Sunshack | |
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Sire | Rainbow Quest |
Grandsire | Blushing Groom |
Dam | Suntrap |
Damsire | Roberto |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 8 February 1991 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Juddmonte Farms |
Owner | Khalid Abdullah |
Trainer |
Andre Fabre Robert J. Frankel |
Record | 18: 6-5-4 |
Earnings | £397,260 |
Major wins | |
Criterium de Saint-Cloud (1993) Prix du Conseil de Paris (1994) Prix Jean de Chaudenay (1995) Coronation Cup (1995) Prix Royal-Oak (1995) |
Sunshack (foaled 8 February 1991) is a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire who was trained in France and the United States. He showed very good form as a two-year-old in 1993 when he won two of his four races including the Criterium de Saint-Cloud. In the following year he struggled for form before ending his season with a win in the Prix du Conseil de Paris. He reached his peak as a four-year-old in 1995 when he won the Prix Jean de Chaudenay, defeated a world-class field in the Coronation Cup and then stepped up in distance to take the Prix Royal-Oak. His later career was limited by injury and he failed to win again. He stood as a breeding stallion in Japan and France with very little success.
Sunshack was a dark bay horse with a small white star bred in England by his owner Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms. He was sired by Rainbow Quest who won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe before becoming a very successful breeding stallion. Rainbow Quest's other progeny included Quest for Fame, Saumarez, Raintrap, Nedawi, Armiger, Spectrum and Millenary. Sunshack's dam Suntrap was a successful racemare who won three minor races and finished third in both the Prix d'Aumale and the Lupe Stakes. As a broodmare she had previously produced Sunshack's full-brother Raintrap.
Sunshack was sent into training with Andre Fabre in France.