The rise of Sunday Silence

[Northport]

Stay Gold(JPN), sire of triple crown winner Orfevre and some other standouts, died suddenly today at Breeders Stallion Station. Stay Gold was the first son of Sunday Silence to win Group 1 race outside of Japan. And, like his sire Sunday Silence(USA), he was the most unlikely hero especiialy at stud.
Even after his death, he will continue to be one of the most prominent flag-bearers, if not the best, for the Sunday Silence's sireline.
Stay Gold didn't get best group of mares till fairly recently. But he managed to sire excellent boys who are already or will be at stud --- Dream Journey, Nakayama Festa, Orfevre, Fenomeno, Gold Ship.
May he rest in peace.

2001 Dubai Sheema Classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_5PblYnOx8
1st. (#6) Stay Gold(JPN)
2nd. (#9) Fantastic Light(USA)
3rd. (#5) Silvano(GER)

2001 Hong Kong Vase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W113zq1i24
1st. (#14) Stay Gold(JPN)
2nd. (#12) Ekraar(USA)
3rd. (#7) Indigenous(IRE)





Stay Gold(JPN) 1994H. Sunday Silence(USA) x Golden Sash(JPN) by Dictus(FR)
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000286968/

Paca Paca Farm ‏@PacaPacaFarm 55m55 minutes ago
The only mare that Stay Gold covered this season before passing away this month, Elaine(King Kamehameha) has been confirmed in foal.

[Starine]

How interesting. One final crop of a single foal. Hope it's a good one.

[Northport]

Tachyon, do you know when the covering season begins in Japan? I know that in North America the standard is usually around February 14th, but if Stay Gold covered that mare before his death, it must have been pretty early in the year.

[tachyon]

Tachyon, do you know when the covering season begins in Japan? I know that in North America the standard is usually around February 14th, but if Stay Gold covered that mare before his death, it must have been pretty early in the year.

I believe that the covering season begins on around February 10th in Japan (opening date may vary among stud farms). But there can be some mares who visit busiest stallions earlier than that.
Stay Gold(JPN) covered Elaine(JPN) on February 5th this year and passed away on the same day.

How interesting. One final crop of a single foal. Hope it's a good one.

Elaine(JPN) is a 1/2 sister to G1 winner Sadamu Patek(JPN).
Hope his final crop will be a good one, too!!

Elaine(JPN)
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001136629/pedigree/

[tachyon]

During the race!? If that's so, it's pretty amazing that he won. Hope he recovers completely.

Copano Rickey is believed to have broken his leg during the race.
Fortunately it doesn't sound like a career-threatening injury.
Let's hope we will see him come back in the G1 Champions Cup in December!

[Flanders]

Tachyon, do you know when the covering season begins in Japan? I know that in North America the standard is usually around February 14th, but if Stay Gold covered that mare before his death, it must have been pretty early in the year.

I believe that the covering season begins on around February 10th in Japan (opening date may vary among stud farms). But there can be some mares who visit busiest stallions earlier than that.

I think the US is exactly the same. They open closer to February 10th but if you want your mare to be bred a few days earlier, they will accommodate you.

[tachyon]

Shonan Adela(JPN), 2012F. Deep Impact(JPN) x Always Willing(USA) by Elusive Quality(USA), won the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies 1600m turf at Hanshin on Dec 14 2014 extending her win streak to three.

-- replay of the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwg9U5WNVCI
1st 16 Shonan Adela(JPN)(Deep Impact x Always Willing by Elusive Quality) F2 54 01:34.4
2nd 11 Let's Go Donki(JPN)(King Kamehameha x Marutoku by Marvelous Sunday) F2 54 01:34.5
3rd 4 Kokorono Ai(JPN)(Stay Gold x Beauty Song by Danehill) F2 54 01:34.6
4th 18 Moon Express(JPN) F2 54 01:34.7
5th 3 Alma Ondina(JPN) F2 54 01:34.7
6th 5 Smart Planet(JPN) F2 54 01:35.2
7th 15 Leopardina(JPN) F2 54 01:35.3
8th 1 Roca(JPN) F2 54 01:35.4
9th 8 Omi Alice(JPN) F2 54 01:35.5
10th 13 Caught Charmant(JPN) F2 54 01:35.6
11th 14 Daiwa Proper(JPN) F2 54 01:35.6
12th 12 Kabosuchan(JPN) F2 54 01:35.9
13th 17 Danon Gracias(JPN) F2 54 01:36.0
14th 10 Cool Hotarubi(JPN) F2 54 01:36.3
15th 9 Arrow Silver(JPN) F2 54 01:36.6
16th 2 Effect(JPN) F2 54 01:36.8
17th 6 Tosen Lark(JPN) F2 54 01:37.0
18th 7 Akari Idol(JPN) F2 54 01:37.3




Shonan Adela
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001157731/

Champion juvenile filly Shonan Adela sustained a bone fracture while preparing for her showdown with Rouge Buck (Manhattan Cafe x Ginger Punch) and others in the G1 Oka Sho.
It will take 6 months+ for full recovery.

[tachyon]

Real Impact(JPN), 2008H. Deep Impact(JPN) x Tokio Reality(USA) by Meadowlake(USA), wins the G1 George Ryder Stakes 1500m turf at Rosehill in Australia on March 21st 2015.!!





-- race replay
http://racing.racingnsw.com.au/FreeFiel ... FullReplay

Real Impact
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001088812/
26-5-4-2

[tachyon]

Thanks for the links. To The World is a seriously good-looking horse.

You are welcome!

To the World is now one of the Sunday Silence grandsons who will be aimed at the Australian G1 races this year, following the success of Hana's Goal (Orewa Matteruze) and Admire Rakti (Heart's Cry) last year.

Real Impact(JPN)(H7. Deep Impact x Tokio Reality) --> Doncaster Mile
World Ace(JPN)(H6. Deep Impact x Mandela) --> Doncaster Mile
Logotype(JPN)(H5. Lohengrin x Stereotype) --> Queen Elizabeth Stakes
To the World(JPN)(C4. King Kamehameha x To the Victory) --> Queen Eloizabeth Stakes
Tosen Stardom(JPN)(C4. Deep Impact x Admire Kirameki) --> Queen Elizabeth Stakes

To the World(JPN) finished 2nd in the G1 BMW Stakes 2400m turf at Rosehill on Saturday.

That was a nice effort by him in his first try in Australlia, but it seems that his dam To the Victory(JPN) is really struggling to produce her first G1 winner, haha.
That was To the World's third runner-up finish in the G1 races. His brother To the Glory was a placed in the G1, too. I hope that he will break through next time out in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes!

-- replay of the BMW Stakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MoQJUjKzDg

[tachyon]

Kermadec(NZ), C3 Teofilo(IRE) x Hy Fuji(AUS) by Fuji Kiseki(JPN), bursts through the pack to win the G1 Doncaster Mile (the world's richest mile race) on April 6th 2015.
Real Impact(JPN), H7. Deep Impact(JPN) x Tokio Reality(USA) by Meadowlake(USA), finishes second.
Go Sunday Silence(USA) Go!!!

-- replay of the Doncaster Miler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOXJtYg ... e=youtu.be

Kermadec(NZ)



Real Impact(JPN)


http://www.racingandsports.com.au/en/ra ... ory-329629

[tachyon]

Marvelous Sunday(JPN), as a broodmare sire, was represented by his first G1 winner, when Let's Go Donki(JPN) won in the Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) 1600 m turf at Hanshin on April 12th 2015.

-- replay of the Oka Sho 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYre3Ue6218
1st 6 Let's Go Donki(JPN)(King Kamehameha x Marutoku by Marvelous Sunday) 01:36.0
2nd 7 Culminar(JPN)(Deep Impact x Cursora by Candy Stripes) 01:36.7 4
3rd 1 Contessa Thule(JPN)(Deep Impact x Air Thule by Tony Bin) 01:36.8 3/4
4th 13 Queens Ring(JPN) 01:36.8 NS
5th 3 Not Formal(JPN) 01:36.9 1/2
6th 9 Andriette(JPN) 01:36.9 NS
7th 11 Cat Coin(JPN) 01:36.9 NK
8th 10 Earthrise(JPN) 01:36.9 NS
9th 8 Rouge Buck(JPN) 01:37.0 NK
10th 15 Kokorono Ai(JPN) 01:37.0 NS
11th 17 Leopardina(JPN) 01:37.1 3/4
12th 14 Tenderly Voice(JPN) 01:37.1 NK
13th 5 Perfica(JPN) 01:37.2 1/2
14th 2 Moon Express(JPN) 01:37.3 1/2
15th 12 Loaded(JPN) 01:37.4 3/4
16th 16 Meisho Meigetsu(JPN) 01:37.4 NS
17th 4 Tosen Lark(JPN) 01:37.5 NK
18th 18 Cool Hotarubi(JPN) 01:37.5 NK

Marvelous Sunday(JPN), champion older horse while he was racing, has now been pensioned after standing at Yushun Stalllion Station.

Marvelous Sunday(JPN) - 1992H. Sunday Silence(USA) x Momiji Dancer(JPN) by Viceregal(CAN)
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000256512/


http://keiba.vis.ne.jp/768/showimage.php?hid=222&size=3


Let's Go Donki(JPN) - 2012F. King Kamehameha(JPN) x Marutoku(JPN) by Marvelous Sunday(JPN)
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001152102/

[BaroqueAgain1]

I got to see the race, and she just ran them off their feet. Nice-looking, strong filly, but...what an unfortunate name.
Is it possible that her owners don't know what a 'donkey' is?

[lurkey mclurker]

Tachyon posted in the Oka Sho thread that the owners took her name from a quote from Don Quixote... "donqui" would've been cuter though.

[tachyon]

I got to see the race, and she just ran them off their feet. Nice-looking, strong filly, but...what an unfortunate name.
Is it possible that her owners don't know what a 'donkey' is?

Tachyon posted in the Oka Sho thread that the owners took her name from a quote from Don Quixote... "donqui" would've been cuter though.

Yes, the filly has been named after Don Quixote.
As for 'donkey', I would guess that her owner knew that a 'donkey' is an equus animal in English.
The English word 'donkey' is a common word even for the Japanese people who is not good at English.
But I guess that her owner does NOT know what a 'donkey' means to be for the horseracing fans in the Western world.
And I have got to agree that this talented King Kamehameha filly has an unfortunate name, haha!

Let's Go Donki has now been cross nominated to the NHK Mile (G1 1600m 3yo, May 10) and the Japanese Oaks (G1 2400m 3yof, May 24).

[firehorse]

I was rooting for her cause I thought it meant 'Donkey', I think it's cute. But then again when my horses coat is bleached out everyone tells me they think she looks like a mule but I think she's adorable

[tachyon]

Admire Groove(JPN) became the 24th Sunday Silence's daughter to produce G1 winner, as her final foal Duramente(JPN)(2012 colt by King Kamehameha) won in the G1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) at Nakayama 2000m turf on April 19th 2015.

-- replay of the Satsuki Sho 2015 (English)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjL3h2Bo9G4

1st 2 Duramente(JPN)(King Kamehameha x Admire Groove by Sunday Silence) C3 01:58.2
2nd 5 Real Steel(JPN)(Deep Impact x Loves Only Me by Storm Cat) C3 01:58.4 1 1/2
3rd 7 Kitasan Black(JPN)(Black Tide x Sugar Heart by Sakura Bakushin O) C3 01:58.8 2 1/2
4th 1 Bright Emblem(JPN) C3 01:58.8 HD
5th 14 Clarity Sky(JPN) C3 01:58.9 1/2
6th 8 Satono Crown(JPN) C3 01:58.9 NS
7th 9 Musee Alien(JPN) C3 01:59.0 NK
8th 11 Danon Liberty(JPN) C3 01:59.1 1/2
9th 3 Spirits Minoru(JPN) C3 01:59.3 1 1/2
10th 13 Komet(JPN) C3 01:59.5 1 1/4
11th 15 Danon Platina(JPN) C3 01:59.5 HD
12th 10 Beruf(JPN) C3 01:59.8 1 3/4
13th 6 Tagano Espresso(JPN) C3 02:00.1 1 3/4
14th 12 Bell Lap(JPN) C3 02:01.4 8
15th 4 Wonder Atleta(JPN) C3 02:02.1 4

Duramente(JPN) : 2012C. King Kamehameha(JPN) x Admire Groove(JPN), by Sunday Silence(USA)
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001151936/pedigree/



Admire Groove(JPN) : 2000M. Sunday Silence(USA) x Air Groove(JPN), by Tony Bin(IRE)
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000713851/
She was the champion older female in 2004, winner of the G1 QE2 cup (twice, 2003 and 2004).
(both her dam Air Groove and granddam Dyna Carle were JRA champions, too)
She died in 2012.

R.I.P. Admire Groove

[tachyon]

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[tachyon]

Gold Ship(JPN), 2009H. Stay Gold(JPN) x Point Flag(JPN) x Mejiro McQueen(JPN), has scored his 6th G1 wins as he won the G1 Tenno Sho Spring 3200m turf at Kyoto with his trademark long drive from the backstretch on May 3rd, 2015.
I believe that the Japan's most popular horse in training now stamps himself as one of the greatest grandsons of Sunday Silence(USA) along with Orfevre(JPN).





-- replay (English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpXOwudO9EE
1st 1 Gold Ship(JPN)(Stay Gold x Point Flag x Mejiro McQueen) H6 58 03:14.7
2nd 14 Fame Game(JPN)(Heart's Cryx Hall of Fame by Allez Milord) H5 58 03:14.7 NK
3rd 2 Curren Mirotic(JPN)(Heart's Cry x Star Mie by A.P. Indy) G7 58 03:14.8 3/4
4th 4 Last Impact(JPN) H5 58 03:14.9 NK
5th 3 Neo Black Dia(JPN) H7 58 03:15.0 1/2
6th 6 Hokko Brave(JPN) H7 58 03:15.0 NS
7th 13 Kizuna(JPN) H5 58 03:15.2 1 1/4
8th 10 Lovely Day(JPN) H5 58 03:15.2 NK
9th 15 Sounds of Earth(JPN) C4 58 03:15.4 1
10th 12 Denim and Ruby(JPN) M5 56 03:15.6 1 1/4
11th 11 Hula Bride(JPN) M6 56 03:15.6 NK
12th 16 Win Variation(JPN) H7 58 03:15.8 3/4
13th 7 Tosen Arnica(JPN) M5 56 03:16.3 3
14th 5 Tamamo Best Play(JPN) H5 58 03:16.4 1/2
15th 17 Admire Deus(JPN) C4 58 03:17.5 7
16th 9 Courir Kaiser(JPN) H6 58 03:17.8 2
17th 8 Suzuka Devious(JPN) C4 58 03:17.9 NK

Gold Ship is always a very unique horse, haha!
No surprise, he is a son of Stay Gold, quirky, but the real stamina influence of the Sunday Silence line.
Stay Gold has been represented by Tenno Sho Spring winners three years in a row.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQm_6m7a5SY




Fans knew why his handler was very emotional after the race today, haha!

-- head-on view replay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rMNH8GOWS4

Gold Ship (from JBIS)
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001104811/

[BaroqueAgain1]

After watching Gold Ship's antics when they tried to load him, maybe his handler is tearfully grateful that he (the handler) is still in one piece?
That horse threw a fit during the load...and also threw his hind legs with some of the most 'bad intention' kicking I've ever seen.
He refused so many times, backing and kicking, that I thought he might end up scratched at the gate. And I don't understand why the Japanese starter never had the jockey dismount, a tactic I have seen work dozens of times here when loading a reluctant horse.
After all those antics, it was pretty amazing to watch him tear around the field from last, and maintain his drive all the way to the wire. He was so frelling strong, even after two miles.
I wonder if his connections intend to try him in the Melbourne Cup, because he sure looks like a true 3200 meter horse.

[Starine]

The look on the handler's face in those first two photos is priceless.