Montjeu

Montjeu (モンジュー, Monjū) is a character of Uma Musume: Pretty Derby.

Relationships

 * El Condor Pasa: Opponent at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Montjeu defeated El Condor.
 * IRL: Opponent at l'Arc. He overtook El Condor Pasa just before 100 meters to the goal, and the "Dream of Japan" faded out.
 * Match (Mj/ECP)
 * 1999 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 1st/2nd
 * Special Week: Opponent at the Japan Cup. Special Week counterattacked Montjeu as the "General of Japan".
 * IRL: Opponent at the Japan Cup.
 * Match (Mj/SW)
 * 1999 Japan Cup 4th/1st


 * Air Shakur: No particular relations in the game version.
 * IRL:Montjeu fought with Air Shakur only one time.
 * Match (Mj/AS)
 * 2000 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes 1st/5th

Trivia

 * Montjeu is the first horse girl based on foreign-trained horse.
 * In the anime version, she appears as Broye.

Real Life
"El Condor Pasa is strong! he is leading at two or three lengths, and passing rest 200m point! Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is before his eyes! L'Arc is before his very eyes! Bot now, Montjeu comes! Montjeu comes! Montjeu comes! Montjeu comes!"

- 1999 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe by Naoki Fujita (Radio Tampa ) Montjeu is a racehorse in the end of the 20th century. In Japanese media, he was announced as the strongest horse in Europe. He defeated El Condor Pasa from Japan at l'Arc, but at the Japan Cup, he was defeated by Special Week.


 * The defeat at l'Arc has been "trauma" among Japanese horseracing fans. Many Japanese horses has challenged l'Arc almost every year, though, nobody won so far.
 * Montjeu defeated Japanese horses as a studhorse. in 2013 l'Arc, his granddaughter Treve defeated Orfevre by 5 lengths.
 * Meanwhile, some of his children were exported to Japan. Nowadays, his Japanese-bred descendants are active overseas.
 * His grandson Panthalassa won the 2022 Dubai Turf.
 * In 2022, Montjeu's great-grandson Titleholder entered l'Arc in 2022.