IRL:Manhattan Cafe - Revision history

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	In 2015, despite mating with 126 mares, Manhattan Cafe's health was severely deteriorating, and he had a poor immune system. By the end of the breeding season, he did not recover from his poor health. Manhattan Cafe passed away on August 13th, 2015, with a post-mortem examination determining a peritoneal tumor as the cause of death. <ref>[https://www.sponichi.co.jp/gamble/news/2015/08/15/kiji/K20150815010938750.html Sponichi Annex - Manhattan Cafe passes away suddenly... (cont.)] </ref>		In 2015, despite mating with 126 mares, Manhattan Cafe's health was severely deteriorating, and he had a poor immune system. By the end of the breeding season, he did not recover from his poor health. Manhattan Cafe passed away on August 13th, 2015, with a post-mortem examination determining a peritoneal tumor as the cause of death. <ref>[https://www.sponichi.co.jp/gamble/news/2015/08/15/kiji/K20150815010938750.html Sponichi Annex - Manhattan Cafe passes away suddenly... (cont.)] </ref>

			== Honors ==

			* JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse (2002)

	== Relationships ==		== Relationships ==

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	\|4th gen dam8=Schwarzblaurot (GER)		\|4th gen dam8=Schwarzblaurot (GER)
	\|family=F16-c}}		\|family=F16-c}}
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	== Trivia ==		== Trivia ==

	*Manhattan Cafe was noted to share a strong resemblance to his sire Sunday Silence, with some differences.		*Manhattan Cafe was noted to share a strong resemblance to his sire Sunday Silence, with some differences.
	**Unlike Sunday Silence, who was highly aggressive and ferocious, small and lean, had crooked hind legs, has a sock on his right hind leg had a wider white blaze on his face and was more resilient, Manhattan Cafe was more quiet, obedient and gentle, much larger, did not have his sires crooked legs or sock, and the white blaze on his face was less prominent and more narrow.		**Unlike Sunday Silence, who was highly aggressive and ferocious, small and lean, had crooked hind legs, has a sock on his right hind leg had a wider white blaze on his face and was more resilient, Manhattan Cafe was more quiet, obedient and gentle, much larger, did not have his sires crooked legs or sock, and the white blaze on his face was less prominent and more narrow.
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	** Surprisingly, Sunday Silence produced another son that looked even more like him than Manhattan Cafe, that being Black Tide, the sire of [[IRL:Kitasan Black\|Kitasan Black]].		** Surprisingly, Sunday Silence produced another son that looked even more like him than Manhattan Cafe, that being Black Tide, the sire of [[IRL:Kitasan Black\|Kitasan Black]].

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	\|text= A truly unique stayer,<br> he led a life embodying contradictory elements within himself:<br> physical frailty paired with extraordinary growth potential,<br> occasional crushing defeats,<br> and a remarkable ability to rise to the occasion in major races.		\|text= A truly unique stayer,<br> he led a life embodying contradictory elements within himself:<br> physical frailty paired with extraordinary growth potential,<br> occasional crushing defeats,<br> and a remarkable ability to rise to the occasion in major races.
	\|ref=JRA Famous Horse Memorial<ref>[https://jra-van.jp/fun/memorial/1998101554.html Manhattan Cafe - Famous Horse Memorial]</ref>}}		\|ref=JRA Famous Horse Memorial<ref>[https://jra-van.jp/fun/memorial/1998101554.html Manhattan Cafe - Famous Horse Memorial]</ref>}}
	'''Manhattan Cafe''' was a Japanese racehorse that was active from 2001 to 2002. Nicknamed the "Skyscraper Towering over the Turf"<ref name="Weekly 100 Famous Horses"> [https://www.https://minomushiya.com/?pid=106701221 Weekly 100 Famous Horses]</ref>, Manhattan Cafe won all 3 Japanese Grade 1 races he ran in, and was a successful G1 winner producing sire and broodmare sire. Regular jockey Masayoshi Ebina remarked his "quiet demeanor, atypical of [[IRL:Sunday Silence\|Sunday Silence]] progeny".<ref> Yushun Issue December 2001 - page 33 </ref>		'''Manhattan Cafe''' was a Japanese racehorse that was active from 2001 to 2002. Nicknamed the "Skyscraper Towering over the Turf"<ref name="Weekly 100 Famous Horses"> [https://www.https://minomushiya.com/?pid=106701221 Weekly 100 Famous Horses]</ref>, Manhattan Cafe won all 3 Japanese Grade 1 races he ran in, and was a successful G1 winner producing sire and broodmare sire. Regular jockey Masayoshi Ebina remarked his "quiet demeanor, atypical of [[IRL:Sunday Silence\|Sunday Silence]] progeny".<ref> Yushun Issue December 2001 - page 33 </ref> He was one of the five horses from the "Strongest Generation" of Japanese Horseracing alongside [[IRL:Agnes Tachyon\|Agnes Tachyon]], [[IRL:Jungle Pocket\|Jungle Pocket]], [[IRL:Kurofune\|Kurofune]], and [[IRL:Dantsu Flame\|Dantsu Flame]]. He shares the 2001 Triple Crown with Agnes Tachyon and Jungle Pocket with a win at the Kikka Sho.

	== Name Origin ==		== Name Origin ==

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	\|text= A truly unique stayer,<br> he led a life embodying contradictory elements within himself:<br> physical frailty paired with extraordinary growth potential,<br> occasional crushing defeats,<br> and a remarkable ability to rise to the occasion in major races.		\|text= A truly unique stayer,<br> he led a life embodying contradictory elements within himself:<br> physical frailty paired with extraordinary growth potential,<br> occasional crushing defeats,<br> and a remarkable ability to rise to the occasion in major races.
	\|ref=JRA Famous Horse Memorial<ref>[https://jra-van.jp/fun/memorial/1998101554.html Manhattan Cafe - Famous Horse Memorial]</ref>}}		\|ref=JRA Famous Horse Memorial<ref>[https://jra-van.jp/fun/memorial/1998101554.html Manhattan Cafe - Famous Horse Memorial]</ref>}}
	'''Manhattan Cafe''' was a Japanese racehorse that was active from ~~the early-2000s~~. Nicknamed the "Skyscraper Towering over the Turf"<ref name="Weekly 100 Famous Horses"> [https://www.https://minomushiya.com/?pid=106701221 Weekly 100 Famous Horses]</ref>, Manhattan Cafe won all 3 Japanese Grade 1 races he ran in, and was a successful G1 winner producing sire and broodmare sire. Regular jockey Masayoshi Ebina remarked his "quiet demeanor, atypical of [[IRL:Sunday Silence\|Sunday Silence]] progeny".<ref> Yushun Issue December 2001 - page 33 </ref>		'''Manhattan Cafe''' was a Japanese racehorse that was active from 2001 to 2002. Nicknamed the "Skyscraper Towering over the Turf"<ref name="Weekly 100 Famous Horses"> [https://www.https://minomushiya.com/?pid=106701221 Weekly 100 Famous Horses]</ref>, Manhattan Cafe won all 3 Japanese Grade 1 races he ran in, and was a successful G1 winner producing sire and broodmare sire. Regular jockey Masayoshi Ebina remarked his "quiet demeanor, atypical of [[IRL:Sunday Silence\|Sunday Silence]] progeny".<ref> Yushun Issue December 2001 - page 33 </ref>

	== Name Origin ==		== Name Origin ==

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	\|text= A truly unique stayer,<br> he led a life embodying contradictory elements within himself:<br> physical frailty paired with extraordinary growth potential,<br> occasional crushing defeats,<br> and a remarkable ability to rise to the occasion in major races.		\|text= A truly unique stayer,<br> he led a life embodying contradictory elements within himself:<br> physical frailty paired with extraordinary growth potential,<br> occasional crushing defeats,<br> and a remarkable ability to rise to the occasion in major races.
	\|ref=JRA Famous Horse Memorial<ref>[https://jra-van.jp/fun/memorial/1998101554.html Manhattan Cafe - Famous Horse Memorial]</ref>}}		\|ref=JRA Famous Horse Memorial<ref>[https://jra-van.jp/fun/memorial/1998101554.html Manhattan Cafe - Famous Horse Memorial]</ref>}}
	'''Manhattan Cafe''' ~~(Japanese: '''マンハッタンカフェ''', March 5, 1998 - August 13, 2015)~~ was a Japanese racehorse that was active from the early-2000s. Nicknamed the "~~'''~~Skyscraper Towering over the Turf~~'''~~"<ref name="Weekly 100 Famous Horses"> [https://www.https://minomushiya.com/?pid=106701221 Weekly 100 Famous Horses]</ref>, Manhattan Cafe won all 3 Japanese Grade 1 races he ran in, and was a successful G1 winner producing sire and broodmare sire. Regular jockey Masayoshi Ebina remarked his "quiet demeanor, atypical of [[IRL:Sunday Silence\|Sunday Silence]] progeny". <ref> Yushun Issue December 2001 - page 33 </ref>		'''Manhattan Cafe''' was a Japanese racehorse that was active from the early-2000s. Nicknamed the "Skyscraper Towering over the Turf"<ref name="Weekly 100 Famous Horses"> [https://www.https://minomushiya.com/?pid=106701221 Weekly 100 Famous Horses]</ref>, Manhattan Cafe won all 3 Japanese Grade 1 races he ran in, and was a successful G1 winner producing sire and broodmare sire. Regular jockey Masayoshi Ebina remarked his "quiet demeanor, atypical of [[IRL:Sunday Silence\|Sunday Silence]] progeny".<ref> Yushun Issue December 2001 - page 33 </ref>

	== Name Origin ==		== Name Origin ==

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	\|text= A truly unique stayer,<br> he led a life embodying contradictory elements within himself:<br> physical frailty paired with extraordinary growth potential,<br> occasional crushing defeats,<br> and a remarkable ability to rise to the occasion in major races.		\|text= A truly unique stayer,<br> he led a life embodying contradictory elements within himself:<br> physical frailty paired with extraordinary growth potential,<br> occasional crushing defeats,<br> and a remarkable ability to rise to the occasion in major races.
	\|ref=JRA Famous Horse Memorial<ref>[https://jra-van.jp/fun/memorial/1998101554.html Manhattan Cafe - Famous Horse Memorial]</ref>}}		\|ref=JRA Famous Horse Memorial<ref>[https://jra-van.jp/fun/memorial/1998101554.html Manhattan Cafe - Famous Horse Memorial]</ref>}}
	'''Manhattan Cafe''' was a Japanese racehorse that was active from ~~2000 to 2002~~. Nicknamed the "'''Skyscraper Towering over the Turf'''"<ref name="Weekly 100 Famous Horses"> [https://www.https://minomushiya.com/?pid=106701221 Weekly 100 Famous Horses]</ref>, Manhattan Cafe won all 3 Japanese Grade 1 races he ran in, and was a successful G1 winner producing sire and broodmare sire. Regular jockey Masayoshi Ebina remarked his "quiet demeanor, atypical of [[IRL:Sunday Silence\|Sunday Silence]] progeny". <ref> Yushun Issue December 2001 - page 33 </ref>		'''Manhattan Cafe''' (Japanese: '''マンハッタンカフェ''', March 5, 1998 - August 13, 2015) was a Japanese racehorse that was active from the early-2000s. Nicknamed the "'''Skyscraper Towering over the Turf'''"<ref name="Weekly 100 Famous Horses"> [https://www.https://minomushiya.com/?pid=106701221 Weekly 100 Famous Horses]</ref>, Manhattan Cafe won all 3 Japanese Grade 1 races he ran in, and was a successful G1 winner producing sire and broodmare sire. Regular jockey Masayoshi Ebina remarked his "quiet demeanor, atypical of [[IRL:Sunday Silence\|Sunday Silence]] progeny". <ref> Yushun Issue December 2001 - page 33 </ref>

	== Name Origin ==		== Name Origin ==

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	\|dob=1998-03-05		\|dob=1998-03-05
	\|dod=2015-08-13		\|dod=2015-08-13
	\|sire= Sunday Silence		\|sire= [[IRL:Sunday Silence\|Sunday Silence]]
	\|dam= Subtle Change		\|dam= Subtle Change
	\|sex= Stallion		\|sex= Stallion
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	\|text= A truly unique stayer,<br> he led a life embodying contradictory elements within himself:<br> physical frailty paired with extraordinary growth potential,<br> occasional crushing defeats,<br> and a remarkable ability to rise to the occasion in major races.		\|text= A truly unique stayer,<br> he led a life embodying contradictory elements within himself:<br> physical frailty paired with extraordinary growth potential,<br> occasional crushing defeats,<br> and a remarkable ability to rise to the occasion in major races.
	\|ref=JRA Famous Horse Memorial<ref>[https://jra-van.jp/fun/memorial/1998101554.html Manhattan Cafe - Famous Horse Memorial]</ref>}}		\|ref=JRA Famous Horse Memorial<ref>[https://jra-van.jp/fun/memorial/1998101554.html Manhattan Cafe - Famous Horse Memorial]</ref>}}
	'''Manhattan Cafe''' was a Japanese racehorse that was active from 2000 to 2002. Nicknamed the "'''Skyscraper Towering over the Turf'''"<ref name="Weekly 100 Famous Horses"> [https://www.https://minomushiya.com/?pid=106701221 Weekly 100 Famous Horses]</ref>, Manhattan Cafe won all 3 Japanese Grade 1 races he ran in, and was a successful G1 winner producing sire and broodmare sire. Regular jockey Masayoshi Ebina remarked his "quiet demeanor, atypical of Sunday Silence progeny". <ref> Yushun Issue December 2001 - page 33 </ref>		'''Manhattan Cafe''' was a Japanese racehorse that was active from 2000 to 2002. Nicknamed the "'''Skyscraper Towering over the Turf'''"<ref name="Weekly 100 Famous Horses"> [https://www.https://minomushiya.com/?pid=106701221 Weekly 100 Famous Horses]</ref>, Manhattan Cafe won all 3 Japanese Grade 1 races he ran in, and was a successful G1 winner producing sire and broodmare sire. Regular jockey Masayoshi Ebina remarked his "quiet demeanor, atypical of [[IRL:Sunday Silence\|Sunday Silence]] progeny". <ref> Yushun Issue December 2001 - page 33 </ref>

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	===3 years old (2001)===		===3 years old (2001)===

	Manhattan Cafe would make a late debut on January 29th in a 2000m maiden race at Tokyo Racecourse, but due to a poor start would fail to win, finishing 3rd. He would run in another Tokyo maiden race on February 11th, this time winning for his 1st victory. Manhattan Cafe would make his next start in the G2 Yayoi Sho, where he meets 3-year-old rivals [[IRL:Agnes Tachyon\|Agnes Tachyon]] and Kurofune. He would be in poor health going into the race, having lost 20 kg of weight from his last race, and would finish in 4th place, behind the winner Agnes Tachyon. Due to missing out on the top 3, he would not get automatic qualification into the Satsuki Sho. His next race would be a month later in the Azalea Sho at Hanshin Racecourse, in an attempt to enter the Japan Derby. However, Manhattan Cafe would once again lose significant weight and was in poor health, and suffered a major defeat, finishing in 11th place. <ref name="race"> [https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000324971/record/ Race Records \| Manhattan Cafe]</ref>		Manhattan Cafe would make a late debut on January 29th in a 2000m maiden race at Tokyo Racecourse, but due to a poor start would fail to win, finishing 3rd. He would run in another Tokyo maiden race on February 11th, this time winning for his 1st victory. Manhattan Cafe would make his next start in the G2 Yayoi Sho, where he meets 3-year-old rivals [[IRL:Agnes Tachyon\|Agnes Tachyon]] and [[IRL:Kurofune\|Kurofune]]. He would be in poor health going into the race, having lost 20 kg of weight from his last race, and would finish in 4th place, behind the winner Agnes Tachyon. Due to missing out on the top 3, he would not get automatic qualification into the Satsuki Sho. His next race would be a month later in the Azalea Sho at Hanshin Racecourse, in an attempt to enter the Japan Derby. However, Manhattan Cafe would once again lose significant weight and was in poor health, and suffered a major defeat, finishing in 11th place. <ref name="race"> [https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000324971/record/ Race Records \| Manhattan Cafe]</ref>

	Trainer Futoshi Kojima didn't have clear answers for Manhattan Cafe's poor health, citing possibilities as "not handling transport well" or "undeveloped internal organs and muscles".<ref> Yushun Issue January 2002 - page 14 </ref> The trainer switched their goals to run Manhattan Cafe in the Kikuka Sho in October, the last leg of the Classic races. Over the summer, he would win twice over 2600m at Sapporo Racecourse, and was entered in the Grade 2 Saint Lite Kinen, a trial race for the Kikuka Sho at the end of August. Once again, Manhattan Cafe would lose significant weight before the race and would finish 4th, missing out on automatic entry for the Kikuka Sho. <ref name="race"> </ref>		Trainer Futoshi Kojima didn't have clear answers for Manhattan Cafe's poor health, citing possibilities as "not handling transport well" or "undeveloped internal organs and muscles".<ref> Yushun Issue January 2002 - page 14 </ref> The trainer switched their goals to run Manhattan Cafe in the Kikuka Sho in October, the last leg of the Classic races. Over the summer, he would win twice over 2600m at Sapporo Racecourse, and was entered in the Grade 2 Saint Lite Kinen, a trial race for the Kikuka Sho at the end of August. Once again, Manhattan Cafe would lose significant weight before the race and would finish 4th, missing out on automatic entry for the Kikuka Sho. <ref name="race"> </ref>
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	===Relatives===		===Relatives===
			* [[IRL:Sunday Silence\|Sunday Silence]] - Father

	*[[IRL:Red Desire\|Red Desire]] - Daughter		*[[IRL:Red Desire\|Red Desire]] - Daughter

	*[[IRL:Buena Vista\|Buena Vista]] - First cousin once removed		*[[IRL:Buena Vista\|Buena Vista]] - First cousin once removed
	== Race Records ==		== Race Records ==
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	{{Pedigree		{{Pedigree
	\|name=Manhattan Cafe (JPN)		\|name=Manhattan Cafe (JPN)
	\|sire=Sunday Silence (USA)		\|sire=[[IRL:Sunday Silence\|Sunday Silence (USA)]]
	\|grand sire=Halo (USA)		\|grand sire=Halo (USA)
	\|3rd gen sire 1=Hail to Reason (USA)		\|3rd gen sire 1=Hail to Reason (USA)

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	*Manhattan Cafe was noted to share a strong resemblance to his sire Sunday Silence, with some differences.		*Manhattan Cafe was noted to share a strong resemblance to his sire Sunday Silence, with some differences.
	**Unlike Sunday Silence, who was highly aggressive and ferocious, small and lean, had crooked hind legs, has a sock on his right hind leg had a wider white blaze on his face and was more resilient, Manhattan Cafe was more quiet, obedient and gentle, much larger, did not have his sires crooked legs or sock, and the white blaze on his face was less prominent and more narrow		**Unlike Sunday Silence, who was highly aggressive and ferocious, small and lean, had crooked hind legs, has a sock on his right hind leg had a wider white blaze on his face and was more resilient, Manhattan Cafe was more quiet, obedient and gentle, much larger, did not have his sires crooked legs or sock, and the white blaze on his face was less prominent and more narrow.
	**Due to the similarities, Manhattan Cafe was cast to play his sire in the Japanese TV docudrama "''Fortunate Encounter, The Dream for Thoroughbreds''".		**Due to the similarities, Manhattan Cafe was cast to play his sire in the Japanese TV docudrama "''Fortunate Encounter, The Dream for Thoroughbreds''".
	** Surprisingly, Sunday Silence produced another son that looked even more like him than Manhattan Cafe, that being Black Tide, the sire of [[IRL:Kitasan Black\|Kitasan Black]].		** Surprisingly, Sunday Silence produced another son that looked even more like him than Manhattan Cafe, that being Black Tide, the sire of [[IRL:Kitasan Black\|Kitasan Black]].

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	**Unlike Sunday Silence, who was highly aggressive and ferocious, small and lean, had crooked hind legs, has a sock on his right hind leg had a wider white blaze on his face and was more resilient, Manhattan Cafe was more quiet, obedient and gentle, much larger, did not have his sires crooked legs or sock, and the white blaze on his face was less prominent and more narrow		**Unlike Sunday Silence, who was highly aggressive and ferocious, small and lean, had crooked hind legs, has a sock on his right hind leg had a wider white blaze on his face and was more resilient, Manhattan Cafe was more quiet, obedient and gentle, much larger, did not have his sires crooked legs or sock, and the white blaze on his face was less prominent and more narrow
	**Due to the similarities, Manhattan Cafe was cast to play his sire in the Japanese TV docudrama "''Fortunate Encounter, The Dream for Thoroughbreds''".		**Due to the similarities, Manhattan Cafe was cast to play his sire in the Japanese TV docudrama "''Fortunate Encounter, The Dream for Thoroughbreds''".
	** Surprisingly, Sunday Silence produced another son that looked even more like him ~~that~~ Manhattan Cafe, that being Black Tide, the sire of [[IRL:Kitasan Black\|Kitasan Black]].		** Surprisingly, Sunday Silence produced another son that looked even more like him than Manhattan Cafe, that being Black Tide, the sire of [[IRL:Kitasan Black\|Kitasan Black]].