Marju

Marju
SireLast Tycoon
GrandsireTry My Best
DamFlame of Tara
DamsireArtaius
SexStallion
Foaled1988
CountryIreland
ColourBrown
BreederKilcarn Stud
OwnerHamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum
TrainerJohn L. Dunlop
Record7: 3-1-0
Earnings$471,029
Major wins
Craven Stakes (1991)
St. James's Palace Stakes (1991)
Last updated on 17 October 2007

Marju (12 March 1988 – 11 October 2016) was a Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

Background

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Marju was a dark bay or brown horse bred by Kilcarn Stud and owned by Hamdan Al Maktoum. He was sired by Last Tycoon out of Flame of Tara. He was a half-brother to Group One winner Salsabil.

Racing career

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Trained by John Dunlop, Marju raced 7 times during his career and was ridden by Willie Carson each time. He won 3 races including the Craven Stakes and the St. James's Palace Stakes, as well as finishing second to Generous in the 1991 Epsom Derby. He won a total prize money of £282,640.

Stud record

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Retired to stud duty at Derrinstown Stud, Ireland in 1992, Marju was shuttled to New Zealand in 2000 and to Australia in 2001-02, and pensioned at Derrinstown Stud, Ireland in 2011. He sired a number of stakes winners, including Soviet Song, My Emma, Sil Sila, Satono Crown, Viva Pataca and Indigenous.[1] He is the grandsire of Ramonti and Not So Sleepy. Marju died of natural causes at his owner's Derrinstown Stud in Ireland on 11 October 2016.[2] After his death, the last crop Japanese horse Satono Crown brought him honor by winning the Hong Kong Vase.

References

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  1. ^ "Marju - Stud Record". Racing Post.
  2. ^ Myra Lewyn (11 October 2016). "Successful Irish Sire Marju Dies at Age 28". The Blood-Horse.