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. Dara Monarch was a "neat, attractive" bay horse with no white markings bred in England by Neville Bycroft. As a young horse he was twice sold at auction, making 6,400 guineas) as a foal but only 5,000 guineas as a yearling. On the second occasion he was bought by the bloodstock agent Peter Doyle on behalf of the trainer Liam Browne. During his track career the colt was trained by Browne at the Curragh and raced in the colours of Browne's wife. He was sired by Realm, a British stallion who competed in sprint races and recorded his biggest win in the 1971 July Cup. He was based in Europe in his early stud career before being exported to Japan in 1979. The stamina element in Dara Monarch's pedigree was provided by his dam Sardara who was a winner over two miles and a half-sister to the St Leger winner Intermezzo. Dara Monarch was unplaced over six furlongs on his debut and then finished second in a race over seven furlongs. Despite his two defeats he was then moved up in class for the Group Three Anglesey Stakes over si and a half furlongs at the Curragh Racecourse in August. Starting a 66/1 outsider he recorded his first success as he won by a length from the Vincent O'Brien-trained favourite Americus. Later that month in the Railway Stakes over the same course and distance he finished strongly to take third place behind Anfield and the Norfolk Stakes winner Day Is Done. On his final appearance of the year he was stepped up in distance for the Ashford Castle Stakes over one mile in September, but ran poorly and finished last of the eleven runners behind Anfield. Dara Monarch began his second campaign in the McCairns Trial Stakes over seven furlongs at Phoenix Park Racecourse and won by a length from Senior Citizen.