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Walzertakt


High-class stayer by Montjeu


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Walzertakt

Montjeu ex Walzerkoenigin

2009, 16.2hh

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HIGH-CLASS STAYER IN FRANCE

Won/placed in 5 Stakes races including winning the Gr.2 Prix Maurice de Nieuil.

BY A LEADING NH INFLUENCE IN MONTJEU

Plus a half-brother to 4 Group horses including German Derby winner Wiener Walzer, sire of Grade 1 winner Adagio.

STANDING AT CHAPEL STUD ON BEHALF OF DAHLBURY

Not covering in 2024.

Walzertakt Pedigree

BRED ON THE SAME CROSS AS CAMELOT, FROM A GR.1 BLACK-TYPE FAMILY WITH A GERMAN CONNECTION

MONTJEU SADLER'S WELLS NORTHERN DANCER
FAIRY BRIDGE
FLORIPEDES TOP VILLE
TOUTE CY
WALZERKOENIGIN KINGMAMBO MR PROSPECTOR
MIESQUE
GREAT REVIVAL KEEN
PRUDENT GIRL

MONTJEU

Sire of NH sires Walk In The Park, Scorpion, Jukebox Jury, Masked Marvel, Authorized, etc. In addition to Gr.1 winners/sires Fame And Glory, Motivator, St Nicholas Abbey, Camelot, Papal Bull, Scorpion, Leading Light, etc.

WALZERKOENIGIN

Dam of Walzertakt and Gr.1 German Derby winner Wiener Walzer, 2yo Gr.2 Beresford Stakes winner Port Douglas, and Group horses Walzertraum and Boulevard. From the family of Gr.1 winners Providental, Play It Safe and Saratoga Springs.

Champion older mare in Germany, dual Gr.2 winner and Gr.1 second.

1st Dam
WALZERKOENIGIN (USA)
, Champion older mare in Germany in 2003, won 5 races at 2 to 4 years in France, in Germany and in Italy and £249,456 including Ernst & Young Euro Cup, Frankfurt, Gr.2, Premio Emilio Turati, Milan, Gr.2, Prix Chlo , Chantilly, Gr.3, Grosser Preis der Spielbank Bad Neuenahr, Dusseldorf, L., placed 4 times viz second in Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes, Belmont Park, Gr.1, IDEE Festa Rennen, Baden-Baden, L., third in Falmouth Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.2 and fourth in Prix de Psyche, Deauville, Gr.3;
dam of 8 winners including-

  • WALZERTAKT (GER) (2009 c. by Montjeu (IRE)), subject stallion.
  • WIENER WALZER (GER) (2006 c. by Dynaformer (USA)), Champion 3yr old colt in
    Germany in 2009, won 5 races at 3 and 5 years in Germany and £542,356 including Idee
    Deutsches Derby, Hamburg, Gr.1, Rheinland-Pokal, Cologne, Gr.1, Oppenheim Union-
    Rennen, Cologne, Gr.2, placed 4 times viz second in G.P. von Lotto Hamburg
    Deutschland Preis, Hamburg, Gr.1, third in Prix d'Ispahan, ParisLongchamp, Gr.1 and
    fourth in Grosser Mercedes-Benz Preis von Baden, Baden-Baden, Gr.1; sire.
  • PORT DOUGLAS (IRE) (2013 g. by Galileo (IRE)), won 6 races to 2021 at home and
    abroad and £146,665 including Beresford Stakes, Curragh, Gr.2, placed 15 times
    including second in Chester Vase, Chester, Gr.3 and fourth in Racing Post Trophy,
    Doncaster, Gr.1 and Coolmore Canford Cliffs Stakes, Tipperary, L.
  • WALZERTRAUM (USA) (2005 c. by Rahy (USA)), won 4 races at 3, 5 and 6 years in
    France, in Germany and in Sweden and £88,708 including German Tote Bavarian
    Classic, Munich, Gr.3, placed 9 times including second in Preis der Sparkassen
    Finanzgruppe, Baden-Baden, Gr.3, Swedish Open Mile, Taby, L., third in Preis der
    Deutschen Einheit, Berlin-Hoppegarten, Gr.3 and fourth in Euro Cup, Frankfurt, Gr.3.
  • Boulevard (IRE) (2015 c. by Galileo (IRE)), won 7 races at 3 to 5 years in France and
    £123,948 and placed 7 times including third in Premio Federico Tesio, Milan, Gr.2, Prix
    Gladiateur, ParisLongchamp, Gr.3 and Grand Prix des Provinces, Marseille-Borely, L.
  • WALZERPRINZESSIN (GER) (2010 f. by Monsun (GER)), won 1 race at 4 years in Germany
    and placed once; dam of winners.
    • WALKAWAY (GER) (f. by Adlerflug (GER)), 2 races at 3 years, 2021 in Germany and
      £69,643 including GP Gestuts Auenquelle/Torquator Tasso, Hannover, Gr.3,
      second in T von Zastrow Stutenpreis, Baden-Baden, Gr.2 and third in Mehl-
      Muelhens-Trophy, Hamburg, Gr.3, also fourth in Preis der Diana, Dusseldorf, Gr.1.

2nd Dam
GREAT REVIVAL (IRE), ran 3 times at 4 years;
dam of 2 winners including-

  • WALZERKOENIGIN (USA) (f. by Kingmambo (USA)), see above.
  • Shining Vale (USA), unraced; dam of winners.
    • Mrs Snow (GB), 1 race at 2 years in Germany and placed 4 times including second in
      Henkel Trial - Dusseldorfer Stutenpreis, Dusseldorf, L., Preis der Spielbank Bad
      Neuenahr, Cologne, L. and third in Premio Sergio Cumani, Milan, Gr.3.
    • Wadaat (GB), 1 race at 3 years and  82,971 and placed 4 times including second in
      Oaks d'Italia, Milan, Gr.2 and third in Distaff Stakes, Sandown, L.
    • BUNNY LEBOWSKI (FR), 1 race in France; dam of VELMA VALENTO (FR), won Prix
      du Pays d'Auge, Clairefontaine, L., placed second in Gillies Stakes, Lingfield, L.
  • Northern Revival (USA), unraced; dam of winners.
    • NORTHERN CANDYRIDE (USA), 10 races in USA including Hoosier Breeders
      Sophomore Stakes, Hossier Park, L.R. and A J Foyt Stakes, Indiana Downs, L.R.

3rd Dam
PRUDENT GIRL
, won 2 races at 3 years and placed 6 times;
dam of 8 winners including-

  • PROVIDENTIAL, won 6 races at 2 to 4 years in France and in U.S.A. including Washington
    D. C. International Stakes, Laurel, Gr.1, Prix Greffulhe, ParisLongchamp, Gr.2; sire.
  • PLAY IT SAFE, Champion 2yr old filly in France in 1981, Jt Champion 2yr old filly in
    Europe in 1981, won 5 races at 2 and 3 years in France including Prix Marcel Boussac,
    ParisLongchamp, Gr.1, Prix d'Aumale, Chantilly, Gr.3; dam of winners.
  • Population, placed 3 times at 2 and 3 years; dam of winners.
    • SARATOGA SPRINGS (CAN), won Racing Post Trophy, Doncaster, Gr.1; sire.

“Walzertakt is a very interesting addition to the GB NH stallion ranks bred on the same cross as Camelot. Added to that he hails from a strong black-type family. I loved his foals, he doesn't produce chesnuts, and he has young horses with all the right trainers in France.”

Richard Venn, bloodstock agent

Walzertakt Race Record

HIGH-CLASS AND TOUGH STAYER IN FRANCE

Won

Prix Maurice de Nieuil Gr.2, Longchamp, 1m6f, beating Gr.1/Gr.2 winners/performers Bathyrhon, Frine, Glaring, Spiritjim

Won

Qatar Prix Gladiateur Gr.3, Longchamp, 1m7½f, beating Stakes horses Oriental Fox, Kicky Blue, Billabong, Mille Et Mille, Vif Monsieur, Fly With Me, Green Byron, Satanicjim, A Soldier’s Life

3rd

Darley Prix Kergorlay Gr.2, Deauville, 1m7f

3rd

Comer Group International 44th Oleander-Rennen Gr.3, Hoppegarten, 2m

3rd

Silbernes Band L, Cologne, 2m4f

“Walzertakt is a big, strong, good-looking horse, a very typical stamp of his sire Montjeu. For stamina and quality, you really don’t need to look any further.”

Roisin Close, Chapel Stud director

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Walzertakt Stud Record

50% winners to runners over jumps for the 2022/2023 season. First Stakes horses and winners include:

Klitchko de Belair 2nd Prix Morgex Gr.3, Auteuil, Prix Bayonnet Chase L, Auteuil. Dual Hurdle winner.
Zertakt Hurdle winner sold for €195,000 to Guy Petit at the Arqana Deauville Summer Mixed Sale 2022.
Wal Cassandre Three-time Chase winner.
In Excess Hurdle winner.
Jazz d'Arc Hurdle winner.
Jilaijone Hurdle winner.
Santa Clarita Dual Hurdle winner.
Jury Bleu Won on the Flat and over Jumps.
Parovna Hurdle winner.
Jade de Balme Hurdle winner.
Wingsuiter Hurdle winner.
Lord Plouche Hurdle winner.
King Kara, Down Under, Ugo Bingo All winners on the Flat.

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