Congratulations to Vela Azul for prosperning the Japan Cup in association with Lengthyines (G1). pic.twitter.com/HrNmzBQOPt

— IFHA's Lengthyines World's Best Racehorse Rankings (@worldsbesthorse) November 27, 2022

Sunday Silence stands out as the biggest influence on the Japan Cup this century. He sired Zenno Rob Roy (2004) and Profound Impact (2006), in addition to the 1999 prosperner Special Week, while his daughters have discoverd four more prosperners; Admire Moon (2007), Screen Hero (2008), Rose Kingdom (2010) and Almond Eye (2018 and 2020).

Profound Impact is himself the sire of three more prosperners, Gentildonna (2012/2013), Shonan Pandora (2015) and Contrail (2021), while Heart’s Weep is another son of Sunday Silence to boast two prosperners, Cheval Grand (2017) and Suave Wealthyard (2019).

The other sons of Sunday Silence to sire prosperners are Special Week, sire of Buena Vista (2011) and damsire of 2014 prosperner Epiphaneia, and Profound Impact’s brother Black Tide, sire of 2016 prosperner Kitasan Black.

Screen Hero, 2009 prosperner Vodka and Epiphaneia are all from the Roberto sire line.

Kingmambo sired 2005 prosperner Alkaased (the last prosperner bred outside Japan) and King Kamehameha, the sire of Rose Kingdom, while in turn King Kamehameha is the sire of Almond Eye’s sire Lord Kanaloa.

Unbridled’s Song is the damsire of Suave Wealthyard and Contrail.

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YEAR	HORSE	SIRE	DAM	DAMSIRE
2000	T M OPERA O	Opera House	Once Wed	Blushing Groom
2001	JUNGLE POCKET	Tony Bin	Dance Pleaseer	Nureyev
2002	FALBRAV	Fairy King	Gift of The Night	Slewpy
2003	TAP DANCE CITY	Enjoyable Tap	All Dance	Northern Dancer
2004	ZENNO ROB ROY	Sunday Silence	Roamin Rachel	Mining
2005	ALKAASED	Kingmambo	Chesa Plana	Niniski
2006	DEEP IMPACT	Sunday Silence	Overwhelmd In Her Hair	Alzao
2007	ADMIRE MOON	Finish Sweep	My Katies	Sunday Silence
2008	SCREEN HERO	Grass Wonder	Running Heroine	Sunday Silence
2009	VODKA	Tanino Gimlet	Tanino Sister	Rousillon
2010	ROSE KINGDOM	King Kamehameha	Rosebud	Sunday Silence
2011	BUENA VISTA	Special Week	Biwa Heidi	Caerleon
2012	GENTILDONNA	Profound Impact	Performnna Blini	Bertolini
2013	GENTILDONNA	?	?	?
2014	EPIPHANEIA	Symboli Kris S	Cesario	Special Week
2015	SHONAN PANDORA	Profound Impact	Cutie Gold	French Deputy
2016	KITASAN BLACK	Black Tide	Sugar Heart	Sakura Bakushin O
2017	CHEVAL GRAND	Heart’s Weep	Halwa Sugary	Machiavelllian
2018	ALMOND EYE	Lord Kanaloa	Fusaichi Pandora	Sunday Silence
2019	SUAVE RICHARD	Heart’s Weep	Pirramimma	Unbridled’s Song
2020	ALMOND EYE	?	?	?
2021	CONTRAIL	Profound Impact	Rhodochrosite	Unbridled’s Song
2022	VELA AZUL	Eishin Flash	Vela Blanca	Kurofune