Five time Group 1 winner and Coolmore stallion Fame And Glory (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}–Gryada {GB}, by Shirley Heights {GB}) died on Monday morning of a suspected heart attack. The 11-year-old was apparently covering a mare at the time. Bred by Ptarmigan Bloodstock and Kirsten Rausing, Fame And Glory was purchased as a foal by Tim Hyde at Tattersalls for 190,000gns before going into training with Aidan O'Brien. A late maturing 2-year-old he made a successful debut in a Navan maiden in Oct. 2008 before winning the G1 Criterium de Saint Cloud on his only other juvenile start. He confirmed his Derby potential as a 3-year-old running second to Sea The Stars (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) at Epsom before winning the G1 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby by five lengths under Johnny Murtagh. He landed further Group 1 success in 2010 when he was successful in the G1 Coronation S. at Epsom and the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup at The Curragh. Connections decided to up Fame And Glory in trip for the 2011 season and that strategy paid off as the then 5-year-old proved a brilliant stayer when winning the G1 Ascot Gold Cup when ridden by Jamie Spencer. In 2012 he resumed his season with a win in the Listed Vintage Crop S. at Navan, which would end up being his final victory. He was retired to Coolmore satellite Grange Stud at the end of the 2012 season with a race record of 26-14-3-1 and career earnings of over £2.3m. His first 2-year-olds came on the scene in 2016, but as he began covering mostly national hunt mares, none of his stock were expected to make an impact for another year at least.
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