Marju

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.

Marju's sire Last Tycoon was a European champion sprinter and the winner of the Breeders' Cup Mile, the King's Stand Stakes, and the William Hill Sprint Championship, as well as being crowned English Champion Sprinter and French Champion Sprinter in 1986. He was a successful sire, siring Ezzoud, Bigstone, and successful sire O'Reilly.^[1] Flame of Tara was a group two winning mare in England and Ireland, as well as being the dam of Irish Derby winning filly Salsabil.^[2]

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^[3]. He sired 61 stakes winners, including Soviet Song, My Emma, Sil Sila, Satono Crown, Viva Pataca and Indigenous.^[4] He is the grandsire of Ramonti, Tastiera and Not So Sleepy. Marju died of natural causes at his owner's Derrinstown Stud in Ireland on 11 October 2016.^[5]

• Marju is inbred 4 × 5 to Princequillo, meaning that this stallion appears once in the fourth generation of his pedigree and once in the fifth.
• Marju is also inbred 5 × 5 to both Nearco and Hyperion, meaning that they both appear twice in the fifth generation of his pedigree.