Montague was an American

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. He won first running of the 1890 Preakness Handicap at Morris Park Racecourse on the

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day undercard. In the 1960s, the race was controversially recognized as the 18th running of the

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despite the fact that no three-year-olds ran. Five-year-old Montague beat three rivals, four-year-old Philosophy, five-year-old Barrister and eight-year-old Ten Broker.

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