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 lengths 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 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. In 2022, T O Keynes took the the Listed (Jpn1) JBC Classic.
Among his other best progeny are Incantation, who won five Grade 3 races: the Leopard Stakes, the Miyako Stakes, the Heian Stakes, the March Stakes, and the Musashino Stakes; Yamanin Imprime, who captured the Listed (Jpn1) JBC Ladies Classic; and King's Guard, who won the Grade 3 Procyon Stakes.
JBC Clasic(2022)
Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun(2021)
Sinister Minister, a son of multiple North American graded stakes winner Old Trieste, registered a decisive 12 3/4 lengths 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 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. In 2022, T O Keynes took the the Listed (Jpn1) JBC Classic. Among his other best progeny are Incantation, who won five Grade 3 races: the Leopard Stakes, the Miyako Stakes, the Heian Stakes, the March Stakes, and the Musashino Stakes; Yamanin Imprime, who captured the Listed (Jpn1) JBC Ladies Classic; and King's Guard, who won the Grade 3 Procyon Stakes.