The rise of Sunday Silence

[tachyon]

Silence is Gold(BRZ), 2014F. Agnes Gold(JPN) x Olympic Firstclass(BRZ) by First American(USA), scored her second G1 victory in the G1 GP Grande Premio Diana at Gavea, Brasil, on March 4th 2018.






-- replay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlADph81f9E
1st. Silence Is Gold (BRZ) by Agnes Gold (Sunday Silence)
2nd. Sea Dream (BRZ) by Drosselmeyer
3rd. Per Piacere(BRZ) by Plenty Of Kicks

[tachyon]

Suave Richard(JPN), 2014C. Heart's Cry(JPN) x Pirramimma(USA) by Unbridled's Song(USA), captured his first G1 title in the Osaka Hai 2000m turf at Hanshin on April 1st 2018.





Suave Richard
10-5-3-0
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001190059/


-- replay (English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRHBT-A1z1c
1st 15 Suave Richard(JPN) [Heart's Cry(JPN) x Pirramimma(USA) by Unbridled's Song(USA)] C4 57 01:58.2
2nd 5 Persian Knight(JPN) [Harbinger(GB) x Orient Charm(JPN) by Sunday Silence(USA)] C4 57 01:58.3 3/4
3rd 8 Al Ain(JPN) [Deep Impact(JPN) x Dubai Majesty(USA) by Essence of Dubai(USA)] C4 57 01:58.4 1/2
4th 3 Yamakatsu Ace(JPN) H6 57 01:58.6 1 1/2
5th 1 Mikki Swallow(JPN) C4 57 01:58.7 NK
6th 14 Danburite(JPN) C4 57 01:58.8 3/4
7th 2 Satono Diamond(JPN) H5 57 01:59.2 2 1/2
8th 9 Triomphe(JPN) G4 57 01:59.2 NK
9th 6 Smart Layer(JPN) M8 55 01:59.3 NK
10th 16 Maitres d'Art(JPN) H5 57 01:59.3 NS
11th 12 Yamakatsu Raiden(JPN) H6 57 01:59.5 1 1/4
12th 11 Win Bright(JPN) C4 57 01:59.7 1 1/4
13th 4 Cheval Grand(JPN) H6 57 01:59.7 NS
14th 13 Masahaya Dream(JPN) H6 57 02:00.0 2
15th 10 Satono Noblesse(JPN) H8 57 02:00.1 1/2
16th 7 Gold Actor(JPN) H7 57 02:01.9 DS


Suave Richard became seventh G1 winner for his sire Heart's Cry.

Heart's Cry(JPN)

standing at Shadai Stallion Station

[Ridan_Remembered]

Suave Richard is a handsome fellow, and Heart's Cry is so reminiscent of his sire in that photo. Thanks so much for keeping us updated, Tachyon.

[Starine]

Suave Richard's dam was really bred for success on dirt tracks. Interesting to see names like Unbridled's Song and General Meeting so close up for a grade I winner on the grass.

[BaroqueAgain1]

The amount of success Japan has had with what are assumed to be dirt pedigrees makes me wonder if there is such a thing as a just-dirt or just-turf bloodline.

[Northport]

I feel like when you buy the best 'dirt' pedigrees and race the resulting progeny on turf 95% of the time, the cream is going to rise to the top regardless.

I mean, almost all of the top JRA races are on turf, and if your horse has a chance to be competitive in those, why bother trying the dirt (or technically sand).

[lurkey mclurker]

I was away for the weekend and didn't see the race, but I see that Gold Actor was last and distanced. tachyon, do you know if he just tired and is okay, or was he injured?

[tachyon]

Gold Actor and his jockey Hayato Yoshida after the race



''I'm proud of you, Gold Actor.''

He will be put out to pasture to take a rest.

[lurkey mclurker]

Oh good, and thank you for letting us know. He tried to be competitive early and I was worried when he labored so much to finish. Glad he will get a good rest!

[tachyon]

We all hope that he will be retired to stud right now.
But it's now too late for this breeding season....

[tachyon]

Win Legend(JPN) 2003H. Sunday Silence(USA) x Shinko Nobby(USA) by Nashwan(USA) -- a listed winner in Japan emerges as a star stallion in India

http://www.pedigreequery.com/win+legend

-- video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6b4ih5cN5s

[Flanders]

I don't know if this has been shown here before. I watched it the other night. I really enjoyed watching it and is about an hour long. In the video it says even the Japanese breeders weren't keen on using Sunday Silence when he first arrived in Japan, as they didn't like the looks of him. But they changed their minds when his first crop made it to the track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IywC3QwJJuk

[Treve]

That video has been posted before though I can't remember if it was in this specific thread
And yeah I remember them mentioning breeders were hesitant because of his stifle.

[tachyon]

Fusaichi Pandora(JPN)[2003M. Sunday Silence(JPN) x Lotta Lace(USA) by Nureyev(USA)] became her sire's 27th G1 producing daughter, when her 3yo filly Almond Eye(JPN)(by Lord Kanaloa) won the G1 Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) 1600m turf at Hanshin on April 8th 2018.

Fusaichi Pandora(JPN), herself a G1 winner from Sunday Silence's final crop, passed away last year.


Almond Eye(JPN)
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001203363/
4-3-1-0


-- replay (Japanese)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe0BZUMFW0k
1st 13 Almond Eye(JPN) [Lord Kanaloa(JPN) x Fusaichi Pandora(JPN) x Sunday Silence(USA)] F3 55 01:33.1 (record)
2nd 1 Lucky Lilac(JPN) [Orfevre(JPN) x Lilacs and Lace(USA) by Flower Alley(USA)] F3 55 01:33.4 1 3/4
3rd 9 Lily Noble(JPN) [Rulership(JPN) x Pure Chaplet(JPN) by Kurofune(USA)] F3 55 01:33.5 1/2
4th 7 Tosen Bless(JPN) F3 55 01:33.8 1 3/4
5th 17 Mau Lea(JPN) F3 55 01:33.8 NS
6th 3 Liberty Heights(JPN) F3 55 01:33.8 NS
7th 5 Red Sakuya(JPN) F3 55 01:33.8 NS
8th 6 Scarlet Color(JPN) F3 55 01:33.8 NK
9th 18 Tsuzumimon(JPN) F3 55 01:33.8 NS
10th 15 Primo Scene(JPN) F3 55 01:34.0 1 1/4
11th 4 Encore Plus(JPN) F3 55 01:34.3 2
12th 16 Finift(JPN) F3 55 01:34.5 1 1/2
13th 12 Dernier Or(JPN) F3 55 01:34.6 NK
14th 8 Harlem Line(JPN) F3 55 01:34.6 NK
15th 14 Red Regnant(JPN) F3 55 01:34.7 1/2
16th 11 Cordierite(JPN) F3 55 01:35.1 2 1/2
17th 10 Aonbharr(JPN) F3 55 01:35.2 3/4
2 Amalfi Coast(JPN) F3 55 S


Fusaichi Pandora(JPN) (2003 - 2017)

[tachyon]

Oju Chosan(JPN), 2011H. Stay Gold(JPN) x Shadow Silhouette(JPN) by Symboli Kris S(USA), won his third consecutive Nakayama Grand Jump easily despite facing setbacks earlier this year with minor health problems that forced him to pass up an intended prep start before his history-making challenge in extending his J-G1 winning streak to five.
His dominating victory this year broke the previous race record set Up to Date(JPN) in 2015 by 3.6 seconds.







-- replay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8sbgepi_pk
1st 6 Oju Chosan(JPN) [Stay Gold(JPN) x Shadow Silhouette(JPN) by Symboli Kris S(USA)] H7 63 04:43.0
2nd 9 Up to Date(JPN) [Kurofune(USA) x Linear Muse(JPN) by Tony Bin(IRE)]H8 63 04:45.4 DS
3rd 3 Nihonpiro Baron(JPN) [Fusaichi Richard(JPN) x Nihonpillow Annika(JPN) by Captain Steve(USA) H8 63 04:46.8 9
4th 5 Le Pere Noel(JPN) H8 63 04:47.5 4
5th 10 T M Opera Don(JPN) H9 63 04:47.6 NK
6th 8 Crans Montana(JPN) H9 63 04:48.6 6
7th 2 Thinking Dancer(JPN) H5 63 04:48.8 1 1/4
8th 7 Meisho Arawashi(JPN) H7 63 04:50.8 DS
9th 1 Sanrei Duke(JPN) H10 63 04:50.8 NS
10th 11 Tosen Melissa(JPN) M6 61 04:53.2 DS
11th 12 Samurai Fountain(JPN) H5 63 04:58.2 DS
12th 4 Meiner Crop(JPN) H8 63 05:00.4 DS

-- JRA result
''Oju Chosan Sets New Record in Third Consecutive Nakayama Grand Jump Title''

http://japanracing.jp/_news2018/pdf/180414-02.pdf

[lurkey mclurker]

Yay Oju Chosan! I saw the plushie (and plushie keychain) earlier on Twitter, with the Kitasan Black plushie. They are sooooo tempting!!

[tachyon]

Triple Crown winner Orfevre(JPN) (Stay Gold) sired his first classic winner & second G1 winner from his first crop, when his 3yo colt Epoca d'Oro(JPN)[o/o Daiwa Passion(JPN) by Forty Niner(USA)] won the G1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) 2000m turf at Nakayama on April 15th 2018.

That's great news for the Stay Gold sire-line!!




-- replay (English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeeAlUGpFJY
1st 7 Epoca d'Oro(JPN) [Orfevre(JPN) x Daiwa Passion(JPN) by Forty Niner(USA)] C3 57 02:00.8
2nd 14 Sans Rival(JPN) [Rulership(JPN) x Un Fil Rouge(JPN) by Agnes Tachyon(JPN)] C3 57 02:01.1 2
3rd 10 Generale Uno(JPN) [Screen Hero(JPN) x Shanghai Rock(JPN) by Rock of Gibraltar(IRE)] C3 57 02:01.4 1 3/4
4th 15 Stelvio(JPN) C3 57 02:01.4 NK
5th 5 Kitano Commandeur(JPN) C3 57 02:01.4 NS
6th 12 Grail(JPN) C3 57 02:01.4 NS
7th 2 Wagnerian(JPN) C3 57 02:01.6 1 1/2
8th 6 Aithon(JPN) C3 57 02:01.8 1
9th 3 Gendarme(USA) C3 57 02:01.8 HD
10th 1 Time Flyer(JPN) C3 57 02:01.9 3/4
11th 8 K T Clever(JPN) C3 57 02:02.0 NK
12th 9 Oken Moon(JPN) C3 57 02:02.2 1 1/4
13th 11 Meiner Fanrong(JPN) C3 57 02:02.3 3/4
14th 13 Double Sharp(JPN) C3 57 02:02.5 1
15th 16 Jun Valerot(JPN) C3 57 02:03.1 4
16th 4 Three Helios(JPN) C3 57 02:04.4 8

-- JRA result
http://japanracing.jp/_news2018/pdf/180415.pdf


Epoca d'Oro(JPN) (2015 - )
5-3-1-1
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001203083/


Orfevre(JPN) (2008 - )


Stay Gold(JPN) (1994 - 2015)


Sunday Silence(USA) (1986 - 2002)

[Ridan_Remembered]

Wow to that winning margin by Oju Chosan.

And YAYYYYY!!!! to Orfevre's success at stud. I love that horse.

[tachyon]

There had been a succesful nick between Stay Gold and Mejiro McQueen mare, which produced the likes of Orfevre and Gold Ship etc.
Does Orfevre now form a strong nick with Forty Niner line mare?

Epoca d'oro(JPN) -- Satsuki Sho winner

http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001203083/pedigree/

Lucky Lilac(JPN) -- Champion juvenile filly

http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001208248/pedigree/


And, as always, TDN offers wonderful write-up and pedigree notes for the JRA winner.
http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/or ... eas-score/

[Ridan_Remembered]

A mare named Chi Omega had a beautiful California Chrome filly on April 9. Her dam, the G1 winner Joyful Victory, is bred similarly to Refinement, the granddam of Lucky Lilac.

Chi Omega is by Tapit from the Seattle Slew sire line through A.P. Indy. Joyful Victory's maternal granddam was by Alydar.

Since we don't see Alydar too often in top pedigrees anymore, I think it's exciting to see him in the pedigrees of Orfevre's champion filly and the lovely new Chrome filly. Video of the Chrome filly: https://www.facebook.com/lisa.mathes.3/ ... 78888/?t=1