[Winner: Silence Suzuka]A genius who takes the lead right from the start and is good at “big runs” where he runs alone. Although he is quiet and stoic, he does not hate others, he is simply fascinated by running. There are many seniors in the same room as Special Week who admire his transparency. https://umamusume.jp/character/silencesuzuka 1998 Nakayama Kinen (G2), 1998 Kokura Daishoten (G3) 1998 Kinshachi Sho (G2), 1998 Takarazuka Kinen (G1) 1998 Mainichi Crown (G2) https://db.netkeiba.com/horse/1994103997/ Uma Musume Pretty Derby (official) game https://umamusume.jp/contents/game/ Uma Musume Pretty Derby (official) anime https://anime-umamusume. jp/ Uma Musume Pretty Derby ROAD TO THE TOP https://umamusume.jp/contents/anime/roadtothetop/ Movie version “Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Door to a New Era” https://movie-umamusume.jp/ Anime “Uma Musume Cinderella Gray” https://anime-cinderellagray.com/[Race]October 11, 1998 Tokyo, Turf 1800m Haruyoshi 11R Mainichi Crown G2[Results]1st Silence Suzuka / Taketoyo 2nd El Condor Passer / Masayoshi Ebina 3rd place Sunrise Flag / Yasuhiko Yasuda[Live commentary]Fuji TV version “No matter how far you go, I’ll run away” Silence Suzuka[MainichiCrown1998]https://youtu.be/UKESIh9fEfA?si=nAoBCkWninKrts8x Radio Tanpa version (JRA) 1998 Mainichi Crown (GII) | Silence Suzuka | JRA official https://youtu.be/S69v-3lO5c0?si=X_ayP4MJRaqx23vq[Reproducibility]Star 2: ★★☆☆☆ Chestnut stallion born in 1994 (97th generation). Father Sunday Silence (SS), mother Wakia. Because he was born in May, one of the later born among Thoroughbreds, his debut race was a little late, in February when he was 4 years old (currently 3 years old). After that, there were a series of races in which he could not win until autumn, but in December he traveled overseas to compete in the GII Hong Kong International Cup (currently G1 Hong Kong Cup), where his future partner, jockey Toyo Take, rode for the first time. Jockey Takeshi highly praised Silence Suzuka even before her debut, and even went so far as to offer to ride her, breaking from his personal style of “jockeys waiting patiently for requests to ride.” Despite finishing fifth, jockey Takeshi said the following after the race. “This horse is a monster.” “Next year I will win with this horse.” The following year, those words became reality. “From the very beginning, he ran too hard, he was the essence of a thoroughbred horse.” After giving Silence Suzuka such a review, Yutaka Take came up with a bold idea for riding him. That’s the big escape. “Even if I tried to hold him back, it wouldn’t work.Then I thought it would be better to let him run as he pleases from the first half.This horse seemed to have the most fun when he was running.I think he’ll still hold it, though. Toyo Take, who made a choice that would normally not be his main strategy, traveled to the Kanto region just to ride this horse in the opening special Valentine Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse in the first race of the new year, and won it overwhelmingly. He also managed to win at the Nakayama Kinen and Kokura Daishoten events that followed. By riding these horses, Silence Suzuka learned that warrior jockeys should “take a breather.” *Taking a breather is when a runaway horse intentionally slows down in the middle of a race to conserve stamina for the last spurt. “The horse noticed it. Then, at the very end, I was able to accelerate again. I thought this was an amazing thing.” Then, Suzuka won the Kinshachi Award by 11 horse lengths. An overwhelming victory. “Normally you would never have an experience like that. I crossed the finish line without hearing any footsteps (coming from behind)!” said Yutaka Take, looking back on the Kinshachi Award at the time. He also runs in the Takarazuka Kinen, which is a field of GI horses. At the beginning of this season, he was not scheduled to run in the Takarazuka Kinen, and since Taketaka had a prior commitment to ride Air Groove and was unable to ride him, he was offered to jockey Katsumi Minami, who was scheduled to ride Going Suzuka from the same owner’s stable. This will be a transfer. In the actual race, considering the fact that it was Minami’s first time riding a horse and the distance, he raced more restrained than in the Kinshachi Sho, attracted the followers in a straight line, and before the finish line, Minami put in his whip and accelerated to escape, making him his first GI victory. In the following Mainichi Crown race, Yutaka Take returned to the saddle. However, two undefeated foreign 4-year-old horses, NHK Mile Cup winner El Condor Passer and last year’s Asahi Hai 3-Year-Old Stakes (currently Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes) winner Grass Wonder, will be running. The race started with Suzuka running the 1000m at a fast pace of 57.7 seconds. Even El Condor Passer, who was barely able to catch up with his trailing competitors who had worn out his legs in the straight line, finished second with a difference of two and a half lengths. This is his 6th consecutive win this year. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he became the strongest horse of the time, both in name and reality, as he set his sights on winning the Emperor’s Award (autumn), which was his biggest goal. Everything was smooth sailing. Everyone was mesmerized by Suzuka’s overwhelming speed over other horses. Many people had many dreams for him, and the team was planning to run in the Japan Cup after autumn to test his distance aptitude, and then to travel to the United States. “I had a great race, and I’m finally starting to look overseas. I was just talking about how everyone would be surprised.” Silent Sunday, and then the Emperor’s Sho (autumn). There was no one else to compete with, and I was in the running for a horse racing ticket. In terms of sales, Silence Suzuka is overwhelmingly the most popular (1.2x wins), and on November 1st, he is the most popular in the Tokyo 11R1 slot, and both Yutaka Take and the stable staff in charge agree that he is in the best condition. Her late-blooming body has reached its final stage and she is in perfect physical condition. As long as there was no breakdown, it was thought that he would win the race… Suzuka Moinai jumped out from the start, cutting through Hana and widening the gap. After passing 1000m at a comfortable pace of 57 seconds, there was a gap of nearly 10 horse lengths over Silent Hunter, who was in second place, and there was also a gap of about 7 to 8 horse lengths behind him, so much so that the herd could not fit in unless the camera was pulled all the way. He had an overwhelming lead. “I started to breathe, and I thought, Okay, okay. It felt really good,” says Taketaka. Up until this point, everything had gone according to plan. However, something strange happens after passing through the Great Keyaki. Suddenly his pace becomes unsteady and his pace slows down. “During the race, I knew immediately what had happened. It was the most unpleasant moment for a jockey.” The venue was roaring, and the commentary was shouting. “The enemy is yourself! You can’t defeat it!!” (Radio Nippon, Kazuyoshi Senda) “This is difficult! It’s difficult! After all, there was a monster living 2,000 meters above Fuchu!” (Osaka MBS Radio, Hirofumi Bito) “Silent Suzuka! Silent Suzuka has experienced a breakdown! What the heck! Yutaka Take finished the race without reaching the 4th corner! Silent Sunday!!!” (Fuji TV, Tsuneo Shiobara) *This sudden incident in Shiobara The word “poem” that appeared in “Poem” has become established as a word to describe this race. However, even though his left leg was broken, he held on with his three legs and carried Taketoyo from the saddle to a safe place while avoiding the herd of horses (as a result, there was no contact, and the second Silent Hunter ( Yutaka Yoshida (Saddler) was only used as an outsider). However, this persistence made the faulty part even worse. There is a possibility that he could have survived if he had rolled instead of stepping on his foot, but in that case, his life in the saddle was in danger. “There aren’t many horses that can run at that top speed and sustain that many broken bones and not fall. I thought that they were protecting me. Even now, I think of Silence Suzuka very often. I wish I could have run a few hundred meters. Yeah, I’m very disappointed. I still regret it,” Taketoyo said, looking back on those days. The race was won by the 8-year-old horse Offside Trap, ridden by Yoshiomi Shibata, but the strange noises in the arena did not stop for a while after crossing the finish line, and many spectators were concerned about Suzuka’s safety. However, the diagnosis was a comminuted fracture of the carpal bone in the left front leg. There was nothing that could be done to help the animal, and the animal was immediately diagnosed with a poor prognosis, and the animal was euthanized. Died at the age of 5 (currently 4 years old). Lifetime record: 16 wins, 9 wins. After his death, he was presented with the 1998 JRA Special Award by the JRA, and the following year, in 1999, he was featured in a poster for a hero biography (the catchphrase was “Be the first, just be the first.”). It is important to note that this is just a memorial poster and is not included in the official numbering of the hero series). During the procedure, Taketoyo, who usually doesn’t show his emotions, cried and became distraught, and that night he drank wine with an acquaintance until he was completely drunk. “I think that was the first time in my life that I was drunk. I hope it was just a dream.” When asked about the cause of the breakdown that day, he replied, “I don’t think I know the cause.” (Actually, the cause of Suzuka’s breakdown at that time is still unclear. Mitsuru Hashida, the trainer who was in charge of Suzuka, said in a book, “Suzuka’s speed is terrible. It is speculated that the durability limit was exceeded, and as a result, the part that functions as a shock absorber broke.” Jockey Yuichi Fukunaga (current trainer), who is close friends with Yutaka Take and rode Teim Oarashi in the same race, said, “It was the first time I had seen Yutaka so depressed.” This incident cast a huge shadow on Taketoyo’s mind, and in the new horse race against Admire Vega held the week after the Emperor’s Sho (autumn), he was suspended after finishing first due to a slanted race (Take himself was also suspended from riding). The race continued to be lackluster for a while. After that, Yutaka Take did not mention Silence Suzuka in depth until 2007, and even in a 2013 interview, when the topic of the accident came up, he immediately refused and withdrew his smile. However, this incident led the jockey named Yutaka Take to even greater heights. #Silent Suzuka #Mainichi Crown #Race Reenactment #Super G2 #El Condor Passer #Grass Wonder #Uma Musume #Horse Racing #cygames #umamusume #amv
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