Demi O'Byrne Snaps Up a Son Of Montjeu For €500,000

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Demi O'Byrne Snaps Up a Son Of Montjeu For €500,000

Posted: 7:32 AM ET

GOFORB hip 26	Yearling C	Montjeu (Ire)--Jewel In the Sand (Ire)	500,000
Breeder: Denis Brosnan
Buyer: D O'Byrne
Consignor: Croom House Stud

With Camelot (GB) Arc-bound on Sunday, the importance of Montjeu (Ire) remains ever-present and Demi O'Byrne was not to be denied for one of his sons at Goffs this morning. From Denis Brosnan's Croom House Stud, the April-foaled bay is out of the GSW Jewel In the Sand (Ire) (Bluebird) and fetched €500,000.

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