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Montjeu

Ireland

Montjeu

1996 Bay 16.1 hh (1.65 m)
Sadler's Wells - Floripedes
Distance won over: 8f. to 12f.

Montjeu is an exceptional young sire, having already been a fantastic 6 time Gr.1 winning racehorse. He is already the sire of Gr.1 winners such as Hurricane Run - World Champion of 2005, Motivator - Epsom Derby Gr.1 & Racing Post Gr. 1, Montmartre - Grand Prix de Paris Gr.1, Scorpion - St Leger Stakes Gr.1, Grand Prix de Paris Gr.1, Coronation Cup - Gr.1, Authorized - Epsom Derby Gr.1, Racing Post Trophy Gr.1, Corre Caminos - Prix Ganay Gr.1, Frozen Fire - Irish Derby Gr.1, Montare - Prix Royal Oak Gr.1. Montjeu... doing what he was bred to do.

Fee for 2009: Private

Group 1 Fame and Glory for Montjeu

(12th November 2008, Ireland)
Montjeu enjoyed a 1-2 when the Aidan O’Brien-trained Fame And Glory (2c Montjeu-Gryada, by Shirley Heights) prevailed from stablemate Drumbeat (2c Montjeu-Maskaya, by Machiavellian) in the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud. View article

Queen’s Montjeu filly looks classic contender

(2nd November 2008, Ireland)
Queen Elizabeth II’s Montjeu filly Enticement (2f Montjeu-Ecoutila, by Rahy) looks a leading contender for next year’s G1 Oaks at Epsom after a cosy success in the Listed EBF Montrose Fillies’ Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday. View article

Cranbourne Cup Win for Majestical

(13th October 2008, Australia)
Improving stayer Majestical (5g Montjeu x Grosvenor's Pride, by Grosvenor) is hitting his straps at the right time posting his first stakes success on Sunday in the Listed Cranbourne Cup. View article

Montjeu Colts Top Tattersalls October

(10th October 2008, Ireland)
A pair of colts by Sadlers Wells’ outstanding sire son Montjeu provided the highlights at the 2008 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale sharing top honours when knocked down on Wednesday and Thursday for 650,000 guineas apiece. View article

Montjeu Colts Top Tattersalls October

More Ascot black-type for Montjeu

(29th September 2008, Ireland)
Montjeu had another black-type success at Ascot when Metaphoric (4g Montjeu-Virgin Hawk, by Silver Hawk) won the Listed Fenwolf Stakes on Sunday. View article

Montjeu juvenile takes Ascot’s G2 Royal Lodge

(28th September 2008, Ireland)
Montjeu colt Jukebox Jury (2c Montjeu-Mare Aux Fees, by Kenmare) was produced will a well-timed run by jockey Royston Ffrench to takes the G2 Royal Lodge Stakes at Ascot on Saturday. View article

Montjeu Colt Breaks Maiden

(23rd September 2008, Australia)
‘Cups King’ Bart Cumming unleashed a potential Derby candidate at Randwick on Tuesday when Roman Emperor (3c Montjeu x Gussy Godiva, by Last Tycoon) powered home to win his second race start over 1550 metres on the Kensington track. View article

Guillotine into Caulfield Cup

(13th September 2008, Australia)
Talented but at times enigmatic stayer Guillotine (4h Montjeu x Refused the Dance, by Defensive Play) sprung a surprise at Moonee Valley on Saturday when he stormed home to win the Group Two MVRC Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes. View article

Guillotine into Caulfield Cup

Montjeu colt Honolulu storms to G2 Cup success

(12th September 2008, Ireland)
The Aidan O’Brien-trained Honolulu (4c Montjeu-Cerulean Sky, by Darshaan) proved himself a top-class stayer when running away with the G2 Doncaster Cup by four lengths on Friday afternoon View article

Bendigo Gold Mile Win for Majestical

(10th September 2008, Australia)
Talented gelding Majestical (5g Montjeu x Grosvenor’s Pride, by Grosvenor) claimed the biggest win of his career last Sunday on Father’s Day at Bendigo when successful in the $100,000 Golden Mile. View article

Montjeu Colt Shows Promise

(6th September 2008, Australia)
Classy colt Lord Tavistock (3c Montjeu x Upstage, by Quest for Fame) stamped himself as a prospect for the major spring races with a stylish win in the $100,000 VRC Henry Bucks Quality open handicap for three year-olds over 1400 metres. View article

Nom Du Jeu on Track for Cups

(5th September 2008, Australia)
Group One AJC Australian Derby winner Nom du Jeu (4h Montjeu x Prized Gem, by Prized) resumed from a spell at Te Rapa on Friday and strolled clear for an easy victory in the open event over 1400 metres. View article

Nom Du Jeu on Track for Cups

On the Cups Trail

(1st September 2008, Australia)
Two horses with definite Cups aspirations kicked their campaigns off with wins at the weekend with New Zealand Oaks winner Boundless scoring at Tauranga and Melbourne Cup winner Efficient’s half-brother Guillotine successful at Cheltenham. View article

Montjeu colt could be just Champion

(18th August 2008, Ireland)
Montjeu’s son King Of Rome (3c Montjeu-Amizette, by Forty Niner) booked his ticket for next month’s G1 Irish Champion Stakes with an easy success in the G2 Royal Whip Stakes at Leopardstown on Sunday. View article

Brilliant Montmartre brings more G1 glory for Montjeu

(14th July 2008, Ireland)
Three-year-old Montmartre (3c Montjeu-Artistique, by Linamix) put in a brilliant performance at Longchamp on Monday evening to run away with the G1 Grand Prix de Paris by a facile four lengths. View article

Another Derby for brilliant Montjeu

(30th June 2008, Ireland)
Montjeu’s imperious victory in the 2000 G1 Irish Derby lives long in the memory and eight years on at the Curragh on Sunday it was a case of ‘like father like son’ as he sired the 2008 winner Frozen Fire (3c Montjeu-Flamingo Sea, by Woodman). View article

Double for Montjeu crowns great week for Coolmore and Ballydoyle

(22nd June 2008, Ireland)
Montjeu enjoyed a Royal Ascot double on Saturday via Macarthur (4c Montjeu-Out West, by Gone West) in the G2 Hardwicke Stakes and Honolulu (4c Montjeu-Cerulean Sky, by Darshaan) in the Queen Alexandra Stakes. View article

Group Three Victory for Ballack

(21st June 2008, Australia)
Montjeu posted his fourth Australian stakes-winner this season when Ballack (4g Montjeu x Trephina. by Last Tycoon) was awarded victory after a successful protest in the Group Three Tattersalls Cup over 2200 metres at Eagle Farm on Saturday. View article

Montjeu filly 8/1 for G1 Oaks glory

(19th May 2008, Ireland)
Montjeu is no stranger to Classic success at Epsom, having sired two of the last three G1 Derby winners, and he is set to be represented in this year’s G1 Oaks by Clowance (3f Montjeu-Freni, by Sternkonig). View article

Melbourne Cup Plans for Gorky Park

(17th May 2008, Australia)
Champion sire Montjeu has been enjoying a winning roll in Australia of late and added another stakes-winner to the tally on Saturday at Flemington when Gorky Park thrashed his rivals to win the Listed VRC Ramsden Stakes in a breeze. View article

Alessandro Volta crowns great week for Montjeu

(10th May 2008, Ireland)
Alessandro Volta led a 1-2 for both trainer Aidan O’Brien and Montjeu in the G3 Derby Trial at Lingfield on Saturday. View article

New Group Three Winner for Montjeu

(10th May 2008, Australia)
Fresh from siring the winner of the Group One AJC Australian Derby in Nom du Jeu, Montjeu has continued his good Australian form with another smart stakes-winner in Fulmonti (5g Montjeu x Grosvenor's Pride, by Grosvenor) . View article

Derby Triumph for Kiwi Son of Montjeu

(26th April 2008, Australia)
The 2400 metres of the Group One AJC Australian Derby at Royal Randwick on Saturday was never going to be one for the faint hearted given the heavy track conditions and in the end the spoils went to the best stayer in Nom du Jeu. View article

Derby Triumph for Kiwi Son of Montjeu

New Zealand Derby Candidate for Montjeu

(3rd February 2008, Australia)
Champion sire Montjeu has emerged with a live candidate for the Group One New Zealand Derby following a strong win by Nom Du Jeu (3c Montjeu - Prized Gem, by Prized) in the Group Three Waikato Guineas at Te Rapa in New Zealand on Saturday. View article

Champions for Montjeu and Sadler's Wells

(15th January 2008, Ireland)
Montjeu’s son Authorized (4c Montjeu-Funsie, by Saumarez) was ranked Europe’s best three-year-old of 2007 in the World Thoroughbred Rankings after a season that included victories in the G1 Derby and G1 Juddmonte International at York. View article

Soft Win for Guillotine

(29th December 2007, Australia)
David Payne’s much vaunted Derby hopeful Guillotine (3c Montjeu - Refused the Dance, by Defensive Play) was expected to win easily at Rosehill on Saturday and did just that. View article

Soft Win for Guillotine

Dylan Thomas crowned Cartier Horse Of The Year

(16th November 2007, Ireland)
The fabulous six-time Group 1 winner Dylan Thomas (4c Danehill-Lagrion, by Diesis), who retires to Coolmore for the 2008 season, was crowned Horse Of The Year at the 2007 Cartier Awards in London on Wednesday night. View article

Coolmore stallions fill top 5 places in sires’ championship

(13th November 2007, Ireland)
After a tremendous season that included brilliant performances from the likes of Dylan Thomas and Peeping Fawn, Danehill has posthumously been crowned champion sire for a third successive year in 2007. View article

Group 2 glory for Montjeu mare

(22nd October 2007, Ireland)
An excellent year for Montjeu continued in Paris on Sunday when George Strawbridge’s home-bred Montare (5m Montjeu-Contare, by Shirley Heights) landed the G2 Prix du Conseil du Paris at Longchamp. View article

750,000 guineas Galileo colt continues great sale for Coolmore sires

(12th October 2007, Ireland)
Thursday’s third session of Tattersalls’ October Yearling Sale was again dominated by the progeny of Coolmore stallions with a 750,000gns Galileo colt stealing the show. View article

Montjeu colt make half a million at Tattersalls

(10th October 2007, Ireland)
The first day at book one of Tattersalls’ October Yearling Sale was set alight on Tuesday by a son of the mighty Montjeu out of Millennium Dash (by Nashwan) who made 500,000 guineas. View article

Aussie Rules Relation Tops Goffs Day Two

(2nd October 2007, Ireland)
The 2007 Goffs Million Sale Continued on Tuesday with a grey filly by Sadler’s Wells from Albanova proving the star attraction when snapped up by Demi O’Byrne for 2,400,000 euros. View article

Aussie Rules Relation Tops Goffs Day Two

Coolmore Signal Melbourne Cup Intentions

(22nd September 2007, Australia)
Speaking from Caulfield on Saturday, Tom Magnier confirmed that Coolmore will send two horses to Australia for the Melbourne Cup this year, with Scorpion and Mahler named as definite candidates for Australia’s richest race. View article

Yeats is one of all-time greats

(17th September 2007, Ireland)
There are not many omissions in Aidan O’Brien’s glittering CV but one of the few gaps was filled at the Curragh on Saturday when Yeats (6h Sadler’s Wells-Lyndonville, by Top Ville) landed the G1 Irish St Leger under Kieren Fallon. View article

Montjeu enjoys more Gr.1 success

(27th August 2007, Ireland)
The great Montjeu enjoyed another G1 victory at York on Tuesday when Authorized scooped the third top-level victory of his career when winning the G1 Juddmonte International Stakes. View article

Montjeu enjoys more Gr.1 success

Third G1 for son of Montjeu

(22nd August 2007, Ireland)
The great Montjeu enjoyed another G1 victory at York on Tuesday when Authorized (3c Montjeu-Funsie, by Saumarez) scooped the third top-level victory of his career when winning the G1 Juddmonte International Stakes. View article

More Group race glory for Montjeu colt Papal Bull

(19th August 2007, Ireland)
The Montjeu colt Papal Bull (4c Montjeu-Mialuna by Zafonic) added another big-race win to his CV when taking the G3 Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury on Saturday. View article

Montjeu’s latest stakes winner Noble Prince to step up in class

(13th August 2007, Ireland)
Trainer Andre Fabre plans to step the Montjeu colt Noble Prince (3c Montjeu-Noble Pearl, by Dashing Blade) up in grade after his smooth victory in the Listed Prix Michel Houyvet at Deauville on Sunday. View article

G2 win for mighty Montjeu

(13th July 2007, Ireland)
There was big-race glory for Montjeu at the Newmarket July Meeting on Thursday when Papal Bull (4c Montjeu-Mialuna by Zafonic) stayed on well to take the G2 Princess Of Wales’s Stakes by two and a half lengths. View article

More black type for Montjeu

(2nd July 2007, Ireland)
There was another black-type victory for Montjeu at San Siro in Milan on Sunday when Athlone (3f Montjeu-Almi Ad by Silver Hawk) was a smooth winner of the Listed Premio Baggio. View article

Montjeu colt Honolulu destined for better things

(23rd June 2007, Ireland)
The Montjeu colt Honolulu (3c Montjeu-Cerulean Sky by Darshaan) is a name for the notebook after landing the Listed Martin Molony Stakes at Limerick in impressive fashion. View article

What a weekend for Montjeu!

(6th June 2007, Ireland)
It is two years since Montjeu enjoyed a 1-2 in the G1 Vodafone Derby from his very first crop and the son of Sadler's Wells once again stole the show at Epsom last weekend. View article

What a weekend for Montjeu!

Brilliant Authorized is another Derby winner for Montjeu

(2nd June 2007, Ireland)
A champion was crowned at Epsom on Saturday afternoon when Montjeu’s brilliant son Authorized (3c Montjeu-Funsie by Saumarez) ran out one of the most impressive winners of the G1 Vodafone Derby in recent years View article

Scorpion heads Coronation Cup 1-2-3

(1st June 2007, Ireland)
Coolmore stallions sire 1-2-3 in Coronation Cup View article

Scorpion heads Coronation Cup 1-2-3

Coolmore sires look to Derby success

(28th May 2007, Ireland)
It is still the most famous prize in racing and the countdown is almost over to the 228th running of the G1 Derby, taking place at Epsom on Saturday. View article

Coolmore sires look to Derby success

Authorized continues remarkable run for Sadler’s Wells

(18th May 2007, Ireland)
Even by his own exalted standards, it has been a remarkable couple of weeks for Sadler’s Wells and his sons. View article

Montjeu's son Authorized now red-hot Derby favourite

(17th May 2007, Ireland)
Trainer Peter Chapple-Hyam made no secret of the high regard in which he held last season’s G1 Racing Post Trophy hero Authorized (3c Montjeu-Funsie by Saumarez) and the Montjeu colt is now 6/4 favourite to give his sire a second G1 Epsom Derby success. View article

Classic contender for Montjeu

(16th May 2007, Ireland)
The mighty Montjeu is of course no stranger to classic glory and his son Anton Chekhov (3c Montjeu-By Charter by Shirley Heights) looks a leading Derby contender after winning the G2 Prix Hocquart at Longchamp on May 8th. View article

Anton Chekhov is Montjeu’s latest star

(9th May 2007, Ireland)
Montjeu is no stranger to classic glory and his son Anton Chekhov (3c Montjeu-By Charter by Shirley Heights) looks a leading Derby contender after winning the G2 Prix Hocquart at Longchamp. View article

Montjeu adds French black type

(26th March 2007, Ireland)
In France, dual-Derby winning Coolmore sire & former NZ Windsor Park shuttler Montjeu (Sadler's Wells-Floripedes, by Top Ville) added a black-type success View article

DANEHILL HEADS COOLMORE'S 2006 CHAMPIONS

(16th January 2007, Ireland)
Much may have changed in the past couple of decades but some things are reassuringly consistent and nothing more so than that Coolmore will have stood European's champion sire. View article

ANGARA BOOKED TO MONTJEU

(15th January 2007, Ireland)
Angara, a millionaire and two-time grade I turf winner, has been retired from racing and booked to leading Irish stallion Montjeu. View article

MULTIPLE GR.1 WINNER SOVIET SONG HEADS TO MONTJEU

(8th December 2006, Ireland)
5 time Gr.1 winning mare Soviet Song is to be covered by Montjeu in her first season at stud in 2007 View article

FOUR STRAIGHT FOR SON OF MONTJEU

(20th November 2006, Ireland)
For the second consecutive weekend Gallant Guru (4h, Montjeu-Proud Halo, by Don't Say Halo) claimed the feature staying event staged in Australia. View article

MONTARE SCORES FOR MIGHTY MONTJEU

(2nd October 2006, Ireland)
George Strawbridge's progressive home-bred Montjeu filly Montare (4f Montjeu - Contare by Shirley Heights) gave her sire another big race success when capturing the G2 Prix de Royallieu at Longchamp View article