I just read this article published on 8/30/19 about a stellar workout Sunday Silence had between races at Del Mar racetrack as a prep for the 1989 Super Derby. Great story! Here’s the link to the article: www.horseracingnation.com/news/Sunday_Silences_unbelievable_day_in_the_Del_Mar_sun_123# Here’s the link to the 1989 Super Derby at Del Mar: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rr95mbacrJi3e4k.html

The greatest non triple crown winner ever

I loved Sunday Silence. He was almost black and so beautiful. I was very upset when He went to Japan but he was beloved there and set the foundation for one of the greatest breeding programs in th world. There is a great monument to him in Japan and he has sired some of the finest race horses n the world I loved him.

Sunday Silence was leading sire in Japan for five years after his death in August of 2002. He stood atop their sire's list from 1995-2007. His sons now carry on that legacy with gusto. As for his color, he is listed by the Jockey Club as a Dark Bay/Brown but was most likely a genotypic black. As a yearling he nearly died twice, once from a viral infection as a foal and once as a yearling when traveling, the driver of the truck that was transporting him had a heart attack causing the trailer to flip over into a ditch. When he retired from racing, breeders snubbed him in the States and he was then sold to a breeder in Japan to stand as a stallion at Shadai Stallion Station...the rest is history and his legacy is still very much alive and well today. You will not find races, often, in Japan where there are horses that do not have Sunday Silence in the pedigree at some point. His son, Deep Impact is now one of the top sires not only in Japan but in the world and had a brilliant career on the track as well. Sunday Silence was an AMAZING individual with a truly amazing story. Love his pedigree line and may it live on always!!

Probably my favourite horse ever. I don't think he had the overall raw talent that Easy Goer had but he had speed and was as gutsy a horse as you will ever see...and of course aesthetically he was absolutely beautiful.

He died much too young at 15- think of the many great horses he could have sired: he had fire in his eyes----- a magnificent creature- the horse nobody wanted- somehow he survived a van accident--- he lives on through his progeny-- he is an icon in Japan.

It's wonderful to know that his racing blood has been carried on in Japan for so many generations!!

I just saw this video and cried all the way thru it. What an amazing horse: breathtakingly beautiful- black---and treated like garbage by American breeders-- heartbreaking he died so young- damn- but what a legacy he left behind. he was and most likely remains an icon in Japan. This video was obviously made with love. Thank you.

Wonderful tribute to a horse with a huge heart and a grand competitive beauty! Love Sunday Silence

I’m a easy goer fan but I got respect for Sunday silence what a heart and speed he had. He kept my heart pumping

McCarron said out of all the Big Races he Won throughout his career he was most proud of the 89 Classic cause he felt that "he" had a lot to do with Winning the race with the tactics he used and stole the race getting to the wire 1st...Was a Masterful ride as he taught Pat Day a valuable lesson that day...Pat Day as usual thought he could do whatever he wanted aboard Easy Goer and he would Win...

Thank you for watching, jeang287!!! Sunday Silence was listed as a bay, but after seeing many photos of him & watching the Triple Crown races that year ('89); he really appeared as a black stallion! Yes, he was gorgeous, indeed!

Sunday Silence and Easy Goer....1989 was the Most exciting Year for me in this Sport...Both of these Great Horses never Disappointed against one another as they ran 1st & 2nd in all 4 Match ups...Cant ask for more than that...The Excitement that surrounded this rivalry was at a Very high level...RIP to both of these Great Champions

By far my favorite horse ever with P. Val aboard, loved his battles with Easy Goer.

Thanks so much, Celtic SkyWoman!! I composed the music which I titled "Sunday Silence" (of course) with the help of software from Musicshake.

Also Thank you for the beautiful tribute to him

Pat Day made this horse famous by I’ll rides on Easy Goer in the Preakness and breeders cup, had they left Angel Cordero ride Easy Goer it would be totally different.

It is a wonderful horse that changed Japanese horse racing. Thank you very much for coming.

Easy Goer was touted as Man O' War reincarnated. What did Wishing Well's son do to him? he beat him 3 times in 4 races that they went for together.

Thank you 🙏

beautiful composition. Luv the carillon. Feels just like Sunday mornin'. A great tribute to my favorite equine athlete. i can hear the call from his last great race: "Sun Day Sigh Lense surges to the front, Blushing John tryna fight back. Easy Goer with 1...final excelleration... and Sunday Silence...holds on...!!!"

Great music, great Story, one of the Most remarkable in thoroughbred History.

He was a nutty mean horse. He was an awesome horse! I have a photo at the Kentucky Derby museum infront of his pictures and derby saddle cloth

what a beautiful animal. loved watching him race. thank you for this video ♥️

1989 HOY and the Drug-Free Hall of Fame Champion Sunday Silence will always be the Drug-Free Champion Horse of the year 1989 ; the most coveted prize is being the 1989 Horse of the year and Drug-Free Hall of Fame Champion in the Hall of Fame and beat Easy Goer 3 out of 4 times😁😁

One of his great grand sires was nearco who also was the grand sire of secretariat on his dams side he traced back to man o war we missed out on a good stallion our loss was japans gain

Thank you

always thought it a damm shame the owners sold the colt out of the country to unfamiliar people, especially considering his hard upbringing and near tragedies

Awesome Race and Great Sire

Best horse who save the farm owner that give them alot 🏆 make alot of money and sold for stud in Japan one of kind horse its born a champion I ❤️ Sunday silence

Excellent!

日本の競馬を世界に押し上げてくれた 今日も彼のたくさんの子孫たちが 日本や世界のレース場を駆ける

EG & SS Rivalry Was Separated by a "Nose" From Being Tied at 2-2 and a "Neck" Shy of Being 3-1 in EG Favor...Great Rivalry in Racing History...EG Was More Talented but SS Was More Speedy and Handled Tight Turns Brilliantly (EG Also Was Not on illegal Drugs Like SS Was)

Japanese Shadai group bought him. He was cute. R.I.P

His kids are legends like him special week and silence suzuka etc.

That’s my horses, grandpa

The True Drug-Free Hall of Fame Champion was Easy Goer. The True Drug-Free Eclipse Award Champion was also Easy Goer. The other horse was the drug-reliant & banned illegal criminal vet Alex Harthill-reliant sunday silence. The most coveted honor & prize, by far, is being inducted in the Hall of Fame, & Easy Goer did it drug-free without any drugs, without any performance enhancing drugs; while the drug-reliant & banned illegal criminal veterinarian Alex Harthill-reliant sunday silence needed & was given performance enhancing drugs (Clenbuterol, Sublimaze, Etorphine, Lasix, etc) to barely beat the True Drug-Free Hall of Fame Champion Easy Goer by the narrowest of margins in a few races. When ss was forced to run drug-free without any drugs (& without ss's illegal criminal vet Alex Harthill) in the only state in the entire country at the time which banned all drugs - & as importantly also banned ss's illegal criminal vet Alex Harthill as well - ss was not only Crushed by the True Drug-Free Hall of Fame Champion Easy Goer, but ss barely beat the claimer Le Voyageur. And as importantly ss's veterinarian Alex Harthill fully voluntarily admitted that he gave the illegal performance enhancing drugs Clenbuterol, Sublimaze & Etorphine to ss; but Harthill could NOT do so in the only state in the whole country during that era which banned all drugs - and as importantly also banned the illegal criminal vet Alex Harthill as well. The very slight 3-1 edge by the slimmest of margins as attained illegally & means as much or as little as Noor 4, Citation 1; Beau Purple 3, Kelso 1; Alsab 2, Whirlaway 1; Big Spruce 2, Forego 1; Wajima 2, Forego 1; Cabrini Green 4, John Henry 0; Darby Creek Road 3, John Henry 0; Gallant Bloom 4, Shuvee 1; Damascus 2, Dr Fager 2; Akureyri 3, Pleasant Colony 1; Formal Gold 4, Skip Away 2; Billy Kelly 8, Sir Barton 4; Summer Squall 4, Unbridled 2; Bayern 2, California Chrome 1; Star of Cozzene 3, Kotashaan 1; & an endless amount of others. The Classic Distance for the whole world is 1 1/2m, but Easy Goer won G1's drug-free at 7f, 1 mile, 1 1/8m, 1 1/4m &1 1/2m with much less time & rest between races, & ran many more career races; while the drug-reliant & banned illegal criminal vet Alex Harthill-reliant sunday silence only won G1's with drugs at 9f to 10f with much more time & rest between races, & ran far less career races. The Drug-Free Hall of Fame Champion Easy Goer's body of work & career accomplishments are far superior to ss's as well. The litmus test of a champion is winning drug-free without any drugs, without any performance enhancing drugs; & during that era New York was the only state in the entire country that banned all drugs. Plus, as importantly, New York banned the illegal criminal veterinarian of sunday silence Alex Harthill [arrested an endless amount of times for illegally drugging an endless amount of horses]. During that era, it was a huge credit to NY [& the rest of the whole world] that the endless amount of their championship G1 races stood as humongous obstacles to drug-dependent horses like ss; & these horses, like ss, & many others, got exposed badly when they were forced to run drug-free with no-drugs at all. ONLY no-drugs races were/are true championship races. Only no-drugs races could/can be called championship races. Only No-drugs races kept/keep the outcomes crystal clear. No-drugs races are the only true tests of champions. That is integrity, honesty, fair play & complete fairness for all. And, Alex Harthill confessed to illegally giving the illegal performance enhancing drugs Clenbuterol, Sublimaze & Etorphine to ss; but he couldn't do so in the only state in the whole country at the time which banned all drugs, & banned Alex Harthill as well.

Beautiful tribute to a great horse. What music is this ? Its so pretty !

Know we to to get his bloodline back with one son and a grandson here know

Sunday Silence had Easy Goers Number for whatever reason...Horses that Beat Sunday Silence Easy Goer Buried...Horses that Sunday Silence barely beat Easy Goer had buried Multiple Times...Easy Goer "Should" Have a Better Head to Head record over Sunday Silence but he just dont for whatever reason...Head to Head matchup was so close that it was only a Neck/Nose Short of being Easy Goer holding 3 to 1 lead

Had Easy Goer and Sunday Silence both stayed healthy and sound and both met 5 more times on the track i "truly" feel Easy Goer would have won at least 4 out of those 5 and i really am not being biased...Really felt Easy Goer was a "Lock" to beat Sunday Silence in the Arlington Stakes where both horses were supposed to meet next...Would have bet any amount of money i had on Easy Goer