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Family profile
The Sun Shower family
Best known: Excelebration (IRE), Lancaster Bomber (USA), Mull Of Killough (IRE)
- Founding mare
- Sun Shower (IRE)
- Winners
- 7
- Descendants ran
- 13
- Black-type winners
- 3
- G1 winners
- 2
- Generations
- 3
- Prize
- £1,595,010 GB · €267,700 IRE
Tree
Name winnerG1 Group 1 winnerBlack type black-type winnerW wins · R runs
Founding mareSun Shower (IRE)
Rainfall Radar (USA)Generation 1 · 0W · 17R
Apatite (GB)Generation 2 · 1W · 12R
Broodmares
- Sun Shower (IRE) 7 runners · 4 winners
- Rainfall Radar (USA) 5 runners · 3 winners
- Apatite (GB) 1 runners · 0 winners
Winners
Black-type winners
- Excelebration (IRE)Generation: 1 · Sex: colt · Foaled: 2008 · Dam: Sun Shower (IRE) · Sire: Exceed And Excel (AUS) · Runs: 11 · Wins: 5 · Best OR: 126 · Black-type wins: 3 · Black type: Group 1 winner (3 black-type wins) · Best win: Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Sponsored By Qipco (Group 1), Ascot 2012 · Prize GB (£): 989302 · Prize IRE (€): 39000 · Last run: 2012-10-20
- Lancaster Bomber (USA)Generation: 1 · Sex: colt · Foaled: 2014 · Dam: Sun Shower (IRE) · Sire: War Front (USA) · Runs: 12 · Wins: 2 · Best OR: 118 · Black-type wins: 1 · Black type: Group 1 winner · Best win: Tattersalls Gold Cup (Group 1), Curragh (IRE) 2018 · Prize GB (£): 271360 · Prize IRE (€): 205348 · Last run: 2018-05-27
- Mull Of Killough (IRE)Generation: 1 · Sex: gelding · Foaled: 2006 · Dam: Sun Shower (IRE) · Sire: Mull Of Kintyre (USA) · Runs: 29 · Wins: 9 · Best OR: 116 · Black-type wins: 4 · Black type: Group 3 winner (4 black-type wins) · Best win: Weatherbys Hamilton Insurance Earl of Sefton Stakes (Group 3), Newmarket 2014 · Prize GB (£): 281952 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2014-07-12
Highest level first.
All winners
- Excelebration (IRE)Generation: 1 · Sex: colt · Foaled: 2008 · Dam: Sun Shower (IRE) · Sire: Exceed And Excel (AUS) · Runs: 11 · Wins: 5 · Best OR: 126 · Black-type wins: 3 · Black type: Group 1 winner (3 black-type wins) · Best win: Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Sponsored By Qipco (Group 1), Ascot 2012 · Prize GB (£): 989302 · Prize IRE (€): 39000 · Last run: 2012-10-20
- Lancaster Bomber (USA)Generation: 1 · Sex: colt · Foaled: 2014 · Dam: Sun Shower (IRE) · Sire: War Front (USA) · Runs: 12 · Wins: 2 · Best OR: 118 · Black-type wins: 1 · Black type: Group 1 winner · Best win: Tattersalls Gold Cup (Group 1), Curragh (IRE) 2018 · Prize GB (£): 271360 · Prize IRE (€): 205348 · Last run: 2018-05-27
- Mull Of Killough (IRE)Generation: 1 · Sex: gelding · Foaled: 2006 · Dam: Sun Shower (IRE) · Sire: Mull Of Kintyre (USA) · Runs: 29 · Wins: 9 · Best OR: 116 · Black-type wins: 4 · Black type: Group 3 winner (4 black-type wins) · Best win: Weatherbys Hamilton Insurance Earl of Sefton Stakes (Group 3), Newmarket 2014 · Prize GB (£): 281952 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2014-07-12
- Fully Wet (GB)Generation: 2 · Sex: filly · Foaled: 2020 · Dam: Rainfall Radar (USA) · Sire: Kodiac (GB) · Runs: 6 · Wins: 2 · Best OR: 91 · Black-type wins: 0 · Black type: Black-type placed · Best win: British European Breeders Fund EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes, Goodwood 2022 · Prize GB (£): 17843 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2023-05-27
- War Leader (USA)Generation: 1 · Sex: colt · Foaled: 2017 · Dam: Sun Shower (IRE) · Sire: War Front (USA) · Runs: 21 · Wins: 2 · Best OR: 81 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: Ministry Of Sound Classical 21st August Handicap, Chelmsford (AW) 2021 · Prize GB (£): 13155 · Prize IRE (€): 5676 · Last run: 2021-10-29
- Apatite (GB)Generation: 2 · Sex: filly · Foaled: 2018 · Dam: Rainfall Radar (USA) · Sire: Gleneagles (IRE) · Runs: 12 · Wins: 1 · Best OR: 76 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: Ladbrokes Home Of The Odds Boost Handicap, Newcastle (AW) 2021 · Prize GB (£): 8214 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2022-03-08
- Lucky Radar (IRE)Generation: 2 · Sex: gelding · Foaled: 2023 · Dam: Rainfall Radar (USA) · Sire: Lucky Vega (IRE) · Runs: 2 · Wins: 1 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: Red Lion Llandyfaelog Novice Stakes, Ffos Las 2026 · Prize GB (£): 7935 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2026-09-21
By black type, then wins.
Stats
Family record by code
No records available.
Runners counted in each code they ran in.
Stallions that worked with this family
- War Front (USA)Sire: War Front (USA) · Runners: 2 · Winners: 2 · Black-type winners: 1 · G1 winner: 1 · Runs: 33 · Wins: 4 · Win %: 12.1 · Prize GB (£): 284515 · Prize IRE (€): 211024 · Best runner: Lancaster Bomber (USA)
- Exceed And Excel (AUS)Sire: Exceed And Excel (AUS) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 1 · G1 winner: 1 · Runs: 11 · Wins: 5 · Win %: 45.5 · Prize GB (£): 989302 · Prize IRE (€): 39000 · Best runner: Excelebration (IRE)
- Mull Of Kintyre (USA)Sire: Mull Of Kintyre (USA) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 1 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 29 · Wins: 9 · Win %: 31.0 · Prize GB (£): 281952 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Mull Of Killough (IRE)
- Gleneagles (IRE)Sire: Gleneagles (IRE) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 12 · Wins: 1 · Win %: 8.3 · Prize GB (£): 8214 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Apatite (GB)
- Kodiac (GB)Sire: Kodiac (GB) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 6 · Wins: 2 · Win %: 33.3 · Prize GB (£): 17843 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Fully Wet (GB)
- Lucky Vega (IRE)Sire: Lucky Vega (IRE) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 2 · Wins: 1 · Win %: 50.0 · Prize GB (£): 7935 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Lucky Radar (IRE)
- Caravaggio (USA)Sire: Caravaggio (USA) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 0 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 3 · Wins: 0 · Win %: 0.0 · Prize GB (£): 0 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Brolly (GB)
- Galileo (IRE)Sire: Galileo (IRE) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 0 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 2 · Wins: 0 · Win %: 0.0 · Prize GB (£): 0 · Prize IRE (€): 120 · Best runner: Porthos (IRE)
- Intikhab (USA)Sire: Intikhab (USA) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 0 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 3 · Wins: 0 · Win %: 0.0 · Prize GB (£): 983 · Prize IRE (€): 2657 · Best runner: Tashzara (IRE)
- Minzaal (IRE)Sire: Minzaal (IRE) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 0 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 1 · Wins: 0 · Win %: 0.0 · Prize GB (£): 1014 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Minirain (IRE)
- Rebuttal (USA)Sire: Rebuttal (USA) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 0 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 17 · Wins: 0 · Win %: 0.0 · Prize GB (£): 0 · Prize IRE (€): 14900 · Best runner: Rainfall Radar (USA)
- Zoustar (AUS)Sire: Zoustar (AUS) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 0 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 6 · Wins: 0 · Win %: 0.0 · Prize GB (£): 3253 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Project Incheon (GB)
Sires of the family's descendants, most black-type winners first (max 40).
Record by generation
No records available.
Current
Descendants in training
- Minirain (IRE)Generation: 2 · Age: 2 · Sex: filly · Foaled: 2024 · Dam: Rainfall Radar (USA) · Sire: Minzaal (IRE) · Runs: 1 · Wins: 0 · Black-type wins: 0 · Prize GB (£): 1014 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2026-10-05 · Trainer: Oli Rix
- Lucky Radar (IRE)Generation: 2 · Age: 3 · Sex: gelding · Foaled: 2023 · Dam: Rainfall Radar (USA) · Sire: Lucky Vega (IRE) · Runs: 2 · Wins: 1 · Black-type wins: 0 · Prize GB (£): 7935 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2026-09-21 · Trainer: Rod Millman
Ran in GB or IRE in the last 12 months, latest first.
Founding mare
Generation 1
Rainfall Radar (USA)
Generation 2
Apatite (GB)
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