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Owner(s):
Mrs John 'Susan' Magnier  -  Derrick Smith  -  Michael B. Tabor  - 
Trainer:
Aidan P. O'Brien
Bred:
(IRL) by David Magnier  -  Cobra Bloodstock
Pedigree:
Galileo  -  Ionian Sea  by  Slip Anchor
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What the Nation is saying about Imperial Monarch...

When the very best of thoroughbreds compete over long distances of dirt or grass for Grade 1 titles, the spectacle is sure worth watching. On Sunday, a field of 11 will go to post in the 75th running of the Grade 1 $1.5 million Pattison Canadian International, a 1 1/2 mile trip around Woodbine's E.P...Read More
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  • ILuvTurfRacing · Aidan O'Brien's 3yr.old, Imperial Monarch, is the class of this field, and especially if it comes up soft ground. He won the Classic Trial at Sandown on very heavy ground and the G1 Grand Prix De Paris at Longchamp over 12f on soft ground. · 223 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · Simple just bet the Irish Breds....Purses cut by 50% so it is going to hard to entice the same fields this year...http://www.drf.com/news/woodbine-cuts-canadian-international-ep-taylor-purses · 19 hours ago ·
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Imperial Monarch, Reliable Man, Joshua Tree and Wigmore Hall head a highly-competitive cast of 11 for the $1.5 million, Grade 1 Pattison Canadian International on the richest day of the thoroughbred racing season in Canada, Sunday at Woodbine. Read More
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  • Mary Z. · You could try Hollywood Park or Santa Anita. · 219 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · They play, and do well at Mountaineer · 219 days ago ·
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A man, a madam and a butterfly are among the 10 that make up the crapshoot that is the 2012 Pattison Canadian International. The man is the classy Reliable Man. The madam is Lay Time, looking to be second filly winner in a row. The butterfly is newcomer Imperial Monarch. One of these three or the ot...Read More
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  • Floridaf · Joshua Tree was ultra impressive, IMO. I would love to see him at the BC after watching him wire the field going 12f. · 221 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · Horses capable of winning on that course may not be able to skip over the putting green at Anita in the same fashion. Woodbine is akin to Eruo courses, has some depth to the grass and the longest stretch of any North American race track. Apples oranges. · 221 days ago ·
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Joshua Tree, piloted by renowned jockey Frankie Dettori, made every pole a winning one, taking Canada’s richest horse race, the Grade 1, $1.5 million Pattison Canadian International, by a half-length over a charging Dandino, Sunday at Woodbine.Read More
  • ILuvTurfRacing · Joshua Tree quite obviously loves the turf course at Woodbine. 2 wins and a 2nd in the past 3 running's of the Canadian International shows that. His form coming in was rock solid as well, having scored a win, a 2nd, and a 3rd at G2 level in 3 races prior to coming to Woodbine. He was always going to be at least one of the top 2 or 3 horses to beat in this race. With that being said, Dandino in 2nd was the real eye catcher of the race to me. He forced to go very wide through the stretch, but Jim Crowley had him absolutely motoring, cutting back Joshua Tree's lead with every stride. So much so that if the race had been another 10 yards, if even that, Jim Crowley would've likely stolen Frankie Dettori's thunder on the day, IMO. I think Imperial Monarch and Reliable Man would've both been seen to much better effect in the race if there had bin a bit more cut in the ground on the day. They're both better when the turf is relatively soft as apposed to being good to firm. · 221 days ago ·
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My pick for the International. Take the lead, stay on the rail, and stay strong through the stretch. He's an almighty Irish bred too
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  • yukichan · ajump, Dettori read your post! : ) · 222 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · When a closer comes a running, because of traffic they have to take what is left to them, rather than the pace horse who controls everything and has no traffic problems...That is why I always go for the speed merchants, on the main track that is. · 221 days ago ·
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Just DON'T put Joseph on this horse!!! When they come to Canada bring Seamie, or Colm!
I just finished watching the replay of the G1 Grand Prix De Paris again, and every time I see that race the more impressed I am with Imperial Monarch. This is a damn talented horse. Not only was he stepping up to 12f for the first time in his career that day at Longchamp, he also had to do all of the donkey work and cut out his own running with some other really talented 3yr.old's in behind him. The likes of Main Sequence, Last Train, Saint Baudolino, and Top Trip were a few of them. If it weren't for the fact that Camelot is also a 3yr.old in 2012, I have no doubt whatsoever that Imperial Monarch would be the top middle distance 3yr.old at Ballydoyle this season. And frankly, I'm entirely convinced there's that much between Imperial Monarch and Camelot? He certainly hasn't gotten as many chances to shine at G1 level as Camelot has. I think it would be interesting to see the 2 in the same field together somewhere over 12f. JMO.
Love this horse, and I'm so happy he finally got his moment in the son today!! Imperial Monarch won the G1 Grand Prix De Paris at Longchamp by a head over some very good horses today who already had group stakes wins on their resume'. I frankly wasn't real happy with Coolmore that they pulled Imperial Monarch out of the Irish Derby, I assume to make the race an easier road for Camelot. Camelot may very well be Ballydoyle's best 3yr.old. But I honestly believe this horse isn't lagging very far behind him at all. He just hasn't had as many chances to shine yet as Camelot has. The only prior G1 race he'd gotten to run in was a very mucked up, messy G1 Prix Du Jockey Club with 20 horses in the field. He had a bad PP draw, and never had anywhere to go throughout the entire race. He was essentially beaten in the French Derby when the gates opened. But a smaller field of legit horses today was the ticket for Imperial Monarch, and he's now answered the question of whether he can win at G1 level, and do so at 12f. Well done, indeed!!
With two legs of the English Triple Crown firmly under his belt, Camelot looks to add the Irish Derby.Read More
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  • LAZMANNICK · And the list of great horses racing in the UK goes on and on. The race was barely over and the first thing out of the color commentator’s mouth was “And Camelot remains beaten. Maybe we are about to see the greatest horse we’ve seen in well over forty years.” Wow. Frankel. Your fame is fleeting. Move over there’s a new greatest ever horse in town. · 328 days ago ·
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  • ILuvTurfRacing · @BrianZipse, Much agreed. Provided 14f doesn't prove a bridge too far for Camelot, which I seriously doubt being the son of Montjeu, he's clearly head and shoulders above any of the rest of the middle distance 3yr.old's I've seen in Europe this season. Assuming he does go on to the G1 English St. Leger in September, and comes out of that race healthy, he could be a tough row to hoe for the older horses in the Arc this year with the weight for age break he'd get for being a 3yr.old. I just can't imagine Coolmore not sending Camelot to Longchamp in October to run in the Arc De Triomphe? He'd likely stand a better chance of winning the Arc for Ballydoyle than their older horses would, i.e, St Nicholas Abbey, So You Think, etc.., IMO. · 328 days ago ·
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After a successful weekend at Epsom winning the Epsom Derby aboard Camelot. Young Joseph O'Brien got a luckless trip on Sunday in the G1 Prix Du Jockey Club(French Derby) aboard previously unbeaten Imperial Monarch. He never had anywhere to go throughout the race. Once O'Brien did finally get Imperial Monarch into the clear, he was closing like a shot. But too little, too late. The Prix Du Jockey Club, IMO, has become in large part very much like the Kentucky Derby in America has. The field is always too large with 20 horses, give or take, and the best horse in the race rarely wins it because of a bad PP draw or bad track position.

Imperial Monarch - Pedigree

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GalileoSadler's WellsNorthern Dancer
Fairy Bridge
Urban SeaMiswaki
Allegretta
Ionian SeaSlip AnchorShirley Heights
Sayonara
Snow DayReliance
Vindaria

Stakes Tracker - Probables

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View Details06/22/13Imperial MonarchHardwicke Stakes-G2Possible ILuvTurfRacing
View Details06/01/13Imperial MonarchCoronation Cup-G1Possible ILuvTurfRacing
View Details06/20/13Imperial MonarchAscot Gold Cup-G1Possible ILuvTurfRacing

Imperial Monarch - Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video03/30/136thR MooreMey32 milesTDubai Gold Cup-G303+ MCavalrymanAhzeemahVerema3:25.31
View DetailsView Video10/14/126thR MooreWO101 1/2mTCanadian International Stakes-G103+ MJoshua TreeDandinoForte Dei Marmi2:30.89
View Details07/14/121stJ O'BrienLon61 1/2mTGrand Prix de Paris-G103 MImperial MonarchLast TrainSaint Baudolino2:35.47
View DetailsView Video06/03/128thJ O'BrienCha51 5/16 mTPrix du Jockey Club-G103 MSaonoisSaint BaudolinoNutello2:08.10
View Details04/28/121stJ O'BrienSan61 1/4 mTClassic Trial-G303 MImperial MonarchThought WorthyRougemont2:27.86
View DetailsView Video09/10/111stS HeffernanCur81 mileTMaiden 02 MImperial MonarchAzamataHandazan1:46.14