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Marienbard Sire Caerleon Grandsire Nijinsky Dam Marienbad Damsire Darshaan Sex Stallion Foaled 1997 Country Ireland Colour Bay Breeder Saif Ali Owner Godolphin Racing Trainer Saeed bin Suroor Record 17: 8-3-1 Earnings £1,124,150 Major wins July Trophy Stakes (2000)
French Classic Race wins:
Yorkshire Cup (2001)
Jockey Club Stakes (2002)
Deutschland-Preis (2002)
Grosser Preis von Baden (2002)
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2002)Horse (Equus ferus caballus) Marienbard (foaled 1997) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse bred by Saif Ali and raced by Godolphin Racing. Out of the mare Marienbad, he was sired by the French Champion Three-Year-Old Colt, Caerleon, a son of the 1971 British Triple Crown champion, Nijinsky.
Trained by Saeed bin Suroor, Marienbard was late to develop. In 2000 the colt won an English Listed race, the July Trophy Stakes at Haydock Park Racecourse then in 2001 captured his first important race, the Group 2 Yorkshire Cup plus he finished third to winner Vinnie Roe in the Group I Irish St. Leger. At the end of 2001, Marienbard was a well beaten seventh behind Ethereal in the Melbourne Cup. The following year, the then five-year-old horse blossomed into a European standout, winning four of six starts including three consecutive Group 1 races. In Germany he won the Grosser Preis von Baden and the Deutschland-Preis then capped off his racing career with a three-quarter length victory over Sulamani and High Chaparral in France's most prestigious race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
Following his Arc win in October 2002, Marienbard was retired to stud duty and was sent to stand at East Stud on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan.
References
Categories:- 1997 racehorse births
- Thoroughbred racehorses
- Northern Dancer bloodline
- Racehorses bred in Ireland
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- Irish racehorses
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- United Arab Emirati racehorses
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