Early Years
Sunday Silence was foaled March 25, 1986, by Halo out of Wishing Well by Understanding. Though he was registered as a dark bay/brown, he was in fact a true black. Sunday Silence was bred by Oak Cliff Thoroughbreds, Ltd. He escaped death on two separate occasions: first as a weanling when he nearly died from a freak virus; and later at age two, traveling in a van when the driver experienced a heart attack, with the van subsequently flipping over. He was passed over twice at the sales ring as a yearling, before he was finally sold in California for $50,000 as a two-year-old in training. Arthur B. Hancock III bought him as a "buy-back" (he had bred him), hoping to ship him to Kentucky. However, the above-noted van accident kept Sunday Silence in California. Hall of Fame trainer Charlie Whittingham bought a half share of the colt and then sold half of that to Dr. Ernest Gaillard. (Ownership designate: H-G-W Partners)
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