Montrose (1884–1898) was an American

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racehorse that is best remembered for winning the 1887 Kentucky Derby. He was bred in

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at Col. Milton Young's McGrathiana Stud and purchased by the Labold brothers from

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. Ridden by

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Isaac Lewis in the Derby, the colt was trained by former jockey John McGinty. Montrose also won the Morrissey Stakes and Great Western Handicap when he was a four-year-old and won the Kearney Stakes run in

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as a five-year-old. Montrose died on July 30, 1898, at the age of 14 years at the farm of Allen W. Thurman in Columbus, Ohio.

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