Samson Happy, by Sunday Silence

SAMSON HAPPY (Jpn)

brown horse
1998 - 1m 70

Breeder : Northern Farm

First 3 yo's in 2012

Exported to Tunisia in 2012

RACE RECORD

4 wins, placed 20 times. Won 807 943 euros.

At 3, Maiden Race (1 800 m) at Nakayama, 2nd Allowance Race at Nakayama

At 4, Allowance Race (1 700 m) at Chukyo, 2nd Allowance Race at Fukushima

At 5, Allowance Race (1 700 m) at Kokura, 2nd Ryogoku Tokubetsu at Nakayama, Yamanakako Tokubetsu at Tokyo, 3rd Yoshinogari Tokubetsu at Kokura, Dazaifu Tokubetsu at Kokura

At 6, 3rd Tosho Boy Memorial at Nakayama, Oguninuma Tokubetsu at Fukushima, Mejiro McQueen Memorial at Hakodate

A 7, 2nd Allowance Race (1 700 m) at Chukyo

A 8, Allowance Race (1 200 m) at Hakodate

PRODUCE RECORD

2012

ESTARQUEFIGUE - Prix Jacques Dor (F - 22 000 euros - 7,5 f), Marseille-Borély 3/4

2011 - First winner

ESTARQUEFIGUE - Prix Auguste Jouve (12 000 euros - 8 f), Cavaillon 29/10

PEDIGREE

Sunday Silence
db. 1986 - 2002

Halo
db. 1969

Hail To Reason
Turn To (Royal Charger - Source Sucrée)

Nothirdchance (Blue Swords - Galla Colors)

Cosmah
Cosmic Bomb (Pharamond - Banish Fear)

Almahmoud (Mahmoud - Arbitrator)

Wishing Well
b. 1975

Understanding
Promised Land (Palestinian - Mahmoudess)

Pretty Ways (Stymie - Pretty Jo)

Mountain Flower
Montparnasse (Gulf Stream - Mignon)

Edelweiss (Hillary - Dowager)

Lotta Lace
ch. 1992

Nureyev
b. 1977

Northern Dancer
Nearctic (Nearco - Lady Angela)

Natalma (Native Dancer - Almahmoud)

Special
Forli (Aristophanes - Trevisa)

Thong (Nantallah - Rough Shod II)

Sex Appeal
ch. 1970

Buckpasser
Tom Fool (Menow - Gaga)

Busanda (War Admiral - Businesslike)

Best In Show
ch. 1965
Traffic Judge (Alibhai - Traffic Court)

Stolen Hour (Mr. Busher - Late Date)

SAMSON HAPPY

By SUNDAY SILENCE (1986 - 2002).

Horse of the year in the U.S., 14 races, 9 wins, 2 to 4, Kentucky Derby (Gr.1), Preakness St. (Gr.1), Breeder's Cup Classic (Gr.1)), Californian St. (Gr.1), Super Derby (Gr.1), Santa Anita Derby (Gr.1), San Felipe Hdp. (Gr.2), 2nd Belmont St. (Gr.1), Hollywood Gold Cup (Gr.1), Swaps St. (Gr.2), $ 4 968 554.

Leading Sire 13 times in Japan, from 1995 to 2007. Sire of 171 stakes winners (48 Gr.1 winners), more than $ 700 000 000 in progeny earnings.
Particularly Sire of Deep Impact (Satsuki Sho-Japanese 2000 Guineas, Tokyo Yushun-Japanese Derby, Kikuka Sho-Japanese St. Leger, Tenno Sho *spring, Takarazuka Kinen, Japan Cup, Arima Kinen, 3rd Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe), Special Week (Tokyo Yushun-Japanese Derby, Tenno Sho *spring, Tenno Sho *autumn, Japan Cup), Zenno Rob Roy (Tenno Sho *autumn, Japan Cup, Arima Kinen, 2nd International Stakes - York), Heart's Cry (Arima Kinen, Dubai Sheema Classic, 3rd King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes), Matsurida Gogh (Arima Kinen, Nikkei Sho 08, Sankei Sho All Comers 08), Dance Partner (champion 3-y-o filly, champion older mare in Japan, US$ 5 973 652, Yushun Himba-Japanese Oaks, Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup), Marvelous Sunday (champion older horse in Japan, $5 305 340, Takarazuka Kinen), To The Victory (champion older mare in Japan, $ 5 303 281, Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup), Air Shakar (champion 3-y-o colt in Japan, $4 943 099, Kikuka Sho-Japanese St. Leger), Bubble Gum Fellow (champion 2-y-o colt in Japan, $ 4 887 021, Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes, Tenno Sho *autumn), Neo Universe (Tokyo Yushun-Japanese Derby, Satsuki Sho-Japanese 2 000 Guineas), Tayasu Tsuyoshi (Japanese Derby), Admire Vega (Japanese Derby), Agnes Flight (Japanese Derby), Agnes Tachyon (Japanese 2 000 Guineas), Manhattan Café (champion older horse, $ 4 164 517, Tenno Sho *spring, Arima Kinen, Japanese St. Leger), Stinger (champion 2-y-o filly, $ 3 467 289), Dance In The Dark (champion 3-y-o colt in Japan, $3 459 758, Kikuka Sho-Japanese St. Leger), Diamond Biko (champion older mare, $ 2 742 948), Cheers Grace (Champion 3-y-o filly, $ 2 144 121, Japanese 1 000 Guineas), Fuji Kiseki (champion 2-y-o colt, Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes), Peace of World (champion 2-y-o filly), Mejiro Bailey (champion 2-y-o colt, Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes), Stay Gold (Hong Kong Vase), Sunday Joy (Australian Oaks), Genuine (Satsuki Sho-Japanese 2 000 Guineas, Mile Championship), Daiwa Major (Japanese 2 000 Guineas, Tenno Sho *autumn, Mile Championship, Yasuda Kinen, 3rd Arima Kinen 06 - 07, Dubai Duty Free), Ishino Sunday (Japanese 2 000 Guineas), Still In Love (Japanese Oaks, Japanese 1 000 Guineas, Shuka Sho), Daiwa El Cielo (Japanese Oaks), Dance In The Mood (Japanese 1 000 Guineas, Victoria Mile), Durandal (Sprinters Stakes, Mile Championship - twice), Hat Trick (Mile Championship, Hong Kong Mile), Believe (Takamatsunomiya Kinen, Sprinters Stakes), Admire Max (Takamatsunomiya Kinen), Orewa Matteruze (Takamatsunomiya Kinen), Suzuka Phoenix (Takamatsunomiya Kinen), Silence Suzuka (Takarazuka Kinen), Admire Groove (Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup - twice), Fusaichi Pandora (Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup), Suzuka Mambo (Tenno Sho *spring), Heavenly Romance (Tenno Sho *autumn), Gold Allure (February Stakes, Tokyo Daishoten, Japan Dirt Derby, Derby Grand Prix), Shonan Peintre (Hanshin Juvenile Fillies), Air Messiah (Shuka Sho), Air Shady (3rd Arima Kinen 08 - 09), Higher Game, Lincoln, Swift Current, Tosen Shana O, Admire Main, Rosenkreuz, Agnes Kamikaze, Born King, Divine Light, Great Journey, Legolas, Millennium Bio, Samson Happy, Silent Hunter... Win Marvelous, champion jumper ... ; in Europe, Sunday Picnic (Prix Cléopâtre), Layman (Prix de Cabourg, Sovereign Stakes, 2nd Prix Morny, 3rd Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère - ex Grand Critérium), Sundrop (2nd Fillies' Mile, 1 000 Guineas Stakes), Silent Name (Prix de Saint-Patrick, de Tourgeville, 3rd Prix du Pin, 4th Prix de la Forêt ; in the USA, Arcadia Hdp. - Gr.2, Commonwealth Breeders' Cup - Gr.2, 3rd Eddie Read Hdp., 6th Breeders' Cup Mile), Wild Sunday

Already a remarkable sire of sires with again three sons in the top 3 in Japan in 2009 : Manhattan Café is crowned is front of Agnes Tachyon and Dance In The Dark, while Special Week and Fuji Kiseki respectively stand sixth and seventh.

1st dam
LOTTA LACE. Unraced. Dam of 5 winners :

- SAMSON HAPPY
- CURRENT TOPICS (Sunday Silence), 3 wins in Japan
- DUBAI SUNDAY (Sunday Silence), 2 wins in flat and jumping races in GB
- FUSAICHI PANDORA (Sunday Silence), 4 wins in Japan, Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup (Gr.1), Sapporo Kinen (Gr.2), 2nd Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup (Gr.1), Japanese Oaks (Gr.1), Empress Hai, Flower Cup, 3rd Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (Gr.1), Shuka Sho (Gr.1), Sho Rose

2nd dam
Sex Appeal, unraced. Dam of 7 winners :

- EL GRAN SENOR (Northern Dancer), 7 wins, Irish Derby (Gr.1), Dewhurst St. (Gr.1), 2000 Guineas St. (Gr.1), National St. (Gr.2). Sire.
- TRY MY BEST (Northern Dancer), 4 wins, Dewhurst St. (Gr.1), Larkspur St. (Gr.3), Vauxhall Trial St. (Gr.3). Sire in Japan.
- SOLAR (Halo), 3 wins, Railway St. (Gr.3), Park St. (Gr.3). Dam of winners.
- Compliance (Northern Dancer), 3rd Ballycorus St. (L.). Sire.
- Carillon Miss (The Minstrel), unraced. Dam of 10 winners :

- BLU AIR FORCE, 8 wins, Prix du Palais Royal (Gr.3), $ 390 573. Sire.
- BLU CARILLON, 17 wins, Premio Umbria (Gr.3), Bersaglio (L.).
- TRY MY SEGNOR, 3 wins, Criterium di Roma (L.), 3rd Premio Passi (Gr.3)
- BLU AIR GUN, 2 wins, Premio Alberto Giubilo (Gr.3)

- GOLDEN ORIOLE (Northern Dancer), 1 win. Dam of 6 winners :

- CASTLE GANDOLFO, 3 wins, Beresford St. (Gr.3), 2nd Racing Post Trophy (Gr.1), Critérium de Saint-Cloud 2001 (Gr.1)

- Bella Senora (Northern Dancer), placed. Dam of 4 winners :

- D'ARROS, 3 wins, La Coupe (Gr.3), Grand Prix de Marseille (L.), 2nd H.P. Russel Hdp. (L.), 3rd Prix Jacques Laffitte (L.), 4th Oak Tree Hdp. (Gr.1), 157 644 euros
- NAPOLI, 4 wins, Prix Casimir Delamarre (L.), de la Pépinière (L.), Grand Prix de La Teste (L.), 3rd Prix Minerve (Gr.3), 84 214 euros. Dam of :

- DOMEDRIVER, 6 wins, Breeders' Cup Mile (Gr.1), 2nd Prix Jacques le Marois (Gr.1 - twice), 1 022 963 euros. Sire.
- TAU CETI, 5 wins, Prix du Prince d'Orange (Gr.3), 157 837 euros
- FOREST RAIN, 2 wins in France. Dam of :

- FREEDONIA, 3 wins, Prix de Pomone (Gr.2), 2nd Turf Classic (Gr.1), 4th Prix Vermeille (Gr.1), 217 950 euros

- Speartooth, 3 wins, Prix Caracalla at Saint-Cloud, de Curun at Blain-Bouvron-Le Gavre (15), 2nd Prix Général de Saint-Didier at Saint-Cloud, Sassafras at Maisons-Laffitte, 3rd Prix Pelléas (L.) at Compiègne
- CITY ON SEA, Prix Dorise at Le Mans
- Neutrina. Dam of :

- THREE GEMS, 1 win, Prix de la Belette at Compiègne, 5th Prix du Calvados (Gr.3) at Deauville

- Olympic Majesty, 4 wins, 2nd Gallinule St. (Gr.2), $ 96 663
- METAPHYSIQUE, 2 wins. Dam of 4 winners :

- SERGEANT YORK, 3 wins, Bet Direct Winter Derby (Gr.3), $ 82 298

- Russian Ballet (Nijinsky), placed in Ireland. Dam of 8 winners :

- DR JOHNSON, 4 wins, Silver St. (L.), Ballycullen St. (L.), 2nd Irish Derby (Gr.1)

3rd dam
BEST IN SHOW, 5 wins, Comely St. (Gr.3). Dam of 9 winners :

- GIELGUD (Sir Ivor), 1 win, Champagne St. (Gr.2), 3rd Royal Lodge St. (Gr.2)
- MALINOWSKI (Sir Ivor), 2 wins, Craven St. (Gr.3), 2nd Dewhurst St. (Gr.1)
- BLUSH WITH PRIDE (Blushing Groom), 6 wins, Kentucky Oaks (Gr.1), Santa Susana St. (Gr.1), Ashland St. (Gr.2), 2nd Spinster (Gr.1). Dam of :

- SMOLENSK, 3 wins, Prix d'Astarté (Gr.2), de Sandringham (Gr.3)
- BETTER THAN HONOUR, 2 wins, Demoiselle St. (Gr.2), 2nd Acorn St. (Gr.1), Comely St. (Gr.3), 3rd Mother Goose St. (Gr.1). Dam of :

- RAGS TO RICHES, 5 wins, Belmont St. (Gr.1), Kentucky Oaks (Gr.1)
- JAZIL, 2 wins, Belmont St. (Gr.1), 2nd Wood Memorial St. (Gr.1). Sire.
- CASINO DRIVE, Peter Pan St. (Gr.2), maiden race at Kyoto, 2nd February St. (Gr.1) at Tokyo

- TURNBERRY ISLE, 3 wins, Beresford St. (Gr.3), 2nd Royal Lodge St. (Gr.2)

- MONROE (Sir Ivor), 3 wins, Ballyogan St. (Gr.3), 2nd Phoenix St. (Gr.1). Dam of :

- XAAR, 5 wins, Dewhurst St. (Gr.1), Prix de la Salamandre (Gr.1), de Cabourg (Gr.3), Craven St. (Gr.3), 2nd Prix Morny (Gr.1), Eclipse St. (Gr.1), Guillaume d'Ornano (Gr.2), 3rd Irish Champion St. (Gr.1), Prince of Wales's St. (Gr.2), 4th 2000 Guineas St. (Gr.1). Sire.
- DIESE, 4 wins, Prix Corrida (Gr.3), Rose de Mai (L.), 3rd La Coupe (Gr.3)

- Minnie Hauk (Sir Ivor), 2 wins, 2nd Cornelscourt St. (L.). Dam of :

- AVIANCE, 2 wins, Phoenix St. (Gr.1). Dam of 10 winners :

- DENON, 6 wins, Turf Classic (Gr.1), Hollywood Derby (Gr.1), Prix de Fontainebleau (Gr.3), 3rd Poule d'Essai des Poulains (Gr.1). Sire.
- CHIMES OF FREEDOM, 6 wins, Coronation St. (Gr.1). Dam of :

- GOOD JOURNEY, 7 wins, Atto Mile St. (Gr.1), Citation Hdp. (Gr.2)
- ALDEBARAN, 8 wins, Forego Hdp. (Gr.1), Metropolitan Hdp. (Gr.1). Sire.

- IMPERFECT CIRCLE, 2 wins, Firth of Clyde St. (L.). Dam of :

- SPINNING WORLD, 8 wins, Breeders' Cup Mile (Gr.1), Prix Jacques le Marois (Gr.1 - twice), du Moulin de Longchamp (Gr.1). Sire.

- CHIEF CONTENDER, 4 wins, Prix du Cadran (Gr.1), Derby de l'Ouest (L.)

- Star of Bagdad (Bagdad), 1 win, 2nd Princess Margaret St. (L.). Dam of winners.

Archives - Stallions 2004 - 2014 : Patrick Barbe

Le Cheval Bleu

Sunday Silence db. 1986 - 2002	Halo db. 1969	Hail To Reason	Turn To (Royal Charger - Source Sucrée)
			Nothirdchance (Blue Swords - Galla Colors)
		Cosmah	Cosmic Bomb (Pharamond - Banish Fear)
			Almahmoud (Mahmoud - Arbitrator)
	Wishing Well b. 1975	Understanding	Promised Land (Palestinian - Mahmoudess)
			Pretty Ways (Stymie - Pretty Jo)
		Mountain Flower	Montparnasse (Gulf Stream - Mignon)
			Edelweiss (Hillary - Dowager)
Lotta Lace ch. 1992	Nureyev b. 1977	Northern Dancer	Nearctic (Nearco - Lady Angela)
			Natalma (Native Dancer - Almahmoud)
		Special	Forli (Aristophanes - Trevisa)
			Thong (Nantallah - Rough Shod II)
	Sex Appeal ch. 1970	Buckpasser	Tom Fool (Menow - Gaga)
			Busanda (War Admiral - Businesslike)
		Best In Show ch. 1965	Traffic Judge (Alibhai - Traffic Court)
			Stolen Hour (Mr. Busher - Late Date)

2nd dam Sex Appeal, unraced. Dam of 7 winners :
	- EL GRAN SENOR (Northern Dancer), 7 wins, Irish Derby (Gr.1), Dewhurst St. (Gr.1), 2000 Guineas St. (Gr.1), National St. (Gr.2). Sire. - TRY MY BEST (Northern Dancer), 4 wins, Dewhurst St. (Gr.1), Larkspur St. (Gr.3), Vauxhall Trial St. (Gr.3). Sire in Japan. - SOLAR (Halo), 3 wins, Railway St. (Gr.3), Park St. (Gr.3). Dam of winners. - Compliance (Northern Dancer), 3rd Ballycorus St. (L.). Sire. - Carillon Miss (The Minstrel), unraced. Dam of 10 winners :
		- BLU AIR FORCE, 8 wins, Prix du Palais Royal (Gr.3), $ 390 573. Sire. - BLU CARILLON, 17 wins, Premio Umbria (Gr.3), Bersaglio (L.). - TRY MY SEGNOR, 3 wins, Criterium di Roma (L.), 3rd Premio Passi (Gr.3) - BLU AIR GUN, 2 wins, Premio Alberto Giubilo (Gr.3)
	- GOLDEN ORIOLE (Northern Dancer), 1 win. Dam of 6 winners :
		- CASTLE GANDOLFO, 3 wins, Beresford St. (Gr.3), 2nd Racing Post Trophy (Gr.1), Critérium de Saint-Cloud 2001 (Gr.1)
	- Bella Senora (Northern Dancer), placed. Dam of 4 winners :
		- D'ARROS, 3 wins, La Coupe (Gr.3), Grand Prix de Marseille (L.), 2nd H.P. Russel Hdp. (L.), 3rd Prix Jacques Laffitte (L.), 4th Oak Tree Hdp. (Gr.1), 157 644 euros - NAPOLI, 4 wins, Prix Casimir Delamarre (L.), de la Pépinière (L.), Grand Prix de La Teste (L.), 3rd Prix Minerve (Gr.3), 84 214 euros. Dam of :
			- DOMEDRIVER, 6 wins, Breeders' Cup Mile (Gr.1), 2nd Prix Jacques le Marois (Gr.1 - twice), 1 022 963 euros. Sire. - TAU CETI, 5 wins, Prix du Prince d'Orange (Gr.3), 157 837 euros - FOREST RAIN, 2 wins in France. Dam of :
				- FREEDONIA, 3 wins, Prix de Pomone (Gr.2), 2nd Turf Classic (Gr.1), 4th Prix Vermeille (Gr.1), 217 950 euros
			- Speartooth, 3 wins, Prix Caracalla at Saint-Cloud, de Curun at Blain-Bouvron-Le Gavre (15), 2nd Prix Général de Saint-Didier at Saint-Cloud, Sassafras at Maisons-Laffitte, 3rd Prix Pelléas (L.) at Compiègne - CITY ON SEA, Prix Dorise at Le Mans - Neutrina. Dam of :
				- THREE GEMS, 1 win, Prix de la Belette at Compiègne, 5th Prix du Calvados (Gr.3) at Deauville
		- Olympic Majesty, 4 wins, 2nd Gallinule St. (Gr.2), $ 96 663 - METAPHYSIQUE, 2 wins. Dam of 4 winners :
			- SERGEANT YORK, 3 wins, Bet Direct Winter Derby (Gr.3), $ 82 298
	- Russian Ballet (Nijinsky), placed in Ireland. Dam of 8 winners :
		- DR JOHNSON, 4 wins, Silver St. (L.), Ballycullen St. (L.), 2nd Irish Derby (Gr.1)

3rd dam BEST IN SHOW, 5 wins, Comely St. (Gr.3). Dam of 9 winners :
	- GIELGUD (Sir Ivor), 1 win, Champagne St. (Gr.2), 3rd Royal Lodge St. (Gr.2) - MALINOWSKI (Sir Ivor), 2 wins, Craven St. (Gr.3), 2nd Dewhurst St. (Gr.1) - BLUSH WITH PRIDE (Blushing Groom), 6 wins, Kentucky Oaks (Gr.1), Santa Susana St. (Gr.1), Ashland St. (Gr.2), 2nd Spinster (Gr.1). Dam of :
		- SMOLENSK, 3 wins, Prix d'Astarté (Gr.2), de Sandringham (Gr.3) - BETTER THAN HONOUR, 2 wins, Demoiselle St. (Gr.2), 2nd Acorn St. (Gr.1), Comely St. (Gr.3), 3rd Mother Goose St. (Gr.1). Dam of :
			- RAGS TO RICHES, 5 wins, Belmont St. (Gr.1), Kentucky Oaks (Gr.1) - JAZIL, 2 wins, Belmont St. (Gr.1), 2nd Wood Memorial St. (Gr.1). Sire. - CASINO DRIVE, Peter Pan St. (Gr.2), maiden race at Kyoto, 2nd February St. (Gr.1) at Tokyo
		- TURNBERRY ISLE, 3 wins, Beresford St. (Gr.3), 2nd Royal Lodge St. (Gr.2)
	- MONROE (Sir Ivor), 3 wins, Ballyogan St. (Gr.3), 2nd Phoenix St. (Gr.1). Dam of :
		- XAAR, 5 wins, Dewhurst St. (Gr.1), Prix de la Salamandre (Gr.1), de Cabourg (Gr.3), Craven St. (Gr.3), 2nd Prix Morny (Gr.1), Eclipse St. (Gr.1), Guillaume d'Ornano (Gr.2), 3rd Irish Champion St. (Gr.1), Prince of Wales's St. (Gr.2), 4th 2000 Guineas St. (Gr.1). Sire. - DIESE, 4 wins, Prix Corrida (Gr.3), Rose de Mai (L.), 3rd La Coupe (Gr.3)
	- Minnie Hauk (Sir Ivor), 2 wins, 2nd Cornelscourt St. (L.). Dam of :
		- AVIANCE, 2 wins, Phoenix St. (Gr.1). Dam of 10 winners :
			- DENON, 6 wins, Turf Classic (Gr.1), Hollywood Derby (Gr.1), Prix de Fontainebleau (Gr.3), 3rd Poule d'Essai des Poulains (Gr.1). Sire. - CHIMES OF FREEDOM, 6 wins, Coronation St. (Gr.1). Dam of :
				- GOOD JOURNEY, 7 wins, Atto Mile St. (Gr.1), Citation Hdp. (Gr.2) - ALDEBARAN, 8 wins, Forego Hdp. (Gr.1), Metropolitan Hdp. (Gr.1). Sire.
			- IMPERFECT CIRCLE, 2 wins, Firth of Clyde St. (L.). Dam of :
				- SPINNING WORLD, 8 wins, Breeders' Cup Mile (Gr.1), Prix Jacques le Marois (Gr.1 - twice), du Moulin de Longchamp (Gr.1). Sire.
		- CHIEF CONTENDER, 4 wins, Prix du Cadran (Gr.1), Derby de l'Ouest (L.)
	- Star of Bagdad (Bagdad), 1 win, 2nd Princess Margaret St. (L.). Dam of winners.