Jukebox Jury Dies at 19 Following Colic Surgery

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Dual Group 1 winner Jukebox Jury, an emerging force in the National Hunt stallion ranks, has died at the age of 19.

“It is with great sadness that we announce Jukebox Jury has been euthanised due to complications following colic surgery,” read the statement posted to social media by Burgage Stud, home to the son of Montjeu since 2018.

“He had a lovely, kind personality and was a pleasure to work with. He will be greatly missed, but we are thankful he came to Burgage and the impact he has left.”

Bred by Paul Nataf, Jukebox Jury proved himself a smart two-year-old for trainer Mark Johnston and owner Alan Spence, notably winning the G2 Royal Lodge Stakes and filling the runner-up spot in the G1 Racing Post Trophy. The following season he added three more Group-race victories to his tally, with the first of his two wins at the top level coming in that year's Preis von Europa. At four he won the G2 Jockey Club Stakes, while at five he won three more races, highlighted by his dead-heat with Duncan in the G1 Irish St Leger.

Jukebox Jury retired to Gestut Etzean in Germany in 2013 and was there until 2018 when he moved to join the Burgage roster in County Carlow, Ireland.

The G1 Prix du Cadran heroine Princess Zoe was among his star performers conceived during his time in Germany, but it's over jumps where his runners have really excelled. The five-time Grade 1 winner Il Etait Temps is his best runner in that sphere to date, while last season his daughter Bambino Fever was unbeaten in four starts in bumpers, culminating with top-level victories at the Cheltenham and Punchestown Festivals.

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