Montjeu

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. Few horses have made quite the same impact with their first runners as Montjeu. 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, 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, Our Falstaff - Singapore Derby Gr.1, Montare - Prix Royal Oak Gr.1. Montjeu... doing what he was bred to do.

Fee for 2008: € 125,000

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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