page_title: The Merry Monarch
hierarchical_section_title: The Merry Monarch
caption_attribution_description: English: Painting of 1844 Epsom Derby winner The Merry Monarch with jockey F. Bell by Francis Calcraft Turner. Painting is contemporary, so artist is certainly long dead.
context_page_description: The Merry Monarch was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from July 1844 to May 1846 he ran four times and won only one race. That race, however, was the 1845 Epsom Derby, in which he recorded an unexpected victory. After one race in 1846 he was retired to stud where he made no impression as a sire.
context_section_description: The Merry Monarch (1842 – after 1859) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from July 1844 to May 1846 he ran four times and won only one race. That race, however, was the 1845 Epsom Derby, in which he recorded an unexpected victory. After one race in 1846 he was retired to stud where he made no impression as a sire.
caption: The Merry Monarch with jockey Foster Bell. Painting by Francis Calcraft Turner.
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