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Jeune (29 March 1989 – 4 January 2006) was a British
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who raced in England and
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and is best known for winning the prestigious
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in 1994. He was a muscular chestnut stallion who sometimes raced in
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. He had an aversion towards wet ground and was most effective on ground which was at least dead.


European career

Reasonably well-bred and bred for stamina, Jeune was by
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out of Youthful, by Green Dancer. He began his racing career in
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, becoming a Group Two winner over a mile and a half, as well as running several good placings in English middle-distance races of the second rank. His owner, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, sent him to
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at the end of his 4-year-old season, where he was trained by David Hayes.


Australian career

Jeune established himself as a top-class performer in Australia with his victory in the
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(1800 metres) at Caulfield in the early part of the spring. Later that same preparation, he was runner-up in the
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and the
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. In between time, he ran unplaced in the Cox Plate when hindered in the running. Jeune therefore entered the 1994 Melbourne Cup with solid middle-distance weight-for-age form. Nevertheless, he started at odds of 16/1 due to doubts about whether he would run the distance. He won by 2 lengths, while favoured
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winner Paris Lane, who had narrowly beaten him home in the Mackinnon three days earlier, was second. Jeune opened his autumn campaign by winning the much shorter group 1 C.F. Orr Stakes (1400 metres) against sprinters. He also won the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000 metres) to finish that campaign. However, in between time, Jeune developed the tendency of running second in major races. One of these efforts a close second to champion sprinter Schillaci in the Futurity Stakes over 1400 metres. He also lost the
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at Flemington to the Western Australian mare Starstruck, and the
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and
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at Rosehill to front-runner Stony Bay. Jeune raced on as a 6-year-old, and despite an early-season victory over Mahogany in the
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(1600 metres) at Flemington, he thereafter lost form, failing in several major races. In the end, Jeune's overall racing record in Australia and England stood at 10 wins and 17 placing from 42 starts, and nearly A$3million in prizemoney.


Stud record

Jeune began his stud career at Hayes' Lindsay Park property in
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before transferring to Collingrove Stud in
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in 2004. Chief among Jeune's successful offspring was the ill-fated 2003
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winner
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and On A Jeune, who ran second in the
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. He also sired Jeune Mark (so named because he closely resembled his sire), who won over $200,000 in prizes. Jeune Mark was made famous after saving his owner's life in the 2009
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in Victoria. Despite his very good race record and ability to sire good progeny, Jeune was not the most commercial of stallions in Australia. The quality of mares he attracted in South Australia was only moderate and did not match those enjoyed by the more fashionable overseas shuttle stallions and speed-oriented locals, with whom he was competing. Nevertheless, over 5% of his runners won stakes races. On the morning of 4 January 2006, Jeune was found dead in his paddock at Collingrove Stud from an apparent heart failure.


References

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Jeune's pedigree and partial racing stats

Jeune Pedigree


See also

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List of millionaire racehorses in Australia Top prize money earners – Australian and New Zealand horses * denotes still racing The criteria for inclusion in the above list are as follows. The purpose of these criteria is to include only horses that should be recognised as being Austr ...
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List of Melbourne Cup winners This is a list of the winners of the Melbourne Cup. The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major thoroughbred horse race. It is run at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne. Each year, internationally bred or owned horses compete in the race. Since 188 ...
1989 racehorse births 2006 racehorse deaths Racehorses trained in Australia Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Melbourne Cup winners Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year Thoroughbred family 19-c