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Sire -Producing Families By Avalyn Hunter Sunday Evening

Rock Sand illiam Allison is forgotten by most people in the American , 1913 Fairy Gold industry, yet he played a critical role dur- Pilate, 1928 W , 1936 Herodias, 1916 ing the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As the English agent Honora Ultimus for James R. Keene, August Belmont II, and Samuel Riddle, High Time, 1916 Noonday Dinner Time, 1929 Allison purchased and imported the dams or granddams of such Man o’ War Seaplane, 1922 important horses as , Pennant, , , Friar Bathing Girl SUNDAY EVENING, 1947 The Tetrarch Rock, Ultimus, , High Time, Ballot, , and the , 1917 Scotch Gift Royal Minstrel, 1925 immortal Man o’ War. Among the mares that Allison selected for Harpsichord, 1918 Keene Fair Vision, whose great-great-great-granddaughter Golden Harp Swynford Sunday Evening (Eight Thirty—Drowsy, by Royal Minstrel) is the DROWSY, 1934 St. Germans, 1921 Hamoaze Lazy Susan, 1927 ancestress of several notable sires. Idle Dell, 1918 Like many others from her family, Sunday Evening proved a Idle Tale quick juvenile, winning the 1949 Stakes. She Medaglia d’Oro (El was not the equal of the best Prado—Cappucino Bay, of her crop, however, by Bailjumper), a fifth- which included two-time generation descendant of champions Bed o’ Roses and Royal Society, is anoth- plus , er story. Winner of the Striking, Rare Perfume, and 10-furlong Siama, all important produc- as a 3-year-old in 2002, ers as well as good racers. Medaglia d’Oro also ran A modestly success- second in the Belmont ful broodmare, Sunday Stakes (gr. I) and two Evening bred five winners editions of the Breeders’ from 10 named foals includ- Cup Classic (gr. I) before ing 1964 Test Stakes win- retiring to Hill ‘n’ Dale ner Time for Bed (by Farms for the 2005 stud Ruler). Unfortunately, Time season. (He has since for Bed was a disappoint- moved to Darley). His ing broodmare, leaving it first crop was headed up to her unraced half sisters Blood-Horse L i b rary by 2009 Horse of the Year Sunday Evening with foal Prayer Bell (by Better Self), , whose Royal Society (by ) and Home by Dark (by Hill victories in the (gr. I) and Haskell Invitational Prince) to carry on the line. Stakes (gr. I) against her own crop and the (gr. Bred to , Prayer Bell produced the family’s first I) against older males landed her the crown in a close vote over important sire, 1969 juvenile male . unbeaten Breeders’ Cup Classic heroine Zenyatta. According to statistics kept by The Club, Silent Screen Medaglia d’Oro’s first crop also contains grade I winners sired 702 named foals, of which 402 won (57.3%) and 43 won Warrior’s Reward, Gabby’s Golden Gal, and C.S. Silk, while his stakes (6.1%); he is also the broodmare sire of 102 stakes win- second crop is headed by 2009 French highweight juvenile male ners. His best runner was 1978 Santa Margarita Invitational Passion for Gold and 2010 (gr. I) winner Champagne Handicap (gr. I) winner Taisez Vous. d’Oro; of his third crop so far is 2011 Oaks (gr. Prayer Bell’s branch of the family has continued I) winner Plum Pretty. Best known so far as a sire of through her daughters Prayer Cap (by Thinking top fillies, he has defied his female line’s proclivities Cap; a multiple stakes winner) and Ringing Bells in that his progeny are typically better as 3-year-olds (by ) and includes European champi- or older horses than as juveniles. To date, Medaglia ons or highweights , Dolphin Street, and d’Oro’s first three crops (366 foals three years old . All showed the speed typical of or older) have yielded 149 winners (40.7%) and 25 this family, earning their honors as juveniles or stakes winners (6.8%). over distances of a mile or less, but none have Home by Dark, the third of Sunday Evening’s been outstanding sires. To be sure, Dolphin Street important daughters, was born deaf but produced is the sire of group I winners Miss Potential, Road three stakes winners including 1968 champion 3-year- to Success, and Spinning Hill, but the 12 stakes old . A tiny daughter of Persian Road winners credited to him by The Jockey Club are II, Dark Mirage became the first filly to sweep what anne m. e b er h a R dt only 1.1% of his 1,059 foals of racing age. Medaglia d’Oro is now known as the New York Triple Tiara of the

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1952 Chapel (by ) • • • • • • DESKTOP (1995, by Notebook) • WINTERISH (1959, by Iceburg II) • • • • • • DANHAHER STEVE (1998, by Notebook) • URBANE CHARM (1965, by King of the Tudors) • Lucky Link (1964, by Royal Coinage) • • • • • LOGO (by Over P. R. Man) • TOM TONY(1967, by Vertex) • • • • • • MISTIC (PER) (1990, by North Tower) • • • • • Screened (by ) 1954 Prayer Bell (by Better Self) • SILENT SCREEN (1967, by Prince John) • • • • • • WARDROBE TEST (1989, by Over • BELLEDORA (by ) Arranged) • • SILVER MUSIC (1991, by Silver Ghost) • • • Dubbed In (by Silent Screen) • Romantic Fantasy (by In Reality) • • • • CAPPUCHINO BAY (by Bailjumper) • • SOVEREIGN ROMANCE (1988, by Sovereign Dancer) • • • • • MEDAGLIA D’ORO (1999, by (IRE)) • PRAYER CAP (by Thinking Cap) • Miss Exquiste (by Roi Dagobert) • • ZONIC (1972, by ) • • LAZY EYES (1977, by Marshua’s Dancer) • • SILENT PRAYER (by Binary) • • • My Hero (1978, by Our Hero) • • MOMENT’S PRAYER (by For The Moment) 1959 Home By Dark (by Persian Road II) S kip D ickstein • • • MIAMI SLICK (1985, by Baldski) • GRAY MIRAGE (by ) • • • BUBBLES DARLENE (by ) • • • • ELRAFA AH (by ) • • TEXAS GEM (1977, by Canonero II) • • • • • MUJAHID (1996, by ) • • Nobiliare (by Vaguely Nobel) • • ZONIC (1981, by What a Pleasure) • • • Sanoosea (1992, by ) • • Prayer Call (1977, by Insubordination) • • Cardinal Prince (1970, by Binary) • • • Meqdaam (1987, by Storm Bird) • Sunday Meeting(1967, by Prince John) • • FIRST MIRAGE (by ) • BELLE GALLANTE (by Stage ) • • • SEATTLE MIRAGE (1994, by ) • • FRENCH FARCE (by L’Enjoleur) • • • Joker’s Face (1986, by Smarten) • • Mountain Sunshine (by Vaguely ) • • • WELL HONED (1994, by Rubiano) • • • COUNTRY PINE (1980, by His Majesty) • • MINSTREL DANCER(1987, by ) • • • YOH MAY KENTA (1991, by His Majesty) • • SMART TALK(1979, by ) • • Boom and Bust (by Mr. Prospector) • • Change Takes Time (1988, by Time for a Change) • • • BOOM BIRD (by Storm Bird) • • Young Image (1979, by Youth) • • • • GLOBAL VIEW (1994, by Fly Till Dawn) • • Arctic Scene (by Arctic Tern) • • • • ENDEAVOR (1998, by Capote) • VESTRY (by ) • • COURVOISIER (AUS) (1998, by Hennessy) • • VESTRY AMBER (1968, by Count Amber) • PRINCE OF REASON (1971, by Hail to Reason) • RINGING BELLS (by Bold Lad) • DUSKY EVENING (by ) • • Luv Luvin’ (by Raise a Native) anne m. e b er h ardt • • JAVAMINE (by II) • • • Hip to Time (1988, by ) Dublin • • • Cresta Powered (1985, by Cresta Rider) • • • JAVA GOLD (1984. by ) • • • OR VISION (by ) • • • SPICE STORY (1981. by Blushing Groom) Acorn Stakes, Stakes, and Coaching Club • • • • DOLPHIN STREET (FR) (1990, by Blue Bird) • • Sir Jinsky (1975, by Nijinsky II) • • • • SAFFRON WALDEN (FR) (1996, by American Oaks. Unfortunately, she died as a 4-year-old. Sadler’s Wells) • • Veridian (by Green Dancer) Gray Mirage (Bold Bidder—Home by Dark), win- • • • • INSIGHT (FR) (by Sadler’s Wells) • • • WEST QUEST (1991. by Gone West) • • • • • Ershaad (2007, by ) • TWILIGHT GIRL (by Raise a Native) ner of the 1972 Pinafore Stakes, was not as talented • • • OXYMERON (1984, by Temprence Hill) • • Kracotowa (1988, by Deputy Minister) as Dark Mirage but proved luckier. Her branch of the • • • NIJINSKY’S LOVER (by Nijinsky II) • • • • DANCE MASTER (19997, by Gone West) • • DEBUSSY (1977, by Nijinsky II) family includes multiple champion • • LITTLE BELIE (1976, by ) • • BUGLE BOY (1979, by ) • • CHOIR PROSPECT (1981, by Mr. Prospector) and grade/group I winners Touch of the Blues, Missy’s • STAGE FOOL (1975, by Stage Door Johnny) • • After Eight (1976, by Reviewer) Mirage, Classy Mirage, and Dublin, as well as the useful • STEVEDORE (1966, by Amarullah) • • Ivory Dawn (by ) • Big Shot Sue (by Barbizon) • • • (1984. by Storm Bird) Florida sire Country Pine. A grade II-winning son of His • • LITTLE FARRELL (1969, by Wa Wa Cy) • NOHESITATOR (1964, by Royal Levee) Majesty, Country Pine sired 245 winners (68.8%) and 1956 Royal Society (by Royal Charger) • Timely Tammy (by Tim Tam) 25 stakes winners (7.0%) from 356 named foals, head- • Honours List (by Round Table) • • PETANQUE (1979, by Raise a Native) • • KINGS PEACE (by ) ed by graded stakes winners Pineing Patty, Monkey • • • ROYAL GROOM (1980, by Blushing Groom) • • ALYTIME (1983, by Alydar) • • Timely Roman (by Settle Bello) Puzzle, Plum Country, and Rustic Light. • • • CAROL’S CHIEF (1975, by Chieftain) • • • LUKE PADGETT(1978, by Prove Out) • • • CAT (1993, by Storm Cat) Dusky Evening, Home by Dark’s 1967 Tim Tam • • • Gallic Fable (by Le Fabuleux) • • • • CORMORANT’S FABEL (by Cormorant) • • TIMELY TABLE (by Around Two Turns) filly, produced multiple grade II winner Javamine • • • • • Is Sveikatas (1992, by L’Enjoleur) • • • KARAMEA (by Air Forbes Won) • • Kingsclere (by Herbager) • • • • Figaro (1995, by Future Storm) (by Nijinsky II), dam of multiple grade I winner Java • • • Lady of Glamour (by ) • Home by Sunset (by The Axe II) Gold. One of the best colts of the talented 1984 crop, • • • • STATESMANSHIP (1994, by Silver Deputy) • • • Nahood (1978, by Kalamoun) • • WAKE UP RICH (1982, by Valid Appeal) the son of Key to the Mint disappointed as a sire with • YEAR AROUND (by ) • • NORDIC PRINCE (1974, by ) just 14 stakes winners from 374 foals according to The 1961 TIME FOR BED (by ) • • I. Caesar (1976, by ) Jockey Club. Nonetheless, Java Gold did get two run- • • MR. COMPLICATIONS (1971, by ) • PILLOW TALKER (1977, by Round Table) • NATIVE JOHN (1968, by ) • Go to Bed (by Cohoes) ners significantly above the average: 2000 champion Social Position (by ) • • • BYPASSER (1976, by ) sprinter (a gelding) and 2001 Deutsches • • Ribot Dancer (1971, by Dancer’s Image) • • Society Singer (by Restless Wind) • • Loud and Clear (1981, by Stop the Music) Derby (Ger-I) winner . • • • VOICE OVER (by Silent Screen) • • Sleep On It (by Buckpasser) • • • • TRAVELING MAN (1978, by Spring Double) • • • TRIPLE BUCK (1986. by Sunny’s Halo) Ivory Dawn (Sir Ivor—Dusky Evening) produced • • • • CASSETTE (by Over Arranged) a more successful stallion, Bluebird (by Storm Bird), • • • • • Fini Cassette (1991, by Talc) • • • CESAR EDUARDO (1985. by Hostage) • • • • • VIDEO CASSETTE (by Talc) • • DOCTOR’S ORDERS (1973, by Tom Fool) the champion Irish sprinter of 1987. A success in both Europe and , he is best known in the United States for Aube Indienne, winner of the 1994 Yellow As both a racer and a producer, Sunday Evening seemed a mere Ribbon Invitational Handicap (gr. IT), and multiple grade II win- flash in the . As it turned out, however, her descendants have ner Blues Traveller. His other top progeny include the aforemen- successfully blended the precocity and speed of her female family tioned Dolphin Street, multiple Czech champion Blueridge Dancer, with the stamina from more classically-oriented sires to produce both champion Flitter, multiple German highweight La Blue, a slew of high-class runners and several important stallions, ensuring and Italian highweight Imprevedible. her an honored place in pedigrees for a long time to come. M

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