitely a historic victory by the 11yo champion and the racegoers in Japan are very happy about his achievement.
Many said they got to tears watching his gutsy victory.
In UK, it seems that there was a 15yo who won the Grand National.
Will Oju Chosan go for the all-time world record? (I'm just kidding, haha!)

I'm now convinced that Oju Chosan will be the first jump horse to be inducted into the Japan's Hall of Fame since Grand Marchs(JPN)1966H, when he retires from racing.
He is the hero!!

tachyon · Tue May 03, 2022 10:31 pm

Glint Of Hope(JPN), 2018F. Deep Impact(JPN) x Sacred Sight(GB) by Fastnet Rock(AUS), won the G1 Australian Oaks 2000m turf at Morphettville on April 30th 2022.

-- replay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VddVX1yAsE

-- from racenet.com.au
''Trainer’s cancer fight gets lift by Glint Of Hope''
https://www.racenet.com.au/news/austral ... e-20220430

Glint of Hope(JPN)
https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001302358/

tachyon · Sat May 14, 2022 12:03 am

Punta do Iguassu(BRZ), 2019F. Hat Trick(JPN) x Redencao(BRZ) by inexplicable(USA), won the G1 Grande Premio Joao Cecilio Ferraz 1500m turf at Cidade Jardim on May 13th 2022, extending her unbeaten record to three races.
That's the third G1 victory in Brazil for the sire Hat Trick(JPN)(Sunday Silence).

photo: https://elturf.com/noticias-ver?id_articulo=37091

-- replay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmW8aejTX-4
1st. (#4) Punta do Iguassu(BRZ) (Hat Trick)

brunanas · Sun May 15, 2022 8:39 pm

struggling to quote this properly, oof. but this is a response to tachyon's post above, just copied the picture to make my job easier lol

god why don't we have racehorse keychains and plushies in the USA? it would sell like water. i might be plushie obsessed and all but you can't tell me people wouldn't flock over to racetracks to grab a plushie of their favorite famous horse... i ordered a Daring Tact one a few days ago. i just really wish we had something of the sort in the USA. say plushies of the 13 Triple Crown winners selling on TC hosting racetracks. would bring a younger audience into the sport (because what kid doesn't love a cute plushie???) and be a cool way of advertisement in partner shops outside of racetracks.

tachyon · Mon May 16, 2022 7:43 am

brunanas wrote: ↑Sun May 15, 2022 8:39 pm god why don't we have racehorse keychains and plushies in the USA? it would sell like water. i might be plushie obsessed and all but you can't tell me people wouldn't flock over to racetracks to grab a plushie of their favorite famous horse... i ordered a Daring Tact one a few days ago. i just really wish we had something of the sort in the USA. say plushies of the 13 Triple Crown winners selling on TC hosting racetracks. would bring a younger audience into the sport (because what kid doesn't love a cute plushie???) and be a cool way of advertisement in partner shops outside of racetracks.

I know that her Triple Tiara version plushie was a hot seller!!

Racing may need a broader fan base wherever we are.
It looks like JRA sometimes does the right thing.

tachyon · Tue May 17, 2022 9:06 am

-- from DRF
''Ivar returns to training after missing Maker's Mark Mile and Turf Classic''
https://www.drf.com/news/ivar-returns-t ... rf-classic

Hopefully we will see Ivar run in the Million which will be run for the first time at CD!!

I was wondering what's happened to him when I saw him scratched from the Turf Classic on the Derby Day.

Private Thoughts · Wed May 18, 2022 3:04 pm

They are not plushies but Ty Beanie Babies used to sell thoroughbreds, My husband has bought me Barbaro, Secretariat and Smarty Jones so far. They also have Street Sense.

https://tycollector.com/beanies/bb-imag ... 0697-2.jpg

https://www.tycollector.com/beanies/bar ... -40464.htm

Gemini · Fri May 20, 2022 2:19 pm

Private Thoughts wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 3:04 pm They are not plushies but Ty Beanie Babies used to sell thoroughbreds, My husband has bought me Barbaro, Secretariat and Smarty Jones so far. They also have Street Sense.

https://tycollector.com/beanies/bb-imag ... 0697-2.jpg

https://www.tycollector.com/beanies/bar ... -40464.htm

I have the Barbaro and the generic "Derby 133" plushies.

brunanas · Mon May 23, 2022 12:16 am

Express Moon (Agnes Gold - Very Nice Moon, by Nedawi {GB}) debuted in absolutely smashing fashion at Cidade Jardim (BRZ) Saturday. went 5F in 56.29. promising colt.
https://youtu.be/QVVk28DZWgU

tachyon · Mon May 23, 2022 9:46 am

brunanas wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 12:16 am Express Moon (Agnes Gold - Very Nice Moon, by Nedawi {GB}) debuted in absolutely smashing fashion at Cidade Jardim (BRZ) Saturday. went 5F in 56.29. promising colt.
https://youtu.be/QVVk28DZWgU

Thanks for the heads-up!!
I hope that this regally-bred colt will continue to do well!

tachyon · Sun May 29, 2022 7:09 am

The 2021 JRA champion juvenile colt Do Deuce(JPN), 2019C. Heart's Cry(JPN) x Dust and Diamonds(USA) by VIndication(USA), won the G1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) 2400m turf Tokyo setting a new race record at 2:21.9 on May 29th 2022.
His dam Dust and Diamonds was the multiple graded stakes winner in the US.
His jockey Yutaka Take scored his record-extending sixth Derby title including Special Week (1998), Admire Vega (1999), Tanino Gimlet (2002), Deep Impact (2005), Kizuna (2013) and Do Deuce (2022).
And that's the second Japanese Derby victory for the sire Heart's Cry(JPN)(Sunday Silence) following One and Only (2014).

Heart’s Cry has been retired from stud duty and pensioned at Shadai SS since last year.

-- replay (English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w8n3_-Lsgs

1st 13 Do Deuce(JPN) [Heart's Cry(JPN) x Dust and Diamonds(USA) by Vindication(USA)] C3 57 02:21.9 record!
2nd 18 Equinox(JPN) [Kitasan Black(JPN) x Chateau Blanche(JPN) by King Halo(JPN)] C3 57 02:21.9 NK
3rd 3 Ask Victor More(JPN) [Deep Impact(JPN) x Kartica(GB) by Rainbow Quest(USA)] C3 57 02:22.2 2
4th 12 Danon Beluga(JPN) C3 57 02:22.3 NK
5th 6 Pradaria(JPN) C3 57 02:22.8 3
6th 16 Killer Ability(JPN) C3 57 02:22.9 3/4
7th 15 Geoglyph(JPN) C3 57 02:22.9 NS
8th 7 Onyankopon(JPN) C3 57 02:23.0 1/2
9th 9 Justin Palace(JPN) C3 57 02:23.2 1 1/4
10th 8 Be Astonished(JPN) C3 57 02:23.5 1 3/4
11th 2 Seiun Hades(JPN) C3 57 02:23.9 2 1/2
12th 1 Ask Wild More(JPN) C3 57 02:24.0 3/4
13th 4 Matenro Leo(JPN) C3 57 02:24.0 NS
14th 17 Lord les Ailes(JPN) C3 57 02:24.0 NS
15th 14 Desierto(JPN) C3 57 02:24.0 NK
16th 11 Justin Rock(JPN) C3 57 02:24.7 4
17th 10 Matenro Orion(JPN) C3 57 02:25.9 7
18th 5 Piece of Eight(JPN) C3 57 02:29.1 DS

Do Deuce(JPN)
https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001312226/
6: 4-1-1

-- JRA review
''Do Deuce Prevails in Second Classics—Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby)''
https://japanracing.jp/_news2022/pdf/220529.pdf

brunanas · Mon May 30, 2022 1:21 am

tachyon wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 7:09 am 7th 15 Geoglyph(JPN) C3 57 02:22.9 NS
9th 9 Justin Palace(JPN) C3 57 02:23.2 1 1/4
16th 11 Justin Rock(JPN) C3 57 02:24.7 4

i was expecting a lot more from these ones. it was an incredible race nonetheless, and that time? freakish!!!

ThreeMustangs · Mon May 30, 2022 8:06 am

Private Thoughts wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 3:04 pm They are not plushies but Ty Beanie Babies used to sell thoroughbreds, My husband has bought me Barbaro, Secretariat and Smarty Jones so far. They also have Street Sense.

https://tycollector.com/beanies/bb-imag ... 0697-2.jpg

https://www.tycollector.com/beanies/bar ... -40464.htm

Not plushies, either, but I do have bobble heads of the 70s TC winners.

Flanders · Wed Jun 08, 2022 4:07 am

https://theownerbreeder.com/features/ja ... evolution/

Great article. Starts with a focus on Sunday Silence but branches out to include other stallions later. Also how the JBBA doesn't like to bring in too many stallions from the same lines and likes to keep diversity in their stallions lines. At the end they even threw in a pic of Johannesburg enjoying life as a pensioner.

Miss Woodford · Wed Jun 08, 2022 12:55 pm

Flanders wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 4:07 am https://theownerbreeder.com/features/ja ... evolution/

Great article. Starts with a focus on Sunday Silence but branches out to include other stallions later. Also how the JBBA doesn't like to bring in too many stallions from the same lines and likes to keep diversity in their stallions lines. At the end they even threw in a pic of Johannesburg enjoying life as a pensioner.

20-year-old Silent Name boasts the distinction of being the only son of Sunday Silence currently in service outside of Japan.

AFAIK King's Trail is still around in Italy. https://www.allevamentorenaccino.it/sta ... nglese.php

Flanders · Wed Jun 08, 2022 2:51 pm

Miss Woodford wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 12:55 pm
Flanders wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 4:07 am https://theownerbreeder.com/features/ja ... evolution/

Great article. Starts with a focus on Sunday Silence but branches out to include other stallions later. Also how the JBBA doesn't like to bring in too many stallions from the same lines and likes to keep diversity in their stallions lines. At the end they even threw in a pic of Johannesburg enjoying life as a pensioner.

20-year-old Silent Name boasts the distinction of being the only son of Sunday Silence currently in service outside of Japan.
AFAIK King's Trail is still around in Italy. https://www.allevamentorenaccino.it/sta ... nglese.php

Yeah I questioned that and that no Heart's Cry sons, besides Yoshida, are outside of Japan but its not that easy to search for that stuff. Some countries just don't advertise their stallions.