ZAMBEZI SUN (GB)

bay horse - 1m 66
2004

Won 612 787 euros

 

Breeder : Juddmonte Farms

 

Profile 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RACE RECORD

 

15 races, 4 wins, placed 5 times

At 3
Grand Prix de Paris (Gr.1 - Longchamp - 2 400 m), Prix Juigné (Longchamp - 2 000 m), de Nanterre (Longchamp - 2 100 m), 3rd Prix Niel (Gr.2), 4th Prix du Jockey Club (Gr.1)

At 4
Prix Foy (Gr.2 - Longchamp - 2 400 m), 2nd Grand Prix de Chantilly (Gr.2), 4th Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (Gr.1), Turf Classic (Gr.1)

 

 

 

PRODUCE RECORD

 

Black type

Flora Sun, 2nd Prix des Guilledines (Gr.3 - AQPS - Durtal)
Jacksun, 2nd Prix Scaramouche (L.), Premio Merano (L. - Merano), 4th Grand Prix de Saint-Moritz (L.), Prix du Grand Camp (L. - Lyon-Parilly)
Zillione Sun, 4th Grand Prix de Fontainebleau (L.)
Festinette, 5th Prix de Craon (Gr.1 - AQPS - Longchamp)

ROSARIO BARON, Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris 2023 (Gr.1), Prix Troytown (Gr.3), du Mont-Dore (L.), 3rd Prix Robert de Clermont-Tonnerre (Gr.3), 5th Prix Journaliste (Gr.3)
SPIRIT SUN, Prix Santo Pietro (L.), Air Landais (L.), 2nd Prix William Head (L.)
ZAMBELLA
, Bangor On Dee Racecourse Mares' Novices' Chase (L. - Bangor), Lady Godiva Mares' Novices' Chase (L. - Warwick), Mares' Chase (L. - Leicester), Houghton Mares' Chase (L. - Aintree), Yorkshire Silver Vase Mares' Chase (L. - Doncaster - twice), Houghton Mares' Chase (L. - Carlisle), 2nd Lady Protectress Mares' Chase (L. - Warwick), Fair Maid Of Perth Mares' Chase (L. - Perth), Mares' Chase (L. - Leicester), Mares' Chase (L. - Market Rasen), Lady Protectress Mares' Chase (L. - Huntingdon), 3rd Fair Maid Of Perth Mares' Chase (L. - Perth), 4th Kingwell Hurdle (Gr.2 - Kempton), Liberthine Mares' Chase (Gr.2 - Cheltenham - twice), Contenders Hurdle (L. - Sandown), Mares' Hurdle (L. - Wetherby)
MANDARIN BASC
, Grand Steeple-Chase de la Ville de Deauville (L. - Clairefontaine)
Bulkov
, 2nd Prix Général de Saint-Didier (Gr.3)
Désir du Large
, 3rd Novice Hurdle (Gr.2 - Naas), 4th Paddy Kehoe Suspended Ceilings Novice Hurdle (Gr.2 - Fairyhouse)
Extrême Nouba
, 3rd Prix Dominique Sartini (Gr.3), 5th Prix Pierre de Lassus (Gr.3)
All Together
, 4th Prix Max de Ginestet - Grande Course de Haies de Pau (L.), 5th Byrne Group Handicap Chase (L. - Ascot)

 

 

 

PEDIGREE

 DANSILI (GB)
b. - 1996

 DANEHILL

 Danzig

 Northern Dancer (Nearctic - Natalma)
 Pas de Nom (Admirals Voyage - Petitioner)

 Razyana

 His Majesty (Ribot - Flower Bowl)
 Spring Adieu (Buckpasser - Natalma)

 HASILI

 Kahyasi

 Ile de Bourbon (Nijinsky - Roselière)
 Kadissya (Blushing Groom - Kalkeen)

 Kerali

 High Line (High Hat - Time Call)
 Sookera (Roberto - Irule)

 IMBABALA (GB)
ch. - 1995

 ZAFONIC

 Gone West

 Mr. Prospector (Raise A Native - Gold Digger)
 Secrettame (Secretariat - Tamerett)

 Zaizafon

 The Minstrel (Northern Dancer - Fleur)
 Mofida (Right Tack - Wold Lass)

 INTERVAL
ch. - 1984

 Habitat

 Sir Gaylord (Turn To - Somethingroyal)
 Little Hut (Occupy - Savage Beauty)

 Intermission
1973

 Stage Door Johnny (Prince John - Peroxide Blonde)
 Peace (Klairon - Sun Rose)

 

By DANSILI, Prix du Muguet (Gr.2), Edmond Blanc (Gr.3), Messidor (Gr.3), du Labyrinthe, de Blaison, 2nd Poule d'Essai des Poulains (Gr.1), Sussex Stakes (Gr.1), Prix de la Forêt (Gr.1), Queen Anne Stakes (Gr.2), 3rd Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (Gr.1), Jacques le Marois (Gr.1), Breeders' Cup Mile (Gr.1), 4th Prix Jean Prat (Gr.1)

At stud since 2001.

Produce record 2004 - 2013
771 runners - 540 winners
86 SWS (53 group winners)

Particularly Sire of Rail Link (Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe), Harbinger (King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes), ZAMBEZI SUN, Price Tag (Matriarch Stakes), Passage of Time (Critérium de Saint-Cloud), Proviso (Frank E. Kilroe Mile Hdp., Just A Game Stakes, Diana Stakes, First Lady Stakes), Zoffany (Phoenix Stakes, 2nd Saint James's Palace Stakes, Prix Jean Prat), Emulous (Matron Stakes), Giofra (Falmouth Stakes, 3rd Dubai Duty Free), The Fugue (Nassau Stakes, Yorkshire Oaks, Irish Champion Stakes, Prince of Wales's Stakes), Flintshire (Grand Prix de Paris), Winsili (Nassau Stakes), Dank (Beverly D Stakes, Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf), Laughing (Diana Stakes, Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes), Miss France (1000 Guineas Stakes), We Are (Prix de l'Opéra), With You (Prix Rothschild), all group I winners, Famous Name (2nd Prix du Jockey-Club), Alzubra, Aviate, Bated Breath, Bewitched, Bilissie, Brisanto, Cantabria, Chaleur, Come Alive, Crossed Baton, Dancing Lady, Dandino, Dansant, Dansico, Darabad, Dark Orchid, Dastarhon, Delegator, Diamond Diva, Disclose, Dormello, Dream Peace, Early March, Efaadah, Epic Love, Esquisse, Environs, Fallen For You, Father Time, Fire Lily, First Sitting, Foreteller, Franz Schubert, Glance, Glowing, Grand Marshal, Grecian Dancer, Handsome Maestro, Heirloom, Hello Fuji, High Heel Sneakers, Home Affairs, Ice Blue, Illustrious Blue, Just Wonderful, L'Amour de Ma Vie, Ligne d'Or, Making Eyes, Meadow Creek, Miss France, Muntahaa, Muteela, Nabucco, Nevis, Opposite, Palmyre, Permit, Piracicaba, Platitude, Prudenzia, Queen's Trust, Remote, Renew, Requinto, Riposte, Romancière, Saint Thomas, Sara Lucille, Sarandia, Sense of Joy, Shared Account, Shaweel, Shutter Speed, Silver Touch, So Beloved, Stipulate, Strategic Prince, Strawberrydaiquiri, Supposition, Surfrider, Tandem, Tenth Star, Testostérone, Thomas Chippendale, Thousand Words, Timepecker, Toque de Queda, Trais Fluors, Trick of Light, Vancouvérité, Véda, Via Firenze, Visoriyna, Whippy Cream, Zacinto, Zibelina ...

1st dam
IMBABALA, 1 win at 3 in France, placed 3 times. Dam of :
  - KALABAR (c. Kahyasi - 2000), 2 wins at 3, Prix Guillaume d'Ornano (Gr.2), placed 7 times, 2nd Prix Eugène Adam (Gr.2), du Conseil de Paris (Gr.2), 3rd Prix La Force (Gr.3), 4th Prix de Suresnes (L.) ; 1 win over hurdles at 5, placed 3 times
- ZAMBEZI SUN
- WORLD HERITAGE (c. Kahyasi - 2006), 1 win at 3, 2nd Prix Eugène Adam (Gr.2), du Lys (Gr.3), du Prince d'Orange (Gr.3)
- MUSANGO (g. Night Shift - 2003), 3 wins at 4 in England, placed 6 times
- Landela (f. Alhaarth - 2002), placed twice at 4 in England. Dam of a winner.
- Key Figure (f. Beat Hollow - 2007)
- CANDICANS (f. Dansili - 2008), 1 win, Prix des Roseaux at Fontainebleau
- ZERO GRAVITY (f. Dansili - 2009), 3 wins, Prix Petite Etoile (L.), de Courbépine, du Boschet at Deauville (12)
- Shared Account (f. Dansili - 2010), 1 win, Prix Gyges at Maisons-Laffitte (13), 3rd Prix de Liancourt (L.) at Longchamp (13), des Tourelles (L.) at Chantilly (14), du Haras de la Cauvinière at Deauville (13), 4th Prix de Pomone (Gr.2) at Deauville (14), de Royallieu (Gr.2) at Longchamp. Dam of Sand Share, Fllies' Novice Stakes at Kempton Park (18), 2nd Upavon Fillies' St. (L.) at Salisbury (19), 3rd May Hill Stakes (Gr.2) at Doncaster (18), Prix Mélisande (L.) at Longchamp (19), 4th Prix des Réservoirs (Gr.3) at Deauville (18) ; POCKET SQUARE, Prix des Réservoirs (Gr.3) at Deauville (19), Fillies' Novice St. at Ascot (19).
2nd dam
INTERVAL
, 4 wins at 2 and 3, Prix Maurice de Gheest (Gr.2), Hackwood Stakes (L.), 2nd Lowther Stakes (Gr.2), 3rd 1000 Guineas St. (Gr.1). Dam of 7 winners :
  - SHORT PAUSE (Sadler's Wells), 6 wins, Prix d'Hédouville (Gr.3), de Reux (L.), de Boulogne (L.), 2nd Prix d'Harcourt (Gr.2), Maurice de Nieuil (Gr.2), Foy (Gr.2), Dollar (Gr.2), Le Fabuleux (L.), 3rd Grand Prix de Chantilly (Gr.2 - twice), Prix d'Harcourt (Gr.2), 4th Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (Gr.1), 332 278 euros. Sire in Australia.
- CHEYENNE DREAM (Dancing Brave), 2 wins in France at 2 and 3, Prix de Bagatelle (L.), 2nd Prix Chloé (Gr.3), des Chênes (Gr.3), 3rd Prix de la Cochère (L.). Dam of 6 winners :
    - INDIAN CHOICE, 3 wins at 3 and 4, Prix de Boulogne (L.), 2nd Prix du Prince d'Orange (Gr.3), 3rd Grand Prix de Compiègne (L.), 90 800 euros
- Dream Chief, 10 wins in France and Italy, 2nd Prix du Gros-Chêne (Gr.2), Premio Tudini (Gr.3), 3rd Gran Premio Citta di Napoli (Gr.3), £ 138 681. Sire.
- Tarbrush, 3 wins in South Africa at 2 and 3, 2nd Breeders' Guineas (L.), 3rd Lady's Bracelet Stakes (L.)
- Sky Quest, 1 win, 2nd Prix du Haras de la Huderie (L.)
- WEST DAKOTA, 1 win in France at 3. Dam of GREAT PLAINS, 3 wins in GB and UAE, Abu Dhabi Championship (L.).
  - KRISIA (Kris), 1 win. Dam of :
    - CONTINENT, 7 wins, Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp (Gr.1), July Cup (Gr.1), 2nd King's Stand Stakes (Gr.2), 4th Nunthorpe St. (Gr.1), £ 426 461
3rd dam
INTERMISSION
, 3 wins, Cambridgeshire Handicap (L.), 4th Cheshire Oaks (Gr.3). Dam of 6 winners :
  - INTERVAL - see above
- INTERIM, 5 wins, La Prevoyante Handicap (Gr.2), $346 537. Dam of :
    - MIDSHIPS, 5 wins, Charles Wittingham Hdp. (Gr.1), San Luis Rey Hdp. (Gr.2), San Juan Capistrano Hdp. (Gr.2), 3rd Hollywood Derby (Gr.1), $ 528 041
- Staging Post, 3 wins, 2nd San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap (Gr.1), $ 193 224
  - HOLD YOUR FIRE, 6 wins, Singapore Gold Cup (L.)
- Interplay, 5 wins, 3rd Prix Omnium II (L.)
- TWIXT, 2 wins. Dam of 5 winners :
    - BON POINT, 9 wins, Col F.W. Koester Handicap (Gr.2), Prix Quincey (Gr.3), de Tourgeville (L.), Bien Bien Handicap (L.), Grand Flotilla Handicap (L.), Bo Derek St. (L.), 2nd Carleton F. Burke Handicap (Gr.2), San Marcos Handicap (Gr.2), 3rd Golden Gate Handicap (Gr.2), $ 585 611. Sire.
- Context, placed in France. Dam of NIGHT CHAPTER, 7 wins, Prix du Ranelagh (L.), Daytona Hdp. (L.) ; Condition, 3 wins, 3rd Prix Belle de Nuit (L.), dam of a winner.
  - Welcome Break. Dam of 6 winners :
    - INVITED GUEST, 10 wins, Fillies' Mile (Gr.2), San Gorgonio Hdp. (Gr.2), Waterford Candelabra St. (Gr.3), Prix de Psyché (Gr.3), Dahlia Hdp. (Gr.3), 2nd Apple Blossom Hdp. (Gr.1), Milady Hdp. (Gr.1), $ 619 942
- Fox Takuma, 4 wins in Malaysia and Singapore, 2nd Perak Derby (L.)
- Desert Plus, 8 wins in France and Italy, 3rd Gran Premio d'Italia (L.)
  - Interruption, unraced. Dam of :
    - MUCH FASTER, 4 wins out of 6 starts at 2, Prix Robert Papin (Gr.2), du Bois (Gr.3), 2nd Prix Morny (Gr.1). Dam of SUGAR FREE, 2 wins, Land O'Burns Fillies St. (L.) (09).
  - Polish Mission, unraced. Dam of 3 winners :
    - Miss Mission, 3 wins, 3rd Grand Critérium de Bordeaux (L.)
4th dam
PEACE
, 1 win at 2, Blue Seal Stakes (L.). Dam of 10 winners :
  - QUIET FLING, 5 wins, Coronation Cup (Gr.1). Sire.
- ARMISTICE DAY, 9 wins, Prix Exbury (Gr.3). Sire.
- PEACETIME, 3 wins, Classic Trial (Gr.3). Sire.
- PEACEFUL, 7 wins, Bessborough Handicap (L.)
- INTERMISSION - see above

- Balabina, 1 win, 3rd Sir Charles Clore Memorial St. (L.). Dam of BINARY, Prix des Tuileries (L.) ; BAL HARBOUR, Gala Stakes (L.) ; BEQUEATH, Fred Archer St. (L.).

- DE STAEL, 2 wins. Dam of WANDESTA, Matriarch Stakes (Gr.1) ; DE GUEST, Prix du Conseil de Paris (Gr.2),
Sire ; SOURCE OF LIGHT, TURNERS HILL, Sire. Grandam of DEPORTIVO, Flying Five Stakes (Gr.2), Sire, FASHIONABLE, IRISH VALE.
- Flaming Peace, placed. Dam of FLAMING TORCH, Athenia Handicap (Gr.3),
Yerba Buena Handicap (L.), 2nd La Prevoyante Handicap (Gr.2), 3rd New York Handicap (Gr.2 - twice)

 


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Zambezi Sun : Picture by Scoop Dyga - Zambèze, Victoria Falls : Picture by Audrey Baschet


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