Marju

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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)
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.