Suzuka Mambo

Suzuka Mambo
Suzuka Mambo in 2005
Sire	Sunday Silence
Grandsire	Halo
Dam	Spring Mambo
Damsire	Kingmambo
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	April 28, 2001
Country	Japan
Color	Bay
Breeder	Grand Stud
Owner	Keiji Naga
Trainer	Mitsuru Hashida
Record	19:4-3-2
Earnings	¥292,068,000
Major wins
Hagi Stakes (2003) Asahi Challenge Cup (2004) Tenno Sho (spring 2005)

Suzuka Mambo (April 28, 2001 – February 20, 2015) was a Thoroughbred racehorse and grade I stakes winner. He was sired by Sunday Silence, and out of the Kingmambo daughter Spring Mambo.

Suzuka Mambo was foaled on April 28, 2001, at Japan's Grand Stud. He was sired by 1989 Kentucky Derby winner Sunday Silence, and out of Spring Mambo, a daughter of Kingmambo; he was a dark bay stallion with a white blaze, white stockings on his right front and left rear legs, and a partial coronet marking on his left foreleg.

Suzuka Mambo debuted in Sapporo on August 17, 2003, finishing fourth, but he won his next race on August 31. He ran ninth in his next attempt, the G III Sapporo Nisai Stakes, but then won the Hagi Stakes at Kyoto Racecourse on November 1. His last race of his two-year season was the GI Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes where he finished 13th in a field of 16 horses.

In 2004, Suzuka Mambo ran eight races with widely varying outcomes. His first race of the year was the Keisei Cup in January, where he finished 4th. He then ran second at the Wakaba Stakes in March, with a time of 2:00.2. But in April he took a step back, finishing 17th of 18 horses in the Satsuki Sho, also known as the "Japanese 2000 Guineas." Suzuka Mambo was not yet eligible for the Tokyo Yushin (Japanese Derby) due to insufficient winning prize money, so his connections chose the G II Kyoto Shimbun HA for his next run, where he finished second and thus was able to get into the derby. In Tokyo for the May 30 race, he was not popular, ranking 15th, but finished a respectable fifth out of 18 horses. After a break of three months, Suzuka Mambo's next race was the G III Asahi Challenge Cup at Hanshin Racecourse on September 11, 2004, where he was the favorite and won his only race of the year. The race was 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) and his time was 2:00.1. However, in his next effort, the Kikuka Sho (or "Japanese St. Leger") on October 24, he finished sixth. Suzuka Mambo went on to close out his year with the G III Naruo Kinen. Although he was the favorite, he finished second.