Maria's Mon (April 24, 1993 – September 14, 2007) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that was the champion two-year-old colt in 1995 and produced two
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, almost always on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The competition is a Grade I stakes race for three-year ...
winners.
Maria's Mon was foaled in
Kentucky
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on April 24, 1993 at the farm of Morton Rosenthal.
He was sired by Wavering Monarch out of Carlotta Maria. Carlotta Maria was sired by the
Irish
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stallion
Caro
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* Caro, Michigan, United States
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. Maria's Mon was retired from racing due to a broken ankle.
Maria's Mon was retired to
Pin Oak Stud and is the sire of Kentucky Derby winners
Monarchos
Monarchos (February 9, 1998 – October 22, 2016) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2001 Kentucky Derby in the second fastest winning time and overall third fastest time in the race's history.
Background
Monarchos was si ...
(2001) and
Super Saver (2010). His stud fee in 2007 was $60,000 for a live foal and he covered 132 mares in his last season. Maria's Mon died of severe
laminitis
Laminitis is a disease that affects the feet of ungulates and is found mostly in horses and cattle. Clinical signs include foot tenderness progressing to inability to walk, increased digital pulses, and increased temperature in the hooves. Sever ...
, which may have resulted from equine
Cushing's syndrome
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, on September 14, 2007 at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Kentucky.
References
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1993 racehorse births
Racehorses bred in Kentucky
2007 racehorse deaths
Eclipse Award winners
Thoroughbred family 1-l