Sinister Minister was born in 2003. He is by Old Trieste out of Sweet Minister by The Prime Minister.
Sinister Minister, a son of multiple North American graded stakes winner Old Trieste, registered a decisive 12 3/4-length victory in the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes, an important prep race to the Kentucky Derby.
Sinister Minister entered stud in Japan in 2008. In 2019 Yamanin Imprime won three Jpn/ Listed races: the JBC Ladies Classic (Jpn1), the Cluster Cup (Jpn3), and the Hokkaido Sprint Cup (Jpn3). In 2021 T O Keynes scored his first Grade 1 victory in the Champions Cup beating Chuwa Wizard, who finished 2nd in the Group 1 Dubai World Cup, by six lengths. He also captured the Listed (Jpn1) Teio Sho and was awarded Best Dirt Horse in Japan. Also in 2021, Dry Stout captured the Listed (Jpn1) Zennippon Nisai Yushun and remains undefeated after three starts.
Among his other best progeny are Incantation, who won five Graded 3 races: the Leopard Stakes, the Miyako Stakes, the Heian Stakes, the March Stakes, and the Musashino Stakes; Hayabusa Maca O, who won the Listed (Jpn2) Hyogo Junior Grand Prix; and Meiner Basara, who won the Listed (Jpn2) Urawa Kinen.
Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun(2021)
Champions Cup(2021)
Sinister Minister, a son of multiple North American graded stakes winner Old Trieste, registered a decisive 12 3/4-length victory in the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes, an important prep race to the Kentucky Derby.
Sinister Minister entered stud in Japan in 2008. In 2019 Yamanin Imprime won three Jpn/ Listed races: the JBC Ladies Classic (Jpn1), the Cluster Cup (Jpn3), and the Hokkaido Sprint Cup (Jpn3). In 2021 T O Keynes scored his first Grade 1 victory in the Champions Cup beating Chuwa Wizard, who finished 2nd in the Group 1 Dubai World Cup, by six lengths. He also captured the Listed (Jpn1) Teio Sho and was awarded Best Dirt Horse in Japan. Also in 2021, Dry Stout captured the Listed (Jpn1) Zennippon Nisai Yushun and remains undefeated after three starts.
Among his other best progeny are Incantation, who won five Graded 3 races: the Leopard Stakes, the Miyako Stakes, the Heian Stakes, the March Stakes, and the Musashino Stakes; Hayabusa Maca O, who won the Listed (Jpn2) Hyogo Junior Grand Prix; and Meiner Basara, who won the Listed (Jpn2) Urawa Kinen.