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No Arrowfield Mares to Sunday Silence This Year
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19/07/2002 |
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Continuing concerns over the health of champion Japanese stallion Sunday Silence precludes the son of Halo from serving any mares to southern hemisphere time this year.
Arrowfield Stud started the positive innovation for the Australian thoroughbred industry in 1998 when they sent a selection of high quality mares to be covered by the Shadai Farms superstar.
'We are looking to resume sending mares to Sunday Silence in 2003 depending on the recovery from his current injury. He is a world-class sire and gives the Australian Bloodstock industry a presence on the international stage,' said Arrowfield stallion nominations manager Byron Rogers.
It represents a further blow to sales companies, which will already be factoring in the impact of Coolmore Stud’s decision not to shuttle Danehill this season. Sunday Silence and Danehill dominated the stallion averages at the Easter Yearling Sale and were credited with attracting a strong bench of international buyers that underpinned the success of the sale. Sunday Silence averaged $820,000 for his five lots offered while Danehill’s customary large draft averaged $359,146 for the 41 yearlings sold.
The first Australian born foals of Sunday Silence began racing this season. They include the stakes winning filly Sunday Joy (Joie Denise), N.Z winner Sunday Whisper (Valsora) and the promising Lavishly (Lunaliona), second at her only race start.
Sunday Silence has six soon to turn yearlings on the ground in Australia. The three colts and three fillies include;
Brown filly x Don’t Stop Talking (Ahonoora) the dam of stakes winners Yammer (Bellotto and Blab (Flying Spur) and a half sister to Horse Of The Year Bounding Away (Biscay)
Bay or brown colt x Engraver (Miners Mark) whose dam is a stakes winning daughter of a full sister to Secretariat.
Bay filly x Felicitation (Danehill) fourth foal of an unraced half-sister to the grand racemare Emancipation. Dam has already produced the useful Hong Kong galloper Song For SzeSze (Unbridled’s Song)
Ch colt x Nance Chrissie (Bluebird), dam has already produced the high-class Queensland galloper Broc ‘n’ Roll (Brocco) and is an unraced half-sister to outstanding racemare November Rain.
Bay or brown colt x Phantom Creek (Mr. Prospector) dam is a half sister to champion juvenile Arazi (Blushing Groom) and Sussex Stakes (G1) winner Noverre (Rahy)
Bay filly x Sensation (GB) (Soviet Star). Dam won the Falmouth Stakes (G2) and Prix Sandringham (G3) and is a daughter of the champion racemare Outstandingly (Exclusive Native).
By: Mark Smith
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