Background
Duke of Marmalade, a bay horse who stands 16 hands high and weighed 540 kg during his racing career, is from the last crop of foals sired by Danehill and is out of the American-bred mare Love Me True. He was bred in Ireland by Southern Bloodstock, a division of his owners' Coolmore Stud organisation. Duke of Marmalade was trained throughout his career by Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle.
Duke of Marmalade's sire Danehill (who died in 2003) was one of the most successful stallions of the last twenty years, producing the winners of more than a thousand races, including one hundred and fifty-six at Group One/Grade I level. Among his best offspring are Dylan Thomas, Rock of Gibraltar, George Washington and North Light. Love Me True is a half-sister to Shuailaan (Winter Hill Stakes), Madison's Charm (Comely Stakes) and Bite The Bullet (Sanford Stakes), and, as a grand-daughter of Lassie Dear, is closely related to Summer Squall, A. P. Indy and Lemon Drop Kid.
The name "Duke of Marmalade" is derived from a title created by Henri Christophe for a member of the new Haitian nobility following the Haitian Revolution. The name had previously been used for an Italian thoroughbred racehorse which won the Premio Roma in 1975 and 1976.
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