Dara Monarch

Dara Monarch (11 March 1979 – January 2005) was a British-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In 1981, he showed very promising form in Ireland, winning the Anglesey Stakes and finishing third in the Railway Stakes. In the following year, he won the McCairns Trial Stakes on his seasonal debut and then rebounded from an unplaced effort in the 2000 Guineas to record impressive victories in the Irish 2000 Guineas and St James's Palace Stakes. He was then affected by illness and ran poorly in his three remaining races. After standing as a breeding stallion in Ireland, he was exported to Czechoslovakia where he died in 2005.