Silver Moon III was a modestly talented racehorse in his native Argentina, but he possessed an excellent pedigree that had its roots in an excellent English family. Exported to Chile, he parlayed his bloodlines into championships as the leading sire of winners and the leading broodmare sire in his new country.
Race record
Incomplete
Won Premio Jose B. Zubiaurre (ARG)
As an individual
A bay horse; no further information available.
As a stallion
According to records compiled by The Jockey Club, Silver Moon III sired 40 winners (39.6%) and 19 stakes winners (18.8%) from 101 named foals of racing age.
Sire rankings
Per Great Thoroughbred Sires of the World (2006, Churchill, Reichard, and Rogers)
Per Thoroughbred Heritage (www.tbheritage.com):
Notable progeny
El Tiron (CHI), Figuron (CHI), Hada Buena (CHI), Lausanne (CHI), Recia (CHI)
Notable progeny of daughters
Indina (CHI), Risueno (CHI), Secuencia (CHI), Seminola (CHI), Shepelunga (CHI)
Connections
Silver Moon III was bred by Haras Comalal.
Pedigree notes
Silver Moon III is inbred 4x4 to two-time English champion sire Phalaris; 5x5x5 to Phalaris’s sire Polymelus, a five-time English champion sire; and 5x5 to Chaucer, twice England’s leading broodmare sire. He is a full brother to Lunaria, second dam of Argentine Group 2 winner El Quimico and third dam of Argentine Group 2 winner Moon Parade. He is a half brother to Premio Miguel Angel y Tomas Juarez Celman winner Planetaria (by Penny Post), dam of 1963/64 Argentine champion older male El Centauro (by Sideral), Argentine stakes winner Spaceman II (by Sideral), and 1990 Argentine Broodmare of the Year Cephei (by Cambremont). Cephei, in turn, is the dam of 1990 Argentine Horse of the Year Algenib (by Oak Dancer) and of multiple Group 1 winner Nortak (by Fitzcarraldo), whose major wins included the 1998 Gran Premio Polla de Potrancas (Argentine One Thousand Guineas, ARG-G1) and the second dam of 1993 Gran Premio Gran Criterium (ARG-G1) winner Alphard and Argentine Group 2 winners Norhein and Silver Planet.
Returning to Silver Moon III, he is also a half brother to stakes-placed Rheita (by Sideral), second dam of Argentine Group 3 winner Sumbeam and third dam of multiple Argentine Group 1 winner Syzygy, 1998 Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini (ARG-G1) winner Coalsack, and Argentine Group 3 winner Aludra. Another half sister to Silver Moon III, Moonrise (by Sideral), is the dam of 1981 Brooklyn Handicap (USA-G1) winner Hechizado (by Cambremont), multiple Argentine stakes winner Menguante (by Immortality), and the high-class steeplechaser Moonstruck (by Northern Baby); the second dam of Chilean Group 2 winner Don Salustiano and Argentine Group 3 winner Fullmoon; and the third dam of 2002 Argentine champion 2-year-old male Petit Club, 2009 Gran Premio Dos Mil Guineas (ARG-G1) winner Pick Out, and Argentine Group 3 winners Mond and Post Atomic. Finally, Silver Moon III is a half brother to stakes-placed Moonshine (by Court Harwell), dam of Argentine stakes winner Fra Mauro (by Cipol) and third dam of multiple Argentine Group 3 winner Ultrasonico, and to Lunaison (by Seductor), second dam of Argentine Group 3 winner Atractivo.
Silver Moon III is out of Crescent (by Rustom Pasha), whose wins include the Premio Suipacha, one of Argentina’s most important sprint races. A half sister to Matyoka (by Winterhalter), whose great-granddaughter Lola Montes III won the 1962 Premio Miguel Angel y Tomas Juarez Celman and whose great-grandson Moron won the 1978 Premio General Belgrano (ARG-G2), Crescent is out of Sickle Moon (by Sickle), whose half sister Pale Ale (by Mannamead) is the dam of 1958 Irish Oaks winner Amante (by Tehran) and multiple English and French stakes winner Skyraider (by Airborne) and is the second dam of 1960 English champion 2-year-old filly Opaline II and French Group 3 winner Kirmiz. Sickle Moon, in turn, is out of the White Eagle mare Compromise, a half sister to 1913 St. Leger Stakes winner Night Hawk (by Gallinule).
Last updated: November 18, 2024
Race record
Incomplete
Won Premio Jose B. Zubiaurre (ARG)
As an individual
A bay horse; no further information available.
As a stallion
According to records compiled by The Jockey Club, Silver Moon III sired 40 winners (39.6%) and 19 stakes winners (18.8%) from 101 named foals of racing age.
Sire rankings
Per Great Thoroughbred Sires of the World (2006, Churchill, Reichard, and Rogers)
- Led the Chilean general sire list in 1971; 3rd in 1970 and 1977.
- Led the Chilean broodmare sire list in 1984; 2nd in 1982 and 1986; 3rd in 1981.
Per Thoroughbred Heritage (www.tbheritage.com):
- Led the Chilean general sire list in 1971.
Notable progeny
El Tiron (CHI), Figuron (CHI), Hada Buena (CHI), Lausanne (CHI), Recia (CHI)
Notable progeny of daughters
Indina (CHI), Risueno (CHI), Secuencia (CHI), Seminola (CHI), Shepelunga (CHI)
Connections
Silver Moon III was bred by Haras Comalal.
Pedigree notes
Silver Moon III is inbred 4x4 to two-time English champion sire Phalaris; 5x5x5 to Phalaris’s sire Polymelus, a five-time English champion sire; and 5x5 to Chaucer, twice England’s leading broodmare sire. He is a full brother to Lunaria, second dam of Argentine Group 2 winner El Quimico and third dam of Argentine Group 2 winner Moon Parade. He is a half brother to Premio Miguel Angel y Tomas Juarez Celman winner Planetaria (by Penny Post), dam of 1963/64 Argentine champion older male El Centauro (by Sideral), Argentine stakes winner Spaceman II (by Sideral), and 1990 Argentine Broodmare of the Year Cephei (by Cambremont). Cephei, in turn, is the dam of 1990 Argentine Horse of the Year Algenib (by Oak Dancer) and of multiple Group 1 winner Nortak (by Fitzcarraldo), whose major wins included the 1998 Gran Premio Polla de Potrancas (Argentine One Thousand Guineas, ARG-G1) and the second dam of 1993 Gran Premio Gran Criterium (ARG-G1) winner Alphard and Argentine Group 2 winners Norhein and Silver Planet.
Returning to Silver Moon III, he is also a half brother to stakes-placed Rheita (by Sideral), second dam of Argentine Group 3 winner Sumbeam and third dam of multiple Argentine Group 1 winner Syzygy, 1998 Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini (ARG-G1) winner Coalsack, and Argentine Group 3 winner Aludra. Another half sister to Silver Moon III, Moonrise (by Sideral), is the dam of 1981 Brooklyn Handicap (USA-G1) winner Hechizado (by Cambremont), multiple Argentine stakes winner Menguante (by Immortality), and the high-class steeplechaser Moonstruck (by Northern Baby); the second dam of Chilean Group 2 winner Don Salustiano and Argentine Group 3 winner Fullmoon; and the third dam of 2002 Argentine champion 2-year-old male Petit Club, 2009 Gran Premio Dos Mil Guineas (ARG-G1) winner Pick Out, and Argentine Group 3 winners Mond and Post Atomic. Finally, Silver Moon III is a half brother to stakes-placed Moonshine (by Court Harwell), dam of Argentine stakes winner Fra Mauro (by Cipol) and third dam of multiple Argentine Group 3 winner Ultrasonico, and to Lunaison (by Seductor), second dam of Argentine Group 3 winner Atractivo.
Silver Moon III is out of Crescent (by Rustom Pasha), whose wins include the Premio Suipacha, one of Argentina’s most important sprint races. A half sister to Matyoka (by Winterhalter), whose great-granddaughter Lola Montes III won the 1962 Premio Miguel Angel y Tomas Juarez Celman and whose great-grandson Moron won the 1978 Premio General Belgrano (ARG-G2), Crescent is out of Sickle Moon (by Sickle), whose half sister Pale Ale (by Mannamead) is the dam of 1958 Irish Oaks winner Amante (by Tehran) and multiple English and French stakes winner Skyraider (by Airborne) and is the second dam of 1960 English champion 2-year-old filly Opaline II and French Group 3 winner Kirmiz. Sickle Moon, in turn, is out of the White Eagle mare Compromise, a half sister to 1913 St. Leger Stakes winner Night Hawk (by Gallinule).
Last updated: November 18, 2024