Agnes Tachyon
Agnes Tachyon was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and a Leading sire in Japan. His major wins include the Satsuki Sho, and the Yayoi Sho. He ran undefeated from 2000 until 2001 when a bowed tendon ended his racing career.
Background
He was sired by Sunday Silence and his dam Agnes Flora and was therefore a full-brother to Tokyo Yushun winner Agnes Flight. Agnes Flora won the Oka Sho and his granddam Agnes Lady won the Yushun Himba.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. As successful horses from Sunday Silence begin to emerge, this first foal was named 'Agnes Takao' using Watanabe Takao's name. Agnes Takao was entrusted to trainer Mitsumasa Hamada, but he could not perform as expected due to inherited leg weaknesses from his mother. The second and third foals by sire Tony Bin were entrusted to Nagahama but also fail to perform similarly. Then, in 1996, in the fifth year, Sunday Silence was once again chosen as the mating partner. On March 2, 1997, a chestnut colt, later known as Agnes Flight, was born at Shadai Farm. 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.
Racing career
Agnes Tachyon was undefeated in his four race starts, including Satsuki Sho, before a bowed tendon ended his racing career. He later became a successful sire in Japan.; Major race wins
- 2001 Satsuki Sho
- 2001 Yayoi Sho
- 2000 Radio Tampa Hai Sansai Stakes
Stud record
Agnes Tachyon's descendants include:Legend:c: coltf: fillybold: grade 1 stakes
Agnes Tachyon was the leading sire in Japan in 2008 and died in June 2009 due to heart failure.