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Agnes Tachyon
Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Agnes Tachyon (Japanese : アグネスタキオン, April 13, 1998 – June 22, 2009) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and a Leading sire in Japan. His major wins include the Satsuki Sho, Hopeful Stakes and the Yayoi Sho. He ran undefeated from 2000 until 2001 when a bowed tendon ended his racing career.
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He was sired by Sunday Silence and his dam Agnes Flora (by Royal Ski) and was therefore a full-brother to Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) winner Agnes Flight. Agnes Flora won the Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) and his granddam Agnes Lady won the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks).
The name "Tachyon" is derived from tachyonic particles, hypothetical particles which travel faster than the speed of light.
In 1992, the first year of mother Agnes Flora's breeding career, she mated with Sunday Silence, a stallion in his second season who had not yet sired any runners at Shadai. In the following year, 1993, her first foal, a colt, was born.[2] As successful horses from Sunday Silence begin to emerge, this first foal was named 'Agnes Takao' using Watanabe Takao's name.[3] Agnes Takao was entrusted to trainer Mitsumasa Hamada, but he could not perform as expected due to inherited leg weaknesses from his mother.[4][5] The second and third foals by sire Tony Bin were entrusted to Nagahama but also fail to perform similarly.[4] Then, in 1996, in the fifth year, Sunday Silence was once again chosen as the mating partner.[3] On March 2, 1997, a chestnut colt, later known as Agnes Flight, was born at Shadai Farm.[3] In the same year that the fourth foal was born, she again mated with Sunday Silence, resulting in the fifth foal, a chestnut colt, born in 1998. This fifth foal was later known as Agnes Tachyon.[6]
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Racing career
Agnes Tachyon was undefeated in his four race starts, including Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas), before a bowed tendon ended his racing career. He later became a successful sire in Japan.
- Major race wins
- 2001 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) (Domestic GI)
- 2001 Yayoi Sho (Domestic GII)
- 2000 Radio Tampa Hai Sansai Stakes (Domestic GIII)
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Agnes Tachyon's descendants include:[7]
bold = grade 1 stakes
| Foaled | Name | Sex | Major Wins |
| 2003 | Lanzarote | c | Procyon Stakes |
| 2003 | Shonan Tachyon | c | Niigata Nisai Stakes |
| 2003 | Logic[8] | f | NHK Mile Cup |
| 2004 | Daiwa Scarlet | f | Oka Sho, Shūka Sho, Queen Elizabeth II Cup, Osaka Hai, Arima Kinen |
| 2004 | Admire Aura | f | Yayoi Sho, Kyōto Kinen, Shinzan Kinen, |
| 2004 | Shonan Talent | f | Flower Cup |
| 2004 | Meine Canna | f | Fukushima Himba Stakes |
| 2005 | Deep Sky | c | Tokyo Yūshun, NHK Mile Cup |
| 2005 | Admire Commando | c | Aoba Sho |
| 2005 | Rainbow Pegasus | c | Kisaragi Sho, Sekiya Kinen |
| 2005 | Daiwa Wild Boar | c | St Lite Kinen |
| 2005 | Little Amapola | c | Queen Elizabeth II Cup, Daily Hai Queen Cup, Aichi Cup |
| 2005 | Captain Thule | c | Satsuki Shō, Daily Hai Nisai Stakes, Asahi Challenge Cup |
| 2005 | Reve d'Essor | f | Daily Hai Nisai Stakes, Hanshin Juvenile Fillies, Tulip Sho |
| 2005 | Copano Jingu | f | Meguro Kinen |
| 2006 | Broad Street | f | Rose Stakes |
| 2006 | I Am Kamino Mago | c | Hanshin Himba Stakes |
| 2006 | Nike High Grade | c | Haneda Hai |
| 2007 | Sunrise Prince | c | New Zealand Trophy |
| 2007 | Quark Star | c | St Lite Kinen |
| 2007 | Ridill | c | Swan Stakes, Daily Hai Nisai Stakes |
| 2008 | Red Davis | c | Shinzan Kinen, Mainichi Hai, Naruo Kinen |
| 2008 | I Am Actress | f | Unicorn Stakes |
| 2009 | Grandezza | c | Spring Stakes, Tanabata Sho, Sapporo Nisai Stakes |
| 2009 | Sound of Heart | c | Hanshin Himba Stakes |
| 2009 | Omega Heartland | c | Flower Cup |
| 2009 | Osumi Ichiban | c | Diolite Kinen, Hyogo Championship |
| 2009 | Northern River | c | Saitama Hai, Arlington Cup, Capella Stakes |
| 2009 | Red Claudia | f | Queen Sho |
| 2010 | Red Arion | c | Yomiuri Milers Cup, Sekiya Kinen |
| 2010 | Jebel Musa | c | Elm Stakes |
Agnes Tachyon was the leading sire in Japan in 2008 and died in June 2009 due to heart failure.[9]
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In popular culture
An anthropomorphized version of the horse appears in Umamusume: Pretty Derby as an intellectual young girl with short, messy brown hair. A movie featuring the character titled Umamusume Pretty Derby: Beginning of a New Era released in Japan on May 24, 2024.[10][11]
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