Motivator (horse)
| Motivator | |
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| Sire | Montjeu |
| Grandsire | Sadler's Wells |
| Dam | Out West |
| Damsire | Gone West |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | 2002 |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Deerfield Farm |
| Owner | Royal Ascot Racing Club |
| Trainer | Michael Bell |
| Record | 7: 4-2-0 |
| Earnings | ₤1,192,457 |
| Major wins | |
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Racing Post Trophy (2004) Dante Stakes (2005) Epsom Derby (2005) |
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| Awards | |
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BHB Horse of the Year (2005) BHB Champion Three-Year-Old Colt (2005) Leading sire in France (2013) |
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| Last updated on 12 January 2007 | |
Motivator (foaled 22 February 2002) is a retired British Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. In a racing career which lasted from August 2004 until October 2005 he ran seven times and won four races. He is best known as the winner of the 2005 Epsom Derby. He was retired to stud where he sired the dual Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Treve.
Motivator is a bay horse with a white star bred by Salah M. Fustok's Deerfield Farm in Dullingham, Cambridgeshire.
He was purchased at the 2003 Tattersalls October Yearling sale for 75,000gns by the bloodtock agent John Warren on behalf of the Royal Ascot Racing Club, a partnership whose 230 members included television personality, Simon Cowell.
Motivator is one on many top-class middle-distance horses and stayers sired by Montjeu. Others include the Derby winners Authorized and Pour Moi, the St Leger winners Scorpion and Masked Marvel and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Hurricane Run. Motivator, Hurricane Run and Scorpion were all from Montjeus first crop of foals, and were important in establishing him as a sire. Motivator is out of the American-bred mare Out West, making him a half-brother of the Hardwicke Stakes winner Macarthur, and the Listed race winner Imperial Star.
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