Details
| Name / Japanese | Agnes Tachyon / アグネスタキオン |
| Birth Year | 1998 |
| Sex | horse |
| Earnings | 222,082,000 yen |
| Races-Win / G1-Win | 4-4 / 1-1 |
| Sire | Sunday Silence |
| Dam (Sire) | Agnes Flora (Royal Ski) |
| Other site link | JBIS / Umanity / en.netkeiba |
| Awards | Leading sire in Japan (2008) |
- His dam is Agnes Flola.
She was 1st in the Oka Sho and 2nd in the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks). - His grand-dam is Agnes Lady.
She was 1st in the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks). - His 1-year-old brother is Agnes Flight.
He was 1st in the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby). - Hiroshi Kawachi is main-jockey for all of them.
Agnes Tachyon’s jockey was also him. - He was said to be more talented than his brother.
All Races
| Y D/M | Track | Race | No. | Pl. |  |
| 2000 02/12 | Hanshin T2000 | Newcomer | 4 | 1 | G |
| 2000 23/12 | Hanshin T2000 | Radio Tampa Hai Sansai Stakes (G3) | 1 | 1 | G |
| 2001 04/03 | Tokyo T2400 | Hochi Hai Yayoi Sho (G2) | 17 | 1 | G |
| 2001 15/04 | Kyoto T3000 | Satsuki Sho (G1) | 4 | 1 | ◆ |
- Agnes Tachyon won the Newcomer-race by 3+1/2 lengths.
- In the Radio Tampa Hai Sansai Stakes, he was the 2nd favorite.
(1st favorite: Kurofune, 2nd favorite: Jungle Pocket)
He won by 2+1/2 lengths and broke the 2-years-old-2000m record time.
Jungle Pocket finished 2nd and Kurofune finished 3rd.
His jockey Hiroshi Kawachi said “I am sure that he is on a different level.”
- In the Yayoi Sho, the track-condition was yielding.
He won the race by 5 length.
The fourth horse was Manhattan Cafe, which was the 3 G1 race winner later. - In the Satsuki Sho, the first classic race, he was the 1st favorite.
He was expected to be a triple crown horse before the race.
The TV commentator did the commentary on the premise that he would win.
He won by 1+1/2 lengths. - Many people thought that he would win the triple crown as it is.
But he retired because of flexor tendonitis of left front leg. - He was sometimes called “the Phantom Triple Crown Horse” after retirement.
As a sire
- Daiwa Scarlet won the four G1 races.
(Oka Sho, Shuka Sho, Queen Elizabeth II Cup and Arima Kinen) - Deep Sky won the two G1 races.
(NHK Mile Cup and Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby)) - Furthermore, Logic, Captain Thule, Little Amapola and Rêve d’Essor won a G1 race.
- He won the Leading sire in Japan (2008).
He became the first Japanese-born stallion to become a leading sire in 51 years, since Kumohata in 1957.
- He was a good stallion, but his offspring, like him, had weak legs and were prone to injury.
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