Andrew Caulfield, November 11- (Jpn) The freak reference reflected the fact that Sunday PEDIGREE INSIGHTS Silence=s first three dams were daughters of B Y A N D R E W C A U L F I E L D Understanding, Montparnasse II and Hillary. =s cause probably wasn=t helped by Sunday, Kyoto, Japan the record of =s other Derby winner, QUEEN ELIZABETH II CUP-G1, -177,520,000, Kyoto, Sunny=s Halo. Again, here was a horse with some less- 11-10, 3yo/up, f/m, 2200mT, 2:16.60, st. than-familiar names in the bottom half of his pedigree 1--MEISHO MAMBO (JPN), 119, f, 3, by (Jpn) (his first two dams were daughters of Sunny and 1st Dam: Meisho Momoka (Jpn), by Daumier). By the 2nd Dam: Meisho Ayame (Jpn), by Jade Robbery time Sunday 3rd Dam: Will Moon (Jpn), by Mill George Silence=s future as a O-Yoshio Matsumoto; B-Kosho Farm; T-Akihiro Iida; stallion was being J-Koshiro Take; -93,864,000. Lifetime: 10-6-1-0. decided, Sunny=s Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Halo had been Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the JRA chart and video. represented by just Click for the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. one graded winner One of the great imponderables of from four crops of breeding is what Sunday Silence might have achieved racing age (the had his connections stuck to their original plan of GISW Dispersal). standing him alongside his sire Halo at his birthplace, Meisho Mambo I can only . conjecture that the Of course, there were no doubts about Sunday initial response to Silence=s talent as a racehorse, as he had earned the Sunday Silence was disappointing. Instead of heading Horse of the Year title in 1989 with victories in the to Stone Farm, he was sold to Zenya Yoshida, who had , Preakness and Breeder=s Cup Classic. originally bought a 25% interest earlier in 1990. The question was whether American breeders would Yoshida snapped up the remaining 75%, for a total have been eager to pay $50,000 to use a stallion investment of $11 million, and the Shadai Farm whose trainer Charlie Whittingham once described as Aa supremo never made a shrewder investment. classy freak that everyone misjudged.@ Caulfield cont. Since Sunday Silence gained his final title in 2007, Although Sunday Silence died as long ago as August this king of stallions has been succeeded by his sons 2002, he still exerts an enormous influence on the (2008), (2009) and country where he could be said to have reshaped the (2012). It is still early days, but the breed. Over the past weekend in Japan, the Queen leading first-crop sire in Japan this year is Matsurida Elizabeth II Cup at Kyoto provided a third Group 1 Gogh, a durable Group 1 winner from Sunday Silence=s victory for Meisho Mambo, a by Sunday Silence=s final crop who made his stud debut at the age of seven. son Suzuka Mambo. Meisho Mambo was chased home Thanks to her Group 1 victories in the , by Lachesis, a filly by Sunday Silence=s highly and Queen Elizxabeth II Cup, Meisho successful son Deep Impact; and Aromatico, a filly with Mambo has amassed more earnings in Japan this year a dam by Sunday Silence. Over at Tokyo, daughters of than any other horse, which represents a considerable Sunday Silence also supplied first and second in a achievement for her sire Suzuka Mambo. Group 3. Yet another Sunday Silence mare was This son of Sunday Silence was considered good responsible for the winner of the previous day=s enough to contest all three legs of the Japanese Triple G2 Keio Hai Nisai S., in which second and third were Crown in 2004, his closest finish being his fifth in the sired by sons of you know who. Derby equivalent. He did bag a major prize, though, It=s surely a measure of Sunday Silence=s brilliance taking the spring edition of the G1 over two that--more than 11 years after his death--the leading miles as a 4-year-old, but his career record stood at only four wins from 19 starts. sires= table in Japan currently features nine of his sons As a son of Sunday Silence from the highly in the top dozen, with Deep Impact leading the way by successful Native Partner family, Suzuka Mambo was a comfortable margin. The other sons in the top 12 are bred along similar lines to Dance In The Dark, winner of (fourth), Heart=s Cry (sixth), Manhattan the Japanese St Leger, and , heroine of Caf‚ (seventh), (eighth), (ninth), the 1996 Queen Elizabeth II Cup. (10th), (11th) and Agnes Dance In The Dark went on to sire three winners of Tachyon (12th). Meisho Mambo=s sire Suzuka Mambo the Japanese St Leger and once finished second on the scrapes into the top 20 in 20th position, and there=s sires= table, but Suzuka Mambo hadn=t scaled similar also in 15th, making it a total of heights until Meisho Mambo emerged from his third 11 sons in the top 20 (with another of the top crop, numbering 54 foals. One interesting aspect of 20 having a dam by Sunday Silence). Suzuka Mambo=s pedigree is that he is out of a Sunday Silence also holds a very commanding lead mare. on the broodmare sires table, with his sons Dance In One of Kingmambo=s sons, the Japanese Derby The Dark, and Fuji Kiseki also featuring in winner , has enjoyed plenty of the top 10. His daughters have been similarly dominant success with Sunday Silence=s daughters, notably siring in every year since they finished second behind the winner . =s daughters in 2005 and 2006, so Although Meisho Mambo=s sire and her first three Sunday Silence is currently heading for his seventh- dams all raced in Japan, her bloodlines are essentially consecutive broodmare sire title. Add to this his American, as all four of these ancestors were sired by 13 consecutive years as champion sire and his American-breds. In fact, she is inbred 4x4 to Mr. achievements are very similar to those of another Prospector, 4x5 to II and 4x5 to Hail To breed-shaper in Sadler=s Wells. Reason. With and also in her pedigree, Meisho Mambo has four lines to and, with Halo also in her pedigree, she has several lines of MEISHO MAMBO (JPN), f, 2010 . Halo Sunday Silence Wishing Well Understanding Suzuka Mambo Mountain Flower (Jpn) Kingmambo Mr. Prospector Spring Mambo (Jpn) Key Flyer Nijinsky II Key Partner Silver Hawk Grass Wonder Gris Vitesse Meisho Momoka Ameriflora Danzig (Jpn) Graceful Touch 4 Fls, 2 Wnrs, Meisho Ayame Jade Robbery Mr. Prospector 1 GSW (Jpn) Number SP-Jpn, $985,605 Will Moon (Jpn) Mill George 9 Fls, 3 Wnrs 9 Fls, 4 Wnrs, 1 SP Dianne Venture