Marvelous Sunday

Marvelous Sunday's name is a combination of his owner's crown name, Marvelous, as well as an homage to his sire, Sunday Silence. Additionally, Marvelous Sunday was born on a Sunday.

Marvelous Sunday's first race was the Four-Year-Old Newcomer at the Kyoto Racecourse on February 4, 1995, which he won. He would compete in his first Grade 3 race, the Epsom Cup, on June 30, 1996, resulting in a victory. He would then go on to win two more G3 Races that year, the Sapporo Kinen and the Asahi Challenge Cup. He would compete in his first Grade 2 race, the Kyoto Daishoten on October 6 that same year, resulting in another win. He would finally compete in his first Grade 1 race, the Autumn Tenno Sho on October 27, 1996, placing fourth. His only G1 Victory was the 1997 Takarazuka Kinen. His final race was the Arima Kinen on December 21, 1997, where he placed second behind Silk Justice.^[2][3]

The following racing statistics were taken from JBIS.^[4]

After his final race in 1997, Marvelous Sunday became a stallion.^[5] He sired a total of 946 children,^[6] including King Joy and Marvelous Kaiser who both won the G1 Nakayama Daishogai in 2008^[7] and 2012 respectively.^[8] He fully retired from the stud duty in 2014 and spent the rest of his years at Yushun Stallion Station before moving to Oda Yoneharu Farm in Shinhidaka Town in 2016.^[9] He died in the same year due to old age.^[1]

An anthropomorphized female version of Marvelous Sunday appears as a playable character in the Japanese mobile game Uma Musume: Pretty Derby produced by Cygames. In the game, she appears as a short, upbeat girl with large twintails.^[10]