Classic-winning Montjeu son Masked Marvel

MASKED MARVEL (GB) - 2008 bay horse

The brilliant middle-distance horse Montjeu (by Sadler's Wells) died quite young at stud but was already established as one of Europe's leading classic sires. That tally includes Marked Marvel, the three-length conqueror of Brown Panther in 2011's edition of the Group 1 St Leger at Doncaster.

He stands at Haras d'Etreham in France, covered 55 mares in his initial season, and his first foals made up to €40,000.

The best of three stakes winners out of the Group 2 Falmouth Stakes runner-up Waldmark (by Mark of Esteem), those siblings include Walderche (by Monsun), the Group 3 Prix Penelope scorer whose Andre Fabre-trained son Waldgeist (by Galileo) won the Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud last November and failed by just a nose to beat Brametot in the Group 1 Qipco Prix du Jockey Club before finishing fourth to Capri in the Group 1 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby.

Waldmark is a half-sister to the Group 1 Deutsches Derby winner and Haras du Thenney stallion Waldpark (by Dubawi), who also has his first yearlings in 2017, and their dam is the dual joint-champion Wurftaube (by Acatenango), a Group 1-placed filly who won both the Group 2 Gerling Preis and Group 2 Deutsches St Leger.

Her half-sister Wurfscheibe (by Tiger Hill)  was a multiple pattern winner in Germany and her stakes-placed half-sister Wurfspiel (by Lomitas) is the dam of last year's Grade 1 Man O' War Stakes winner Wake Forest (by Sir Percy), a colt who was Group 1-placed in Italy before crossing the Atlantic.

MASKED MARVEL (GB) - b.2008 - Montjeu - Waldpark, 4 wins inc St Leger (Gr1), Bahrain Trophy (Gr3), Cocked Hat Stakes (L), 2nd Craven Plate (Gr3), 3rd Coronation Cup (Gr1), Bacardi Hill Stakes (Gr2). Sire in France. First foals in 2016.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
bc - Anecdotique (by Enrique)     Osarus     Sept     ​€15,000 (p/s)
bc - Miss Rodeo (by Linamix)     Arqana     Feb     €3,500