Marju
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| Sample | |
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| 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 |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Craven Stakes (1991) St. James's Palace Stakes (1991) |
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| Infobox last updated on: October 17,2007. | |
Marju (foaled March 12, 1988 in Irish) is a retired a Thoroughbred racehorse bred by Kilcarn Stud and owned by Hamdan Al Maktoum. He was sired by Last Tycoon out of Flame of Tara.
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.
He is a half-brother to Group One winner Salsabil.
Retired to stud duty, Marju has sired a number of stakes winners including the filly Soviet Song and the noted Hong Kong runners Viva Pataca and Indigenous.
[edit] Name origins
Marju is an Estonian name (as well as the plural partitive for mari (berry) in Estonian). Marju is also a name that belongs to the Fulah ethnic group in West Africa.
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