Horsename: | Marju |
Sire: | Last Tycoon |
Grandsire: | Try My Best |
Dam: | Flame of Tara |
Damsire: | Artaius |
Sex: | Stallion |
Foaled: | 1988 |
Country: | Ireland |
Colour: | Brown |
Breeder: | Kilcarn Stud |
Owner: | Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Trainer: | John L. Dunlop |
Record: | 7: 3-1-0 |
Earnings: | $471,029 |
Race: | Craven Stakes (1991) St. James's Palace Stakes (1991) |
Updated: | 17 October 2007 |
Marju (12 March 1988 – 11 October 2016) was a Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.
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.
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.
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.