Agnes Tachyon Became Number One After Sunday Silence

In 1957 a Japanese-bred stallion led Japan's sire list. It did not happen again for fifty one years. Agnes Tachyon raced four times, won four times, and was retired at three with a bowed tendon. He never ran in the Derby. He never raced as an older horse. The Japanese breeding industry still valued him at around fifteen million dollars, more than proven champions with four times his record. Seven years later he was the number one sire in Japan, taking the top of the list after his own father, Sunday Silence. The following year he died at eleven. This is what happened to the money, and to the bloodline, in between. 0:00 December 2000 1:37 The fourth start 4:16 Fifteen million dollars 6:45 Repricing 8:43 Fifty-one years 10:12 The daughter 12:22 June 22nd, 2009 --- If you know Agnes Tachyon from Umamusume, this is the real horse the character is based on. The game is not covered here. This video is about his racing career, what he was worth as a stallion, and what happened to his bloodline afterwards. The same goes for Kurofune, Jungle Pocket, Manhattan Cafe, Daiwa Scarlet and Deep Impact, who all appear in this story. --- A note on the Derby argument. Jungle Pocket won the 2001 Japanese Derby from a poor draw. Whether Agnes Tachyon would have beaten him is an argument Japanese racing fans have been having ever since, and there is no answer to it. The opinion given in this video is one person's, and it is stated as such. --- People not named in the narration: Agnes Tachyon was owned by Takao Watanabe, trained by Hiroyuki Nagahama and bred at Shadai Farm. Yutaka Kawachi rode him in the Radio Tampa Hai, the Yayoi Sho and the Satsuki Sho. Kurofune was owned by Makoto Kaneko. Jungle Pocket was owned by Shiyoji Saito. Daiwa Scarlet was owned by Keizo Oshiro. Deep Impact was owned by Makoto Kaneko. --- Sources: Stud fees, covering figures and sire rankings are from JBIS-Search and netkeiba. Deep Impact's retirement and the formation of his syndicate were reported by Nikkan Sports and Yomiuri Shimbun on 11 October 2006. The description of Agnes Tachyon as the dirt branch of the Sunday Silence line follows the bloodstock analyst Takamasa Kametani. The recollections in this video are the creator's own, from reading Weekly Gallop, Thoroughbred magazine and Nikkan Sports at the time. Currency conversions use annual average exchange rates for the year in question. --- This channel is made by one person in Japan. The research and the writing are mine. The narration voice and the artwork are generated with AI, and AI also helps me with the English. I do not speak English well, so I apologise for anything that reads awkwardly. If something is factually wrong, please tell me in the comments and I will correct it. Japan's Hidden Yen. Stories about Japanese racing that have not been told in English.