REAL RACING ARCHIVE(documented racing history)
LEGEND · 1990s
Silence Suzuka
サイレンススズカ
A front-runner who won six in a row in 1998, including the Takarazuka Kinen, before a fatal injury in the Tenno Sho (Autumn).
Photo: Goki · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Horse profile
- Sex
- Colt / Horse
- Coat
- Chestnut
- Foaled
- 1 May 1994
- Died
- 1 Nov 1998
- Sire
- Sunday Silence
- Dam
- Wakia
- Damsire
- Miswaki
- Breeder
- Inahara Bokujo
- Owner
- Keiji Nagai
- Trainer
- Mitsuru Hashida
- Career
- 16 starts, 9 wins — 15 starts and 9 wins in Japan; one start in Hong Kong
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Career overview
- 16
- Starts
- 9
- Wins
- 1
- G1 wins
- 10
- Top-three finishes
Racing career 1997–1998
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Major victories
01 · 12 Jul 1998
宝塚記念
GI · Hanshin · Turf 2200m · Katsumi Minai · 2:11.9
FILM
On film
「【4Kリマスター】1998年 宝塚記念（GⅠ） | サイレンススズカ | JRA公式」
Record: 12 Jul 1998 · Hanshin · 2200m · 1st · Katsumi Minai
Source: YouTube / JRA公式チャンネル(official)Watch on YouTube ↗Silence Suzuka
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The story
Paired with Yutaka Take for the first time in the 1997 Hong Kong International Cup, he found his style: going to the front and staying there.
In 1998 he won six straight, from the Valentine Stakes to the Mainichi Okan, including the Takarazuka Kinen. In his main target, the Tenno Sho (Autumn), he suffered a shattered left carpal bone during the race and could not be saved.
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Career timeline
1997
- 01 FebNewcomer raceKyoto · Turf 1600m · Hiroyuki UemuraKyotoTurf 1600mHiroyuki Uemura1st1:35.2
- 02 MarYayoi ShoGIINakayama · Turf 2000m · Hiroyuki UemuraNakayamaTurf 2000mHiroyuki Uemura8th2:03.7
- 05 AprAllowance raceHanshin · Turf 2000m · Hiroyuki UemuraHanshinTurf 2000mHiroyuki Uemura1st2:03.0
- 10 MayPrincipal StakesOPTokyo · Turf 2200m · Hiroyuki UemuraTokyoTurf 2200mHiroyuki Uemura1st2:13.4
- 01 JunTokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby)GITokyo · Turf 2400m · Hiroyuki UemuraTokyoTurf 2400mHiroyuki Uemura9th2:27.0
- 15 SepKobe Shimbun HaiGIIHanshin · Turf 2000m · Hiroyuki UemuraHanshinTurf 2000mHiroyuki Uemura2nd2:00.2
- 26 OctTenno Sho (Autumn)GITokyo · Turf 2000m · Hiroshi KawachiTokyoTurf 2000mHiroshi Kawachi6th2:00.0
- 16 NovMile ChampionshipGIKyoto · Turf 1600m · Hiroshi KawachiKyotoTurf 1600mHiroshi Kawachi15th1:36.2
- 14 DecHong Kong International CupG2Sha Tin · Turf 1800m · Yutaka TakeSha TinTurf 1800mYutaka Take5th1:47.5
1998
- 14 FebValentine StakesOPTokyo · Turf 1800m · Yutaka TakeTokyoTurf 1800mYutaka Take1st1:46.3
- 15 MarNakayama KinenGIINakayama · Turf 1800m · Yutaka TakeNakayamaTurf 1800mYutaka Take1st1:48.6
- 18 AprKokura DaishotenGIIIChukyo · Turf 1800m · Yutaka TakeChukyoTurf 1800mYutaka Take1st1:46.5 R
- 30 MayKinko ShoGIIChukyo · Turf 2000m · Yutaka TakeChukyoTurf 2000mYutaka Take1st1:57.8 R
- 12 JulTakarazuka KinenGIHanshin · Turf 2200m · Katsumi MinaiHanshinTurf 2200mKatsumi Minai1st2:11.9
- 11 OctMainichi OkanGIITokyo · Turf 1800m · Yutaka TakeTokyoTurf 1800mYutaka Take1st1:44.9
- 01 NovTenno Sho (Autumn)GITokyo · Turf 2000m · Yutaka TakeTokyoTurf 2000mYutaka TakeDid not finish
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Pedigree
09 — MAJOR RACES
Great races contested
- Tokyo Yushun1997(9)
- Tenno Sho (Autumn)1997(6) 1998
- Takarazuka Kinen1998(1)
10 — JOCKEYS
Riders
- Yutaka Take7 rides · 5 wins
- Hiroyuki Uemura6 rides · 3 wins
- Hiroshi Kawachi2 rides · 0 wins
- Katsumi Minai1 rides · 1 wins · G1 1
11 — RIVALS
Grade 1 opponents
- オフサイドトラップTenno Sho (Autumn) 1998
Recorded as the winner (in defeat) or runner-up (in victory). Names as recorded in Japanese.
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Legacy
- 1998JRA Special Award
14 — CULTURAL CROSS REFERENCE
From racing history
to popular culture
Where the record meets the culture it inspired.
REAL RACING ARCHIVE(documented racing history)
Silence Suzuka
サイレンススズカ
1994–1998 · 1 G1 wins
A real racehorse. The records, pedigree and honours on this page are documented facts with sources.
FICTION / POP CULTURE REFERENCE(a reference to a work of fiction)
UMA MUSUME: PRETTY DERBY — A GAME
サイレンススズカ
The game “Umamusume: Pretty Derby” features a character who bears the name of this racehorse. The character is fictional; details of the game’s story are not part of the horse’s documented history.
Official character list ↗
This site is not affiliated with the game’s rights holders. Character artwork is not shown because permission has not been confirmed. Sources: Wikipedia / Cygames
SOURCES & REFERENCES
Sources & References
Race records are taken from the “Racing record” tables of each horse’s Japanese Wikipedia article (which cite netkeiba.com and JBIS-Search) and cross-checked against the career start count. Grades are shown as printed for that year’s running — current grades are never applied retroactively.
- 01サイレンススズカ — Wikipedia（日本語版）
Wikipedia · Reference · Accessed 2026-09-26
- 02Silence Suzuka — Wikipedia (English)
Wikipedia · Reference · Accessed 2026-09-26
- 03サイレンススズカ｜JBISサーチ
公益社団法人 日本軽種馬協会（JBIS-Search） · Racing record · Accessed 2026-09-26
- 04ウマ娘 プリティーダービーの登場キャラクター — Wikipedia（日本語版, revision 111119000）
Wikipedia · Reference · Accessed 2026-09-26
- 05CHARACTER｜ウマ娘 プリティーダービー 公式ポータルサイト
Cygames · Official · Accessed 2026-09-26
IMAGE CREDITS
Image credits
Each photograph was checked on its individual Wikimedia Commons file page for author and licence.
Silence Suzuka at Tokyo Racecourse, 1 November 1998
Photo: Goki · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons