- Masked Marvel (horse)
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Masked Marvel Sire Montjeu Grandsire Sadler's Wells Dam Waldmark Damsire Mark of Esteem Sex Stallion Foaled 14 May 2008 Country Great Britain Colour Bay Breeder Newsells Park Stud Owner Björn Nielsen Trainer John Gosden Record 7: 4–0–0 Earnings £355,858 Major wins Cocked Hat Stakes (2011)
Bahrain Trophy (2011)
St. Leger Stakes (2011)[1]Horse (Equus ferus caballus) Last updated on October 12, 2006 Masked Marvel is a British Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2011 St. Leger Stakes.
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Background
Masked Marvel was sired by Montjeu out of the German mare Waldmark. He is closely related to the 2011 Deutsches Derby winner Waldpark. He has been trained throughout his career by John Gosden at Newmarket, Suffolk.
He was bred by the Hertfordshire-based Newsells Park Stud, and was sent as a yearling at Deauville Sales in August 2009 where he was sold for €260,000 to Jeremy Brummitt, the racing manager of Bjorn Neilsen.[2]
Racing career
2010: two-year-old season
Masked Marvel began his career by winning a maiden race at Sandown, staying on strongly to lead close home and win by two lengths.[3] He was immediately stepped up into Group race company, finishing sixth to Abjer in the Autumn Stakes at Ascot.
2011: three-year-old season
He began his three-year-old season by finishing fifth in the Sandown Classic Trial behind Genius Beast. Gosden later said that the colt was unsuited by the "tacky" ground.[4] Masked Marvel then moved into Classic contention by beating Namibian by three lengths in the Cocked Hat Stakes,[5] after which he was offered at 33–1 for the Derby. His trainer spoke positively of the colt, saying that, "he stays well and I like the way he quickened". [4]
In the Derby he failed to cope with Epsom - Gosden described him as being "confused"[6] by the course- and finished eighth of the thirteen runners, beaten just under nine lengths by Pour Moi.[7]
A month later, Masked Marvel re-appeared in the Bahrain Trophy at Newmarket, where he held off Census by a head in a tight finish to record his first Group race win.[8] Despite the closeness of the finish, his rider Jimmy Fortune felt that the colt had more in reserve and was just "idling" in front.[9] He was then rested and did not run again for ten weeks.
The St Leger was run at an unusually strong pace, making it a thorough test of stamina. Masked Marvel passed the Ballydoyle contender Seville two furlongs from home, opened up a clear lead, and stayed on strongly to win by three lehgths in a race record time of 3:00.44.[10] His rider, William Buick, who had been suspended for the colt's run at Newmarket, reported that Masked Marvel finished so well that he had diffculty pulling up.[11]
By a notable coincidence, the Gosden stable won the Irish St Leger less than an hour later when their gelding, Duncan dead-heated with Jukebox Jury at the Curragh[12]
On 29 September Masked Marvel was a supplementary entry to the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe for a fee of €100,000. The race had been the target for his stable companion Nathaniel who was withdrawn because of the firm ground at Longchamp.[13] In the race, Masked Marvel raced prominently, but faded in the straight and finished last of the sixteen runners behind Danedream.
Tabulated race record
Date Race Dist (f) Course Class Prize (£K) Odds Runners Placing Margin Time Jockey Trainer 15 September 2010 EBF Maiden Stakes 8 Sandown M 4 13/8 9 1 2 1:50.36 William Buick John Gosden 9 October 2010 Autumn Stakes 8 Ascot 3 22 7/2 8 6 11 1:44.84 William Buick John Gosden 24 April 2011 Sandown Classic Trial 10 Sandown 3 28 21/1 9 5 8 2:11.39 William Buick John Gosden 18 May 2011 Cocked Hat Stakes 11 Goodwood Listed 17 13/2 5 1 3 2:25.55 William Buick John Gosden 4 June 2011 Derby 12 Epsom 1 709 25/1 13 8 8.75 2:34.54 William Buick John Gosden 7 July 2011 Bahrain Trophy 12 Newmarket July 3 28 2/1 6 1 head 2:49.54 Jimmy Fortune John Gosden 10 September 2011 St Leger 14.5 Doncaster 1 306 15/2 9 1 3 3:00.44 William Buick John Gosden 2 October 2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 12 Longchamp 1 1970 21/1 16 16 26 2:24.49 William Buick John Gosden Tabulated pedigree
Pedigree of Masked Marvel (GB), bay colt, 2008 Sire
Montjeu (IRE)
1996Sadler's Wells
1981Northern Dancer Nearctic Natalma Fairy Bridge Bold Reason Special Floripedes
1985Top Ville High Top Sega Ville Toute Cy Tennyson Adele Toumignon Dam
Waldmark (GER)
2000Mark of Esteem
1993Darshaan Shirley Heights Delsy Homage Ajdal Home Love Wurftaube
1993Acatenango Surumu Aggravate Wurfbahn Frontal Wolkenpracht (Family: 5-h) References
- ^ "Masked Marvel". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. http://www.racingpost.com/horses/horse_home_popup.sd?horse_id=763463#topHorseTabs=horse_race_record&bottomHorseTabs=horse_form. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
- ^ "Newsells Park Stud Sales Success". Newsells-park.com. http://www.newsells-park.com/Sales-Success. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ "EBF Maiden Stakes". Racing Post. http://www.racingpost.com/horses/result_home.sd?race_id=513438&r_date=2010-09-15&popup=yes#results_top_tabs=re_&results_bottom_tabs=ANALYSIS. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
- ^ a b Greg Wood. "Benny Andersson of Abba fame poised to have runner in Epsom Oaks". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/may/18/benny-andersson-the-oaks-beatrice-aurore. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
- ^ "Cocked Hat Stakes". Racing Post. http://www.racingpost.com/horses/result_home.sd?race_id=530364&r_date=2011-05-18&popup=yes#results_top_tabs=re_&results_bottom_tabs=ANALYSIS. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
- ^ Greg Wood at Doncaster. "Masked Marvel lands St Leger at Doncaster". Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/sep/10/masked-marvel-st-leger. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ "Epsom Derby result". Racing Post. http://www.racingpost.com/horses/result_home.sd?race_id=494777&r_date=2011-06-04&popup=yes#results_top_tabs=re_&results_bottom_tabs=ANALYSIS. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ "Bahrain Trophy 2011". Racing Post. http://www.racingpost.com/horses/result_home.sd?race_id=534495&r_date=2011-07-07&popup=yes#results_top_tabs=re_&results_bottom_tabs=ANALYSIS. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
- ^ "Frederick Engels' class disarms mutinous Soldier". The Independent. 2011-07-08. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/racing/frederick-engels-class-disarms-mutinous-soldier-2308693.html. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
- ^ "St Leger result". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. http://www.racingpost.com/horses/result_home.sd?race_id=535634&r_date=2011-09-10&popup=yes#results_top_tabs=re_&results_bottom_tabs=ANALYSIS. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
- ^ "Marvellous Marvel wins St Leger". The Independent. 2011-09-11. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/racing/marvellous-marvel-wins-st-leger-2352791.html. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ Armytage, Marcus (2011-09-10). "Gosden St Leger glory". Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/8754855/Masked-Marvel-and-Duncan-give-John-Gosden-St-Leger-glory-on-both-sides-of-the-Irish-Sea.html. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ "Workforce set to defend Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe crown". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/horse_racing/14935199.stm. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
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