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Intro Arctic Tack Stud Ballyhane Stud Ballylinch Stud Boardsmilll Stud Burgage Stud Castlefield Stud Castlehyde Stud Claremount Stud Clongiffen Stud Coolagown Stud Coolmore Stud Good Morning Bloodstock Derrinstown Stud Foxwood Stud Glenview Stud Grange Stud Irish National Stud Kedrah House Stud Kilbarry Lodge Stud Kildangan Stud Knockhouse Stud Lacken Stud Lemongrove Stud Rathasker Stud Rathbarry Stud Roveagh Lodge stud Springfield House Stud Starfield Stud Sunnyhill stud Sweep Lane Stud Tara Stud The Beeches Stud The Old Road Stud Whytemount Stud Woodfield farm Stud Yeomanstown Stud The Jury
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ITM IRISH STALLION SHOWCASE 2023
Welcome to the ITM Irish Stallion Showcase 2023 in association with Racing Post Bloodstock. Enjoy a virtual tour of some of Ireland’s outstanding stallion farms, where champions of the Flat and National Hunt produce the superstars of tomorrow. The Showcase runs in conjunction with the ITM Irish Stallion Trail, which takes place on January 13-14 and will see 35 stallion farms across Ireland open their doors. The Trail and Showcase will again serve to draw the spotlight onto Ireland’s exceptional stallion roster and offer breeders and other interested parties the chance to assess Ireland’s world-beating stallions ahead of the breeding season. Thoroughbred sales in Ireland enjoyed an excellent year in 2022 as buyers from across the globe invested in quality Irish stock at all levels of the market. This success is directly linked to the first-class array of stallions we have standing in Ireland under both codes. From proven producers to rising stars and exciting new additions, breeders from anywhere in the world can find an Irish stallion to suit any mare or budget. This year there is a record number of 35 farms participating in the ITM Irish Stallion Trail, demonstrating the strength in depth of Ireland’s formidable stallion roster. From some of the sport’s most significant global operations to smaller family-run studs, Irish farms consistently produce the goods and are an invaluable part of Ireland’s rural economy. We hope you enjoy both this virtual tour of Irish stallion farms and the in-person ITM Irish Stallion Trail. For more information on the ITM Irish Stallion Trail visit www.itm.ie/stalliontrail and contact stalliontrail@itm.ie for any queries. Follow Irish Thoroughbred Marketing on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to keep up to date with the best of Irish racing, breeding and sales.
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Jet Away Cape Cross - Kalima (Kahyasi) 2023 fee POA Ol’ Man River Montjeu - Finsceal Beo (Mr Greeley) 2023 fee €1,500 Dee Ex Bee Farhh - Dubai Sunrise (Seeking The Gold) 2023 fee €3,500 Office: +353 (0) 86 8558907
arctic tack stud
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Stallions for 2023
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The exploits of Jet Away’s early progeny mean the sire’s name is on the lips of NH breeders when it comes to County Wexford-based Arctic Tack. Breeding has long since superseded farming at owner/manager Eoin Banville’s 300-acre family operation, whose first stallion Heron Island had Cheltenham success. From a top Juddmonte family, Jet Away has covered three-figure books in each of his first six seasons and the son of Cape Cross has started in auspicious fashion. Montjeu stallion Ol’ Man River looks the part; the Beresford Stakes winner’s oldest crop are now five. Another very exciting addition to the Arctic Tack roster is Dee Ex Bee, who looked every bit a National Hunt stallion in the making in his racing career has his first foals due this year. A gutsy second in Masar’s Derby and a distinguished career as a stayer after that marks him out as one to watch for the future.
Jet Away
Ballyhane Stud is a family-run farm located in the heart of the south-east, in Leighlinbrdge, County Carlow. Since its establishment in 1991, the facilities at Ballyhane have been continuously developed to provide a wide range of services. With a current roster of five stallions - the newest being high class miler Space Traveller - boarding and foaling facilities, sales prep and all-weather gallops for pre-training and training, Ballyhane can take a horse from conception through to the racetrack. Group and Stakes winners produced include Soldier’s Call - now on the roster as a stallion - Space Traveller, River Boyne, Peniaphobia, Living In The Past, Lord Of The Lodge and Rainfall.
Dandy Man Mozart - Lady Alexander (Night Shift) 2023 fee €15,000 Elzaam Redoute’s Choice - Mambo In Freeport (Kingmambo) 2023 fee €4,000 Sands Of Mali Panis - Kadlania (Indian Rocket) 2023 fee €5,000
Ballyhane Stud
ballyhane.com
Soldier’s Call Showcasing - Dijarvo (Iceman) 2023 fee €7,500 Space Traveller Bated Breath - Sky Crystal (Galileo) 2023 fee €6,500 Contact: 00 353 59 97 22068
Set in the stunning surroundings of the Mount Juliet estate on the banks of the River Nore near Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ballylinch boasts a long and proud tradition as a source of excellence to many generations of Irish breeders. The stud was founded by Major Dermot McCalmont over a century ago to stand The Tetrarch at the end of his unbeaten racing career. Renowned for its select stallion portfolio, Ballylinch is now owned by John and Leslie Malone and has been overseen for three decades by John O’Connor. A five-strong team for 2023 is headed by Lope De Vega, who has established a global reputation with G1 winners spread across four continents. Also appearing on the roster are G1 sire New Bay, Classic Sire Make Believe, Arc winner Waldgeist and new for 2023, the G1 winning son of New Bay, Bayside Boy. It is also an outstanding nursery, with a broodmare band numbering over 70, housed both at Ballylinch and sister farm Castlemartin Stud.
Bayside Boy New Bay - Alava (Anabaa) 2023 fee €15,000 Lope De Vega Shamardal - Lady Vettori (Vettori) 2023 fee €125,000 Make Believe Makfi - Rosie’s Pony (Suave Dancer) 2023 fee €10,000
Ballylinch Stud
ballylinchstud.ie
New Bay Dubawi - Cinnamon Bay (Zamindar) 2023 fee €75,000 Waldgeist Galileo - Waldlerche (Monsun) 2023 fee €12,500 Contact: (0) 56-7724217
new bay
Numerous successful stallions have stood at the Flood family’s Boardsmill since the County Meath-based stud was founded in 1935 by the late Jack Flood on the banks of the River Boyne, four miles west of Trim. One of the longest-serving independent stallion farms in Ireland, Boardsmill has been responsible for a multitude of major jumps winners, with a series of Cheltenham Festival scorers to the fore from the progeny of sires like French-bred pair J’Accours and Trouville in the early days through to hugely popular Furry Glen and Orchestra towards the end of the 20th century and the current team featuring Poet’s Word, whose first crop are three-year-olds in 2022. Newest addition to the roster is Sumbal, a Gr.2 winning son of Danehill Dancer.
Court Cave Sadler’s Wells - Wemyss Bight (Dancing Brave) 2023 fee €4,000 Poet’s Word Poet’s Voice - Whirly Bird (Nashwan) 2023 fee €6,000
Boardsmill Stud
boardsmillstud.com
Sumbal Danehill Dancer - Alix Road (Linamix) 2023 fee €2,500
Burgage Stud has recently taken on Fascinating Rock, standing him as a dual-purpose sire, with the horse aiming to fill the sizeable boots of former Burgage stalwart Shantou, John Gosden’s first Classic winner, who sadly died last year after a remarkable 18 seasons on the County Carlow farm’s stallion roster. Burgage Stud’s picturesque family-run farm, originally converted from a working farm by Terence Vigors in 1946, has a tremendous NH heritage thanks to Shantou and the wonderful Bob Back, while current stallion Jukebox Jury is a G1-winning source of winners under both codes. The son of Montjeu’s virtues have been advertised on the Flat by top-class G1-winning filly Princess Zoe; with Triumph Hurdle winner Farclas being his most high profile jumper so far. Studmate Sea Moon has made an outstanding start to his stud career. His first crop were 5-y-o’s in 2022 and he is already sire of two black type mares from his first crop of only 23 foals. He averaged e40,500 at the 2002 Goffs Land Rover Sale.
Jukebox Jury Montjeu - Mare Aux Fees (Kenmore) 2023 fee Private Sea Moon Beat Hollow - Eva Luna (Alleged) 2023 fee Private
Burgage Stud
burgagestud.com
Fascinating Rock Fastnet Rock - Miss Polaris (Polar Falcon) 2023 fee €5,000 Contact: 086-268 1899
Mirage Dancer, a Group 1-winning son of champion sire Frankel, has covered over 160 mares to date, including the dams of Paisley Park, Sir Gerhard, One For Arthur and Labaik. Bred by Juddmonte, he is one of four black-type performers out of Matriarch and Beverly D Stakes heroine Heat Haze, a sibling to fellow Group/Grade 1 winners Banks Hill, Cacique, Champs Elysees and Intercontinental, as well as top sire Dansili, out of blue hen Hasili. Hunting Horn, a Hampton Court Stakes and Moonee Valley Gold Cup winning son of Camelot, who also placed in the Belmont Derby Invitational and the Prix Niel, was the Leading First Season Sire at last year’s Goffs December NH Sale with an average price of over six times his covering fee. He is closely related to the late High Chaparral, sire of Champions under both codes. High Class 2YO Alkumait, the quickest ever winner of Gr.2 Mill Reef Stakes (faster than Dark Angel and Harry Angel), covered 110+ mares in his first season. The fastest son of Showcasing at stud, he is a half-brother to outstanding two year old Chaldean and also a half-brother to a Million Guineas foal in 2022, making him one of the best value young sires standing in Ireland.
Castlefield Stud
Alkumait
Alkumait Showcasing - Suelita (Dutch Art) 2023 fee €5,000 Hunting Horn Camleot - Mora Bai (Indian Ridge) 2023 fee €2 ,000 Mirage Dancer Frankel - Heat Haze (Green Desert) 2023 fee €3,500
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Mirage Dancer
Castlehyde Stud offers a combination of high class flat and national hunt stallions. The flat roster is spearheaded by Starspangledbanner who enjoyed an annus mirabilis in 2022 both in the sales ring and on the racecourse with no less than four Group/Grade 1 winners. The latest season also saw more top-level success for Gleneagles courtesy of Highland Chief in North America and Classic prosect Royal Scotsman here in Europe while Sioux Nation made a fantastic start to his stud career siring no less than 45 first crop two-year-old winners including seven group horses. A powerful NH team at the Fermoy base includes Champion jumps sire of 2021/22 Yeats along with fellow Ascot Gold Cup winners Westerner and in Order Of St George. Dual Group 1-winning miler Maxios, from a top Niarchos family, is already responsible for winners at the highest level under both flat and National Hunt rules, while the roster also includes St Leger star Kew Gardens. Eagerly anticipated are the first foals by Authorized’s Irish Derby and Royal Ascot winning son Santiago.
Castlehyde Stud
coolmore.com
Arizona No Nay Never - Lady Ederle 2023 fee €5,000 Footstepsinthesand Giant's Causeway - Glatisant 2023 fee €10,000 Gleneagles Galileo - You’resothrilling 2023 fee €17,500 Holy Roman Emperor Danehill - L’On Vite 2023 fee €10,000
Starspangledbanner Choisir - Gold Anthem 2023 fee €50,000 Sioux Nation Scat Daddy - Dream The Blues 2023 fee €17,500 U S Navy Flag War Front - Misty For Me 2023 fee €10,000
Kew Gardens Galileo - Chelsea Rose 2023 fee €3,500 Maxios Monsun - Moonlight's Box 2023 fee €6,000 Order Of St George Galileo - Another Storm 2023 fee €6,500
Santiago Authorized - Wadyhatta 2023 fee €4,000 Westerner Danehill - Walensee 2023 fee €5,000 Yeats Sadler’s Wells - Lyndonville 2023 fee €5,000
Flat Stallions
National Hunt Stallions
Claremount Stud is a family run business established by Padraig and Paul Moroney who have been involved in the equine business for over 20 years as both breeders and racehorse owners. Claremount Stud, Based in Broadford, County Clare in the Republic of Ireland, Set in 350 prime acres of Ireland’s finest limestone land, Claremount provides the perfect environment for breeding and raising thoroughbreds. Complimented by state of the art yard facilities, its one the finest locations in the world to breed top-class bloodstock. Currently for well over 20 years Claremount Stud has developed into a renowned nursery that has consistently produced a host of top class racehorses that have distinguished themselves the world over.
Claremount Stud
Barraquero Zebedee - Chica Whopa (Oasis Dream) 2023 fee €4,000 Special Offer: 50% off if a filly is born Contact: +353834161109
claremountstud.ie
Barraquero
CLONGIFFEN STUD is located near Enfield in the heart of the famed bloodstock region of County Meath and is under the ownership and management of Robert Honner who succeeded his late father Winston Honner. In addition to standing stallions Clongiffen Stud also provides a comprehensive bloodstock management service to it’s clients that includes foaling, boarding, sales preparation and breaking. All Clongiffen Stud Stallions are sound in wind and limb Veterinary Certificates for soundness lodged with Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association. Located on 80 acres of well sheltered limestone land and with 66 stables. We pride ourselves on providing a personal, professional and economical service to our clients.
Austrian School Teofilo - Swiss Roll (Entrepreneur) 2023 fee €1,500 Kool Kompany Jeremy - Absolutely Cool (Indian Ridge) 2023 fee €2,000
Clongiffen Stud
clongiffenstud.com
Austrian School
Kool Kompany
Coolagown Stud, which prides itself as the ‘Home of the gallopers’, was established over 20 years ago in a lovely village near Fermoy in County Cork by Travado’s breeder Bernie Stack. Under the management of his son David, the stud has developed an excellent reputation for its warm welcome and personal touch – and as a value destination for primarily NH breeders. Former stallions include Daylami and Papal Bull, while the current roster includes French G1 winner Way To Paris, who’s 1st crop foals made a big impact at the sales, is joined by the Gr2 Winner and multiple Classic Placed son of Sea The Stars,, Storm The Stars. He joins Carlotamix, sire of dual French Champion Hurdle winner Gemix, plus up-and-coming pair Shantaram (by Galileo) and Zambezi Sun (by Dansili).
Carlotamix Linamix - Carlitta (Olympio) 2023 fee €2,000 Shantaram Galileo - All’s Forgotten (Darshaan) 2023 fee €1,000 Storm The Stars Sea The Stars - Love Me Only (Sadler's Wells) 2023 fee €3,000 Way To Paris Champs Elysees - Grey Way (Cozzene) 2023 fee €3,500
Coolagown Stud
coolagown.ie
Zambezi Sun Dansili - Imbabala (Zafonic) 2023 fee €2,000
Storm The Stars
Coolmore is renowned as the world’s foremost bloodstock operation. Built up from the mid-70s mainly via big-money US purchases from the Northern Dancer line, Coolmore boasts a long list of Classic winners and champions on its past and present rosters headed by legends like Sadler’s Wells, Danehill and Galileo. A formidable stallion band for 2023 includes the upwardly mobile Wootton Bassett, the increasingly impressive No Nay Never along with his brilliant son Blackbeard, and several more proven Group 1 sires like Australia, Camelot, Churchill and a hugely promising son of Deep Impact in Saxon Warrior. An exciting year lies ahead for Calyx, Magna Grecia and Ten Sovereigns whose first 2-year-old runners get a chance to prove their worth. Record-breaking Prix du Jockey Club winner Sottsass and triple Group 1-winning miler Circus Maximus both have their first yearlings selling next autumn and also eagerly awaited are the first foals by the breath-taking French Guineas, French Derby Coral-Eclipse and Irish Champion Stakes winning St Mark’s Basilica. Complementing Coolmore’s hallowed main base at Fethard, Co. Tipperary is Castlehyde Stud in Fermoy Co. Cork as well as branches in America and Australia.
Coolmore Stud
coolmore.com/farms/ireland
Australia Galileo - Ouija Board 2023 fee €25,000 Blackbeard No Nay Never - Muirin 2023 fee €25,000 Calyx Kingman - Helleborine 2023 fee €10,000 Camelot Montjeu - Tarfah 2023 fee €60,000
Churchill Galileo - Meow 2023 fee €30,000 Circus Maximus Galileo - Duntle 2023 fee €10,000 Holy Roman Emperor Danehill - L’On Vite 2023 fee €10,000 Magna Grecia Invincible Spirit - Cabaret 2023 fee €15,000
No Nay Never Scat Daddy - Cat’s Eye Witness 2023 fee €175,000 Saxon Warrior Deep Impact - Maybe 2023 fee €35,000 Sottsass Siyouni - Starlet’s Sister 2023 fee €25,000 St Mark's Basilica Siyouni - Cabaret 2023 fee €65,000
Ten Sovereigns No Nay Never - Seeking Solace 2023 fee €17,500 Wootton Bassett Iffraaj - Balladonia 2023 fee €150,000
It’s the ITM Irish Stallion Trail on Friday and Saturday, so time for my annual plea to attendees to make space in their schedules for some of the smaller studs that are throwing open their gates. Coolmore, Darley and Ballylinch Stud are breathtaking in their size, scope and wealth of stallion talent, but you will be guaranteed as warm a welcome from those operations off the beaten track, and see similarly smart sires too. In fact, in my experience, you can often have more unguarded and open conversations with managers and staff at those operations that are less overrun with other visitors. And who knows, one of those chats might even lead to a cut-price nomination deal. So where should you head this weekend? Let’s take a virtual trip around Ireland, travelling clockwise from Dublin. Derrinstown Stud will likely be busy this time around, with last year’s impressive Haydock Sprint Cup winner Minzaal on show before his first season covering at the Shadwell-owned farm. His studmate Awtaad doesn’t deserve to be overshadowed, though, after supplying last year’s Group 2 winners Al Qareem and Anmaat and expensively sold fillies Bellosa, Create Belief and Mohjatty. Queen Elizabeth II Stakes hero King Of Change, who stood his first two seasons at Derrinstown, has now moved north-west to Micheál Orlandi’s Starfield Stud, which has another new face this year in Dewhurst runner-up Dubawi Legend. Lemongrove Stud nearby is home to one of the most intriguing newcomers to the stallion ranks anywhere in Ireland this year, in Tosen Stardom, a Japanese-bred son of Deep Impact who won a brace of Group 1s in Australia. Boardsmill Stud continues its decades-long service of supplying credible commercial stallions to National Hunt breeders with Court Cave, Poet’s Word and Sumbal, while Tara Stud is showing off its homegrown US Grade 1 winner River Boyne. Social media devotees take note: Co. Meath might also contain the most photogenic stallion in Ireland, with the idiosyncratically marked Kool Kompany standing at Clongiffen Stud. He also makes serious appeal for breeders, of course, as a precious son of the remarkably accomplished jumps sire Jeremy, as does his covering colleague on the farm Austrian School, a classy half-brother to jumps legend Tiger Roll. There is no end of star names available to see in the corridor of studs that are opening in the thoroughbred county this weekend. In the space of just an hour spent at Kildangan Stud you will see Blue Point, Earthlight, Ghaiyyath, Naval Crown, Night Of Thunder, Profitable, Raven’s Pass, Space Blues and Teofilo – each and every one a Group 1 winner, many of them champions and one or two of them among the most exciting stallions in the world. The Irish National Stud’s roster includes one of the oldest sires anywhere in Europe, in the stately breed-shaper Invincible Spirit, and some younger names who will hopefully assume his role as a reliable source of big income for the operation in Lucky Vega, Nando Parrado and Phoenix Of Spain. The commercially astute Yeomanstown Stud is home to another doyen of Irish breeding, the ever-reliable Dark Angel, as well as exciting newer faces Invincible Army, Shaman and Supremacy. Rathasker Stud continues to offer its clients a range of credible budget sires, with Bungle Inthejungle, Coulsty and Gregorian currently on the roster, while Sunnyhill Stud is showing its promising young jumps stallions Lucky Speed and Fifty Stars. However, the place in Kildare I’d have been making a beeline for this week if I’d been able to go on the trail is Aidan Sexton’s Sweep Lane Stud. As one of the only stallion farms in the county that I’ve never visited, it holds a certain mystique for me, and I wouldn’t mind having a nose at the bargain-basement offerings Le Cadre Noir and The Irish Rover. Ballyhane Stud and Burgage Stud in and around Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow, provide the perfect stop-off point between Kildare and the south-eastern counties, but they are of course much more than a convenient break from driving. Joe Foley’s Ballyhane is one of only two studs heroically offering extended opening hours of 9am to 5pm on both days, but then it’s worth pointing out that approaching visitors can be seen from a well-placed stool in the Lord Bagenal Inn just over the road. Here you can see the admirably prolific Dandy Man; one of my picks of the best value sires in Ireland, Elzaam; and the satisfyingly sibilant trio of youngsters Soldier’s Call, Sands Of Mali and Space Traveller. Burgage Stud meanwhile houses what I like to think of as the thinking man’s (and woman’s) selection of National Hunt sires, as they don’t tend to cover huge numbers but often return very good strike-rates: Jukebox Jury, whose first Irish-bred four-year-olds race this year, Sea Moon, who is making stealthy headway as a useful source of jumpers, and the interesting Fascinating Rock. Ballylinch Stud on the beautiful Mount Juliet estate in Co. Kilkenny will draw industry professionals, with a stallion roster that comprises big-hitter Lope De Vega, the upwardly mobile New Bay and that horse’s newly retired QEII winner Bayside Boy, as well as Make Believe and Waldgeist, but also racing fans with a keen sense of history, as you can see The Tetrarch’s box with its mosaic floor. Ballylinch being a rare exception, this corner of Ireland is about jumps breeding. Elsewhere in Kilkenny are two homes of recent champion National Hunt sires: Whytemount Stud, where Stowaway went from being ignored to overrun with mares and topping the table, and where Affinisea is now being strongly supported; and Knockhouse Stud, where Beneficial was built into a big success and where Derby and Arc hero Workforce and young guns such as Boscaccio and Waldkonig now reside. Castlefield Stud, a more recent addition to the roll of thoroughbred stallion studs in Ireland, is doing its damnedest to be the next base of a champion National Hunt stallion, by offering well-bred high achievers Hunting Horn and Mirage Dancer to the market. It also threw its hat into the ring with a Flat sire in 2022, and was rewarded by Alkumait becoming a half-brother to Dewhurst winner Chaldean later in the year. Head east to Wexford for Arctic Tack Stud (the other stud showing nine to five on Friday and Saturday), to see Jet Away, a dab hand with point-to-pointers and bumper horses, as well as Dee Ex Bee and Ol’ Man River, and Lacken Stud, where the extraordinary Sandmason story played out and Derby runner-up Khalifa Sat plies his trade. Kilbarry Lodge Stud is in Waterford, and we’ll get to that county soon as we head west across Ireland, but let’s deal with Con O'Keeffe's farm first as it is further east. I can see it being a popular stop this year, as it has just gained the dual Derby winner Harzand, and it also stands the in-form Diamond Boy and well-bred Pillar Coral and Success Days. Heading back inland is the main attraction of the ITM Irish Stallion Trail for many travellers: the chance to glimpse behind the gates of Coolmore, the pre-eminent breeding concern in Ireland and home to the champion sire every year for more than three decades until Galileo claimed his most recent title in 2020. Since Galileo’s demise, the operation’s fortunes are resting more on the strapping shoulders of No Nay Never, who will be available to see alongside his newly retired son Blackbeard and his freshman son Ten Sovereigns. Australia, Camelot, Churchill, Saxon Warrior, Sottsass, St Mark’s Basilica and Wootton Bassett are just a taster of the other celebrities on show here. Enjoy Coolmore while in Tipperary, but don’t forget Kedrah House Stud also in the county. It boasts one of the best-bred stallions in Ireland in Rich History, the Dubawi half-brother to Kyprios, Search For A Song and Free Eagle, and the productive veteran Well Chosen. Springfield House Stud is in the north of Tipperary, not far from the Kildare studs on the M7 motorway. The operation’s resident stallion Unfortunately, a welcome son of the short-lived Society Rock in active service, fired in a high strike-rate of two-year-old winners from his first crop last year. Coolmore’s National Hunt offerings are housed in Castlehyde Stud and Grange Stud, near each other in Fermoy, Co. Cork, and The Beeches Stud in Co. Waterford. Reigning champion National Hunt sire Yeats heads a large roster at Castlehyde (which also includes a fair few capable Flat names, not least Starspangledbanner), while luxury jumps stallion Walk In The Park stands at Grange alongside Capri, Getaway and Vadamos. Joint world champion Crystal Ocean and Classic winners Soldier Of Fortune and Wings Of Eagles are meanwhile among the main sights to see at The Beeches. The Cashman family’s Rathbarry Stud outside Fermoy is another of those farms that might welcome a larger influx of visitors this year, as it will be showing off its globetrotting and multiple Group 1-winning new recruit State Of Rest alongside another icon of Irish breeding in Acclamation. The operation’s jumps offshoot Glenview Stud, just down the road, also has a big draw on its books in the shape of Blue Bresil, one of the most talked about stallions of the moment thanks to sons Constitution Hill, Blue Lord and Royal Pagaille. The Fermoy area is also the location of David Stack’s Coolagown Stud, where there is a new stallion in the shape of Sea The Stars’ multiple Classic-placed son Storm The Stars, but the same old unique reflections on life from the farm’s proprietor. A new player in the stallion game here is Donal White’s Foxwood Stud, which is showing its interesting continental imports Night Wish, Racinger and Saintgodrel. Heading back east you find The Old Road Stud, where Cloudings ruled the roost until his recent death. Its roster is now headed by St Leger winners Arctic Cosmos and Scorpion, plus new addition Ilaraab, a dual Group 3-winning son of Wootton Bassett. Even further in an easterly direction is Woodfield Farm Stud, where Frankel’s three-parts brother Bullet Train (pictured above) and that sneakily smart source of winners Curtain Time can be found. A few studs opening for the ITM Irish Stallion Trail are out on a limb geographically, but they could be incorporated into travel itineraries with careful planning. Either way, hopefully breeders and enthusiasts local to them will show their support. In the west of Ireland, Claremount Stud in Co. Clare has Richmond Stakes winner Barraquero, while Roveagh Lodge Stud in Co. Galway is home to Fuisse, Monitor Closely and The Gurkha. Make sure you consult the full list of studs and map on the official ITM Irish Stallion Trail website when planning your trip, as some farms are open only on certain days or at certain times, with a few available by appointment only.
Co. Meath and north Co. Kildare
Down to Co. Kildare
Heading south
On to the south-east
Up to Co. Tipperary
Going south again
Not forgetting!
Based in Maynooth, County Kildare, the internationally renowned Derrinstown Stud is the Irish arm of the late Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum’s celebrated bloodstock operation which also encompasses the Shadwell estate in the UK and Shadwell Farm in the US. Between them a plethora of household names have carried the late Sheikh’s famous blue-and-white silks on all four corners of the globe. Minzaal is a new addition to the Derrinstown stallion roster in 2023. He retires to stud as the highest-rated sprinter in Europe after his emphatic 3 ¾ length Group 1 Sprint Cup win at Haydock. The son of Mehmas was also placed in Group 1 company at two, three and four as well as being a Group 2 Gimcrack winner at two. He stands alongside Awtaad, a proven black-type sire, whose 2022 was highlighted by a Group 2 double on Arc weekend with the high-class pair Anmaat and Al Qareem.
Awtaad Cape Cross - Asheerah (Shamardal) 2023 fee €5,000 Minzaal Mehmas - Pardoven (Clodovil) 2023 fee €15,000
Derrinstown Stud
derrinstown.com
Minzaal
A new entrant into the stallion game for 2023, Donal White’s Foxwood Farm will offer three stallions to breeders. New to Ireland is Racinger. Free of both Sadler’s Wells and Monsun blood, the four-time Group winner is sire of Grade 2 winner and Grade 1 runner-up Farouk d’Alene, as well as El Barra, a Grade A and Grade 3 winner over fences. He joins Night Wish and Saintgodrel, who covered their first Irish mares last year. Night Wish, the Group-winning son of Sholkohov, whose oldest crop are five, is already sire of Listed winner Odiago, multiple winners Ile de Jersey (with Nicky Henderson) and Oh Marie, as well as debut Irish point scorer Omaha Wish, who was bought for €100,000 by Dan Skelton. He covered over 100 mares in 2021. The roster is completed by Saintgodrel, the only son of Saint Des Saints at stud in either Britain or Ireland. Unraced, his dam is Loumie, runner-up to Nickname in a Grade 1 at Auteuil.
Foxwood Stud
Night Wish Sholokhov - Night Woman (Monsun) 2023 fee €4,000 (€2,000 for filly) Racinger Spectrum - Dibenoise (Kendor) 2023 fee €3,000 (€1,000 for filly)
Saintgodrel Saint Des Saints - Loumie (Loup Solitaire) 2023 fee €1,500 (€500 for filly)
Racinger
GLENVIEW STUD has been built on the principle of providing a personal service and high level of expertise at a reasonable cost. Since being purchased in 1991 by the late Liam Cashman, Glenview Stud has been home to the world-leading NH division of the Cashman family’s Rathbarry Stud operation, based two miles away in Fermoy, County Cork. Glenview Stud have been responsible for some of the finest jumps sires in the business via the likes of Strong Gale, Phardante, Good Thyne, Anshan, Robin Des Champs and the late outstanding four-time champion Presenting. Our current roster features a mixture of proven stallions in BLUE BRESIL, sire of the top rated hurdler Constitution Hill and a leading chaser Blue Lord; SHIROCCO the second leading living NH sire in GB & Ire by Black Type Winners and the leading point to point sire in 2021/2022; SHOLOKHOV sire of champion Don Cossack and current top performers including Shishkin, Bob Olinger and Hiddenvalley Lake. YOUMZAIN already a sire with notable success on the flat has his first crop of NH 4YO’s in 2023 and with his progeny having being purchased by some of the most respected agents and trainers in the business we eagerly await their debut on the track. OLD PERSIAN a dual Gr.1 and dual Gr.2 winner of 6 stakes races has been well supported in his first two seasons at stud with his first foals well received at recent sales. The newest addition to the roster is EAGLES BY DAY a group winning son of Sea The Stars and out of the top-class race mare Missunited, herself a winner of 12 races under both codes including the Gr.3 Lillie Langtry Stakes, the Guinness Galway Handicap Hurdle and placed second in the Gr1. Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. In conclusion, we are well aware and highly appreciative of the fact that our stallions’ results and reputations, to a large extent, depend on the opportunities our clients give them and we hope that they will consider that we are offering quality and value again at Glenview Stud for 2023.
Glenview Stud
Blue Bresil
Blue Bresil Smadoun - Miss Recif (Exit To Nowhere) 2023 fee Private Eagles By Day Sire:Sea The Stars - Missunited (Golan) 2023 fee Private Old Persian Dubawi - Indian Petal (Singspiel) 2023 fee Private
Sholokhov Sadler's Wells - La Meilleure (Lord Gayle) 2023 fee Private Shirocco Monsun - So Sedulous (The Minstrel) 2023 fee Private Youmzain Sinndar - Sadima (Sadler's Wells) 2023 fee Private
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The Magnier family has been involved in NH breeding since the 1850s and many of Coolmore’s litany of Champion NH sires have been stationed at the famous Grange Stud in Fermoy, Co. Cork. Having earned prominence by standing Cottage, the sire of Vincent O’Brien’s three-time (1948-50) Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Cottage Rake, Grange was the sole stud farm of significance in the family business when the young John Magnier took over before he added Castlehyde in 1973. Among former inmates were 14-time Champion Deep Run, and other hugely significant jumps sires such as Be My Native, Supreme Leader, Oscar and Milan. The current roster is headed by Walk In The Park whose exploits on the racecourse are matched only by those in the sales ring. Two sons of Monsun also feature in the shape of proven Grade 1 sire Getaway and emerging star Vadamos while the second crop foals by Irish Derby and Doncaster St Leger winner Capri proved equally popular to the first.
Capri Galileo - Dialafara (Anabaa) 2023 fee €2,500 Getaway Monsun - Guernica (Unfuwain) 2023 fee €7,000 Vadamos Monsun - Celebre Vadala (Peintre Celebre) 2023 fee €6,000
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Getaway
Walk In The Park Montjeu - Classic Park (Robellino) 2023 fee Private
The Irish National Stud has continually aimed to provide visitors with the knowledge and unique story of the Irish Thoroughbred. In 2020 the award-winning Irish Racehorse Experience was opened. A world-leading, interactive attraction, the Irish Racehorse Experience offers visitors the chance to own, train and ride their own Thoroughbred racehorse, culminating in a thrilling real-time race, guaranteed to set pulses racing. Visitors take a journey through the rich history and heritage of the Irish Thoroughbred sector, which sees Ireland as a world leader in breeding, training, and racing the best racehorses in the world. The stud has continued their successful breeding history and been the birthplace of Champions, rearing global winners such as Mishriff, Hurricane Fly, Sea the Stars and State of Rest. Also home to a select roster of stallions, each of which has won some of the most prestigious races in the world. The most influential stallion to have ever stood at the Stud is Invincible Spirit. The roster of stallions ensures that every type of breeder can find an ideal match for their mare. Equitrace, Trojan Track and Treo Eile are all based in the National Equine Innovation Centre here at the Irish National Stud. They will showcase their products and services during the trail this year.
Irish National Stud
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Decorated Knight Galileo - Pearling 2023 fee €5,000 Dragon Pulse Kyllachy - Poetical 2023 fee €2,000 Elusive Pimpernel Elusive Quality - Cara Fantasy 2023 fee €2,000 Equiano Acclamation - Entente Cordiale 2023 fee €2,000
Phoenix of Spain Lope De Vega - Lucky Clio 2023 fee €12,000
Free Eagle High Chaparral - Polished Gem 2023 fee €5,000 Invincible Spirit Green Desert - Rafha 2023 fee Private Lucky Vega Lope De Vega - Queen of Carthage 2023 fee €15,000 Nando Parrado Kodiac - Chibola 2023 fee €6,000
Lucky Vega
The regally bred Rich History now stands as a dual-purpose sire at Kedrah House Stud in south Tipperary, joining Well Chosen. Rich History was bred by Moyglare Stud Farm and is out of the operation's superstar producer Polished Gem, making the son of Dubawi a half-brother to Prince of Wales's Stakes scorer and Irish National Stud sire Free Eagle, plus the two-time Irish St Leger heroine Search For A Song. Tom Meagher of Kedrah House Stud says: "We are delighted that Rich History is joining Well Chosen. He was acquired from the Middle East, where he won twice and was placed 11 times, but it is his unique pedigree that makes him such an ideal stallion.”
Rich History Dubawi - Polished Gem (Danehill) 2023 fee €3,500 Well Chosen Sadler's Wells - Hawajiss (Kris) 2023 fee €7,500
Kedrah House Stud
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Rich History
Kilbarry Lodge Stud is a National Hunt Stud farm situated on the western outskirts of Waterford City. National Hunt Stallions have stood at Kilbarry Lodge Stud since 1997 and we are grateful to the breeders who have supported our stallions down through the years. We are thrilled to announce the addition of Harzand to our stallion roster. A dual derby winner by the top class Sea The Stars from a wonderful Aga Khan family, he has all the attributes to be an exceptional national hunt stallion. His exceptional national hunt foals were well received making him the third leading sire by average and median at the Tattersalls November 2021 NH foal sale. Success Days by the ill-fated Jeremy has made a blistering start at stud with the quality of his sale topping foals catching the eye at the recent foal sales. On the back of this and the unparalleled success of his sire Jeremy as a sire, he is one of the most talked about new National Hunt Stallions and we expect him to be very well supported in 2022. Pillar Coral comes from one of the best Juddmonte pedigrees sharing his dam Coraline with Champion French sires Martaline, Coastal Path and Reefscape plus Beat Hollow and Kingman in his second dam. He is producing all bay foals with great size and scope and good action and we now await his 3 year olds in 2022. Diamond Boy is now entering his fifth breeding season in Ireland and despite his few runners due to his small French crops, his winners to runners strike rate is high with 15 Black Type Horses from just 4 Crops of 80 runners. His progeny continue to attract high prices at the sales. We are excited by his recent youngsters winning on the track and look forward to his 3 year olds in 2022. The farm runs a broodmare band and their ofspring in combination with a herd of pedigree Aberdeen Angus cows. Our aim is to produce top quality national hunt horses and the stud consigns horses at the principal National Hunt auctions. As a family owned farm, we look forward to welcoming and assisting breeders old and new in 2023 and hope you have a safe and successful year.
Diamond Boy Mansonnien - Gold Or Silver (Glint Of Gold) 2023 fee POA Harzand Sea The Stars - Harariya (Xaar) 2023 fee €5,000 Pillar Coral Zamindar - Coraline (Sadler's Wells) 2023 fee €1,500 Success Days Jeremy - Malaica (Roi Gironde) 2023 fee €2,000
Kilbarry Lodge Stud
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Success Days
Founded by the More O’Ferralls on the site of Kildangan Castle near Monasterevin in County Kildare, Kildangan Stud is the fabled Irish base of Sheikh Mohammed’s pioneering global racing and breeding operation. Purchased in 1986 and extending to almost 1,500 acres, it is home to an outstanding band of Darley stallions including leading young sire and Dubawi’s heir, Night Of Thunder. New to the roster for 2023 is another outstanding son of Dubawi, and in fact his fastest ever, in G1 Platinum Jubilee Stakes hero Naval Crown. He stands alongside fellow top-flight sprinter Blue Point, whose first runners hit the track later this year, together with sensational Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Space Blues, plus two stars of the 2022 foal sales, Earthlight and Ghaiyyath. Also available to view is the ever dependable Teofilo, sire of a G1 winner in each and every one of his first 11 crops, together with promising young sire Profitable and Kildangan stalwart Raven’s Pass.
Kildangan Stud
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Blue Point Shamardal – Scarlett Rose 2023 fee €35,000 Earthlight Shamardal – Winters Moon 2023 fee €15,000 Ghaiyyath Dubawi – Nightime 2023 fee €25,000 Naval Crown Dubawi – Come Alive 2023 fee €15,000
Space Blues Dubawi – Miss Lucifer 2023 fee €16,000 Teofilo Galileo – Speirbhean 2023 fee €30,000
Night Of Thunder Dubawi – Forest Storm 2023 fee €100,000 Profitable Invincible Spirit – Dani Ridge 2023 fee €9,000 Raven's Pass Elusive Quality – Ascutney 2023 fee €7,500 Ribchester Iffraaj – Mujarah 2023 fee €7,500
Night Of Thunder
Founded in 1970 by Sean & Geraldine Kinsella, Knockhouse Stud is a 450-acre farm in Kilmacow, County Kilkenny that has a long successful tradition of producing top class NH stock. Over the years it has been home to many leading NH sires such as Beneficial, Taipan, Remainder Man, Lepanto and Roselier. The current roster offers a luminary in seven-length Derby winner Workforce, who scored in track-record time at Epsom before winning the Arc. Superior stud mates include Tirwanako, Kap Rock, Libertarian & Boscaccio. New for 2023 is an interesting new Stallion Waldkonig, his dam is ½ sister to Masked Marvel. Sean and Geraldine along with the families fourth generation Janet and Alan are looking forward to an exciting season ahead.
Knockhouse Stud
Boscaccio Mount Nelson - Bianca De Medici (Medicean) 2023 fee Private Kap Rock Video Rock - Kaprika (Cadoudal) 2023 fee POA Libertarian New Approach - Intrum Morshaan (Darshaan) 2023 fee Private
Tirwanako Sin Kiang - Alhena (Kaldoun) 2023 fee Private Waldkonig Kingman - Waldlerche (Monsun) 2023 fee €2,500 Workforce King's Best - Soviet Moon (Sadler's Wells) 2023 fee Private
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workforce
Khalifa Sat Free Eagle - Thermopylae (Tenby) 2023 fee €2,500 Contact: 00353(0)539367075
Lacken Stud
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Lacken Stud is based near Bunclody in the scenic hills of north country Wexford. Lacken stud acquired their first stallion in the mid-sixties, a horse named “Three Wishes” who sired plenty of winners, among them was Leopardstown Chase winner “Fortune Seeker” and have stood stallions ever since. We have been lucky enough with our sires to have produced some top class Aintree, Cheltenham, Leopardstown and Punchestown winners over the years including Black Op, Cloudy Bays, Fortune Seeker, Lacken Beau, Smooth Escort and Summerville Boy just to name a few. We try to offer a professional yet personal service to our valued customers including foaling, boarding and sales preparation. We would like to express our gratitude for their continued support over the years. Let’s hope Khalifa Sat can add some serious winners to our future honours list.
Khalifa Sat
Zenith Stallion Station was established in 2022 through a joint venture between UAE business men Mr Hamad Kadfoor, Mr Ali faisal Farooq and Mr Thomas Wallace of Lemongrove Stud Ireland. Zenith Stallion Station is located in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath and Tosen Stardom would be the first stallion to stand there. Tosen Stardom is a 2-time Group 1 winning son of Deep Impact. He won or placed in 11 Black Type races from 2 to 6 years.
Tosen Stardom Deep Impact - Admire Kirameki (End Sweep) 2023 fee €7,000 Contact: 00353(0)874265625
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Lemongrove Stud
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Rathasker Stud is situated on 400 acres of top quality Kildare land. Kildare has long been regarded as one of the finest locations in the world to bred high-class bloodstock. Rathasker Stud is a family run business with a reputation of excellent horsemanship. Coulsty has covered over 250 mares in the last two seasons and has been used by all the top breeders. From an initial small book of mares he produced a Group 1 QEII Stakes winner in Shantisara and a Princess Margaret winner in Santosha. He is a stallion whose statistics match up with the early careers of some of the leading stallions at the moment and many breeders have been keen to capitalise on that. Bungle Inthejungle is a proven source of speed - already producing winners of such races as the Nunthorpe, the Lowther and the Molecomb Stakes. He added two new Stakes winners in 2022 - Manhattan Jungle and Funny Money Honey. Gregorian is a prolific source of black type - in 2022 Princess Shabnam won the Listed Flying Fillies Stakes, Wahaaj was 2nd in the Gr.3 Solario Stakes and Gregorian Chant added to his Stakes winning tally with more black type in the Gr.2 Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes, the Gr.2 Eddie D Stakes and the Gr.3 Lure Stakes. His yearlings realised up to €130,000 with a filly ex Onomatomania selling to Ben McElroy at Goffs Orby.
Bungle Inthejungle Exceed And Excel - Licence To Thrill (Wolfhound) 2023 fee €6,500 Coulsty Kodiac -Hazium (In The Wings) 2023 fee €4,500 Gregorian Clodovil - Three Days In May (Cadeaux Genereux) 2023 fee €4,500
Rathasker Stud
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Bungle Inthejungle
RATHBARRY STUD has been built on the principle of providing a personal service and high level of expertise at a reasonable cost. Rathbarry Stud has progressed steadily in its 85-year history to become an industry leader since Paul Cashman stood his first stallion Royal Pom in the 1930’s. In the late 1970’s renowned stallion master the late Liam Cashman decided to invest in stallions to breed potential champions on the flat. His uncanny eye and feel for a horse ensured some very shrewd judgements in purchasing young stallions including former greats: Barathea, Taufan, Alzao etc. We were very fortunate to acquire our exciting new stallion prospect STATE OF REST at the beginning of 2022 fresh from his wins in the US Gr.1 Saratoga Derby and the AUS Gr.1 Cox Plate. Under the expert guidance of Joseph O’Brien, he made an excellent start to 2022 by winning the Gr.1 Prix Ganay in France and then putting the icing on the cake with his convincing victory in the Gr.1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot. It is no surprise that some of the most successful breeders in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres have invested in him and with their support, he must be an odds on prospect for a successful stud career. In 2022 ACCLAMATION continued to be an ever deepening influence on thoroughbred breeding – siring the Champion Romantic Warrior in Hong Kong; his stallion sons delivering 20 Group/Grade 1 winners and his daughters producing 27 Individual Stakes winners. Having seen how KODI BEAR upgraded his mares in his first seasons at stud, it was no surprise that both his 2021 & 2022 books of mares, were the strongest so far in terms of both quality and quantity. Therefore it makes sense that this is the year to use him to capitalise on the quality of the stock he has to run for him going forward. JAMES GARFIELD was one of the fastest 2 year olds of his generation and trained on to be a successful 3 year old. From limited opportunities, he has sired two black type dual winning performers from his first crop and had an overall strike rate of 72% winners/placed horses to runners. This strong start to his stud career was reflected at the 2022 yearling sales where his second crop sold to some of the shrewdest agents and trainers in the business.
Rathbarry Stud
Acclamation Royal Applause - Princess Athena 2023 fee €27,500 James Garfield Exceed And Excel - Whazzat 2023 fee €4,000 Kodi Bear Kodiac - Hawattef 2023 fee €15,000
State Of Rest Starspangledbanner - Repose 2023 fee €25,000
STATE OF REST
Kodi Bear
Roveagh Lodge in Kilcolgan, County Galway, just about the most westerly stop on the trail. It is home to The Gurkha, Fuisse and Monitor Closely. The former was a highly talented performer on the track, winning half of his 14 starts, notably the Group 1 Prix du Moulin. In which he had now star sires Siyouni and Lope De Vega behind him. Fuisse, who is also a half-brother to two top-flight winners, is the sire of Group 2 winner Tour To Paris and looks good value at €2,000. His stud mate, likewise 16 and standing for the same fee, was a two-year-old winner who went on to take the Great Voltigeur Stakes and finish third in the St Leger in his Classic year. Monitor Closely, half-brother to late sire and dual Group 1 hero Mount Nelson, stood his first half-dozen years at stud in France and has been a welcome addition to the Irish National Hunt stallion ranks.Multiple group 1 winner The Gurkha joined the roster in April 2022.
Monitor Closely Oasis Dream - Independence (Selkirk) 2023 fee €2,000 Fuisse Green Tune - Funny Feerie (Sillery) 2023 fee €2,000 The Gurkha Galileo - Chintz (Danehill Dancer) 2023 fee €3,500
Roveagh Lodge Stud
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The Gurkha
Monitor Closely
Linda and Reddy Coffey’s Springfield House Stud at Knock, County Tipperary, is a division of the Oak Lodge operation, which has a worldwide reputation for providing a personal and professional service. Godolphin’s Royal Ascot sensation Blue Point and multiple G1 winner Marsha, sold to Coolmore for 6m gns as a broodmare prospect, are among those foaled and raised at the stud, whose sole stallion is Unfortunately, now standing his fourth season in Ireland under the Cheveley Park banner, having started off in Newmarket in 2019. A fast and precocious son of the late Society Rock, who produced a number of Group-winning two-year-olds during three seasons at Tally-Ho, Unfortunately was a champion in France at two, where he won the G1 Prix Morny and G2 Prix Robert Papin.
Unfortunately Society Rock - Unfortunate (Komaite) 2023 fee €3,500
Springfield House Stud
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Unfortunately
2023 is shaping up to be Compas Stallions’ busiest and most successful year to date. Based on the shores of Lough Owel, outside Mullingar in County Westmeath, Micheál Orlandi stands 6 emerging sires under his Compas Stallions banner at Starfield Stud. New to stud in 2023 is Dubawi Legend, a Gr.1 2yo sprinter by champion sire and sire of sires Dubawi. 2023 also sees the arrival of the Gr.1 winning son of Farhh, King of Change, to Starfield Stud. Kuroshio had an hugely successful 2022 on the track as his first Irish bred crop included a slew of impressive maiden winners including 2023 classic hopefuls Gozen and Legend of Leros. Far Above’s first foals were extremely well received in 2022 with renowned judges such as Blandford Bloodstock, Cooneen Stud, Tally Ho Stud & Woodtown House Stud investing in his stock. 2022 also saw the arrival of Galileo Chrome’s first crop which produced loose moving athletic foals which realised up to €22,000 at the Tattersalls Ireland November NH Sale.
Starfield Stud
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Kuroshio Exceed And Excel - Arctic Drift (Gone West) 2023 fee €5,000 Smooth Daddy Scat Daddy - Prairie Maiden (Badger Land) 2023 fee €4,000
Dubawi Legend Dubawi - Lovely Pass (Ravens Pass) 2023 fee €6,500 Far Above Farhh - Dorraar (Shamardal) 2023 fee €5,000 Galileo Chrome Australia - Curious Mind (Dansili) 2023 fee €3,000 King Of Change Farhh - Salacia (Echo Of Light) 2023 fee €6,000
A leading consignor at all NH sales in Ireland, the Hickey family’s Sunnyhill Stud has been based since 1979 at Kilcullen, four miles from the Curragh racecourse. The County Kildare operation has made headlines with world-record prices for NH colt and filly foals, while star former residents include top jumps stallions Montelimar and Old Vic, between them responsible for a stack of high-profile performers including four Grand National winners plus Gold Cup hero Kicking King.
Sunnyhill Stud
Fifty Stars Sea The Stars - Swizzle Stick (Sadler's Wells) 2023 fee €3,000 Lucky Speed Silvano - Lysuna (Monsun) 2023 fee €2,000
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FIFTY STARS
Sweep Land Stud is situated in the heart of the thoroughbred county – Kildare. It was founded by Aidan Sexton in the 1970’s and has previously been the home of Blue Ocean, Great Exhibition and Mount Abu. Currently the home of Le Cadre Noir and The Irish Rover. The farm is the breeder of a host of winners and in recent years graduates include Australian Grade 1 runner up ‘Life Less Ordinary’ in 2020 and Group 2 winner ‘Sopran Basilea’ in 2021.
Sweep Lane Stud
Le Cadre Noir Danetime – Rinass (Indian Ridge) 2023 fee €1,500 The Irish Rover No Nay Never - Shelley Beach (Danehill Dancer) 2023 fee €2,500
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Le Cadre Noir
Tara Stud, run by three generations of the Iceton family, consists of 1,000 acres of top-quality County Meath farmland adjacent to Tattersalls Ireland. Established as a stud in 1906, Tara has produced numerous top-class winners including Haymaking and Wassl – and River Boyne, a G1-winning turf miler in the US who is a third-season sire for 2023. A leading light on the Californian turf scene for several seasons, he has a fee of €5,000 and is the first son of Dandy Man to stand in Europe.
River Boyne Dandy Man - Clytha (Mark Of Esteem) 2023 fee €5,000
Tara Stud
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River Boyne
The Beeches Stud
Crystal Ocean Sea The Stars - Crystal Star (Mark Of Esteem) 2023 fee €8,000 Idaho Galileo - Hveger (Danehill) 2023 fee €3,000 In Swoop Adlerflug - Iota (Tiger Hill) 2023 fee €4,000 Mahler Galileo - Rainbow Goddess (Rainbow Quest) 2023 fee €5,000
Mogul Galileo - Shastye (Danehill) 2023 fee €3,500 Soldier Of Fortune Galileo - Affianced (Erins Isle) 2023 fee €8,000 Wings Of Eagles Pour Moi - Ysoldina (Kendor) 2023 fee €3,500
Coolmore’s NH division in Co. Waterford, The Beeches Stud is one of three offshoots hosting a strand of the operation’s quality band of NH stallions alongside Grange and Castlehyde. The retirement in August 2020 of dual Champion Flemensfirth after 23 seasons left some sizeable shoes to fill but hopes are high his successor is already on-site in Prince of Wales’s Stakes winner Crystal Ocean, who topped the world rankings for 2019 alongside Enable and Waldgeist, and has already had some excellent sales results. Galileo’s eight-length Irish Derby-winning son Soldier of Fortune continues to prove popular while Mahler has broken into the top five NH Sires in the current season. Epsom Derby hero Wings Of Eagles is enjoying an excellent strike rate with his early runners while two interesting young prospects were added to the roster for 2022. A 3,400,000 Guineas yearling purchase from a family replete with Group 1 winners, Mogul scored twice at the highest level while In Swoop, a son of the much-missed Adlerflug, won the German Derby and finished a close second in the Arc.
A family run stud. Located on the Cork and Waterford border. James Hannon stood his first stallion in 1977 and has had stallions ever since. We have had such stallions as ‘Cloudings’ aged 29, sire of the Grand National winner ‘Many Clouds’ (here in retirement), ‘Witness Box’, ‘Ragapan’, ‘Leading Council’, ‘Lahib’, etc. The current roster of five stallions has a recent addition Ilaraab, A group winner of 8 races, a horse showing a great turn off foot at the end of his races. A horse we believe with his pedigree will inject a turn of foot into the national hunt mares and still be able to stay the distance. Watch his races on the Racing Post Website to see what a racehorse he was.
The Old Road Stud
Ilaraab Wootton Bassett - Belova (Soviet Star) 2023 fee €2,500 (1/2 filly foal concession) Arctic Cosmos North Light - Fifth Avenue Doll (Marquetry) 2023 fee €2,500 (1/2 filly foal concession) Scorpion Montjeu - Ardmelody (Law Society) 2023 fee €2,500 (1/2 filly foal concession)
Mizzou Galileo - Moments Of Joy (Darshaan) 2023 fee €1,750 (1/2 filly foal concession) Mores Wells Sadler's Wells - Endorsement (Warning) 2023 fee €1750 (1/2 filly foal concession)
Ilaraab
Based at Kells in County Kilkenny, Ronnie O’Neill’s Whytemount Stud gained renown in the NH world as home to the late rags-to-riches stallion Stowaway, whose talents continue to be advertised five years after his death by top jumping stock like Monkfish and Put The Kettle On. Another statistical phenomenon is already occurring at Whytemount, with current resident Affinisea being the busiest sire in Britain or Ireland in 2021 and 2022, covering382 mares. Breeders have no doubt felt encouraged to support the stallion due to his wonderful pedigree, as a Sea The Stars three-parts brother to Irish Derby winner and accomplished jumps sire Soldier Of Fortune out of a half-sister to another top source of National Hunt stars in Sholokhov, and because he has the looks to match – as proven by his €850,000 price tag as a foal. The roster also features Valirann, a G2-winning son of Nayef whose first crop are now six,Winners include Knappers Hill winner of 9 races including Gr 2 Aintree bumper and Gr2 Hurdle and Feel Like Dancing, a son of Galileo in his third season in Ireland .Also joining the Whytemount roster is Manatee by Monson ex Galatee Good Looking son of Monsun first Irish foals Due in 2023 also Aga Khan bred and raced Behesht by Sea The Stars ex Behkara First foals due in 2023 Fee €1,500 colt €750 filly.
Affinisea Sea The Stars - Affianced (Erins Isle) 2023 fee €6,000 colt €3,000 filly Feel Like Dancing Galileo - Maid Of Killeen (Darshaan) 2023 fee €2,000 colt €1,000 filly Manatee Monsun - Galatee (Galileo) 2023 fee €2,000 colt €1,000 filly Valirann Nayef - Valima (Linamix) 2023 fee €2,000 colt €1,000 filly
Whytemount Stud
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Affinisea
History making Irish Grand National Hero & Irish Midlands National winner "Freewheelin Dylan " was both conceived and born at the Norris family's Woodfield Farm Stud which is situated in West Waterford just outside Dungarvan. The stud is also the birth place of Aintree Festival winner Hometown Boy and Grand National Hero Minella Time's dam Triptoshan. Bullet Train is the studs current star stallion and is the sire of over 170 individual winners including Gr.2 winner & Gr.1 placed Chapada. Bullet Train has sired Blacktype performers over jumps in the USA and his first Irish crop are 4 years old in 2023.
Bullet Train Sadler's Wells - Kind (Danehill) 2023 fee Private
Woodfield Farm Stud
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Bullet Train
For well over 30 years Yeomanstown Stud has developed into a renowned nursery that has consistently produced a host of top class runners that have distinguished themselves the world over. Set in 600 acres of lush Kildare pasture land which is complimented by state of the art yard facilities, Yeomanstown was established as a stud farm in 1923 was purchased by its current owners Gay and Annette O’Callaghan in 1981 from Mr and Mrs Levins-Moore. Now under the management of Gay and Annette’s son, David, Yeomanstown boasts a rich and distinguished history. The likes of the brilliant Tudor Melody and the top class M-Lolshan were bred here and that tradition has been maintained up to the present day. Top class two-year-olds such as Capricciosa, Bad As I Wannabe, Dark Angel, Definite Article and Passion For Gold are all former Yeomanstown graduates as are the great stayer Vinnie Roe, dual Nunthorpe heroine Mecca’s Angel, the top notch Hong Kong runner Dim Sum and the Prix Maurice de Gheest hero Garswood. Pipalong, Flanders and Sandhurst Goddess, all bred by Yeomanstown and each of whom excelled on the track before going on to achieve even greater acclaim at stud as outstanding producers, who have founded legacies whose influence will be felt at the highest level for some time to come. Also the home of one of Europe’s most exciting and successful stallions in Dark Angel, Gr.1 Middle Park winner Supremacy, multiple-group winner Invincible Army and Gr.2 Prix Harcourt winner Shaman. Yeomanstown is a reliable and constant source of top class talent and is among the premier consignors at the major European yearling and breeze up sales each autumn.
Yeomanstown Stud
Dark Angel Acclamation - Midnight Angel (Machiavellian) 2023 fee €60,000 Invincible Army Invincible Spirit - Rajeem (Diktat) 2023 fee €7,500
Shaman Shamardal - Only Green (Green Desert) 2023 fee €5,000 Supremacy Mehmas - Triggers Broom (Arcano) 2023 fee €10,000
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What did you make of trade at the sales in 2022? Extraordinary and a credit to everyone in the business that we maintained such vibrancy for thoroughbreds when other industries struggled. Goffs ring turnover was the highest in our history by some margin and was 20 per cent ahead of 2021. This is very encouraging and demonstrates the hunger for quality Irish and British bloodstock of all categories from a global audience. All that said, it was undeniably tougher at the lower end and it behoves us all to work together to increase viability and opportunities for every horse with initiatives like the innovative IRE Scheme. What are you looking forward to most this year? Every sale as I live to auction. Our life revolves around attracting horses to sell, compiling the next catalogues and then promoting them to the widest audience with the ultimate purpose of auctioning each lot. I get a huge buzz out of the sales process and delivering for vendors, notwithstanding that there are inevitable frustrations from time to time. What are you most apprehensive about for 2023? Losing my voice. Which new sire in Ireland excites you the most? Blackbeard looked a star and I think he could be very exciting. Who would you rate as the best value sire in Ireland for 2023? Dandy Man and Cotai Glory are two that appeal in the sales ring and deliver on the racecourse. Dandy Man appears to be getting better and better, and Cotai Glory is a young sire definitely going places. Can you give us a young horse to follow for 2023? It’s linked to the new sire question but it is hard to recall a better-looking yearling than Blackbeard’s sister at Orby 22. That said, I will be following every young horse that passed through our sales rings as another thing that truly excites me is when a Goffs graduate wins, especially on the big days – Flat or National Hunt, I love seeing them win!
Welcome to the Racing Post US stallions showcase, put together in conjunction with the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders, Inc. and Keeneland Association, stakeholders of the US-Bred campaign, and designed primarily to offer an exclusive window to some of the top turf sires based in Kentucky—and one in California
What did you make of trade at the sales in 2022? Trade was very strong throughout the year with unbelievable home and international demand at every level. What are you looking forward to most this year? I am most looking forward to our Derby Sale and select store sales. We have so many Derby Sale graduates competing at Grade 1 level at the moment, so the Dublin Racing Festival, Cheltenham etc will be very exciting. What are you most apprehensive about for 2023? I try to stay positive with all things sales-related and on the back of a strong year in 2022 we would hope for a similar trend in 2023. Which new sire in Ireland excites you the most? It would be easy to look at the obvious but my National Hunt sire to follow is Affinisea. He has very nice stock and I think he is one to follow. On the Flat I am very much looking forward to seeing Blue Point's two-year-olds on the track. Who would you rate as the best value sire in Ireland for 2023? For me one of the best value sires in Ireland is Dandy Man. Year on year they perform well at the sales and he gets the results on track also. Can you give us a young horse to follow for 2023? I have to follow a Tatts graduate, and I really like Streets Of Gold. He was a September Sale yearling who went on to win the Super Auction Sales Race. I think he is progressive and tough and will make a lovely three-year-old.
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Henry Beeby Group Chief Executive Goffs
Orla McKenna Head of Bloodstock Tattersalls Ireland
What did you make of trade at the sales in 2022? I thought it was very solid for the Flat yearling sales, as can be seen by the significant rise in average and median figures. We had to adjust our budgets several times to buy the horses we wanted; thankfully we did!! On the other hand, the National Hunt foals were very selective, the sires who are performing well on the track were all sought after but it was patchy trade otherwise. What are you looking forward to most this year? We are so lucky to be working in a super industry with great people, it’s always good to get out racing meeting friends old and new. Also that our purchases keep running well and performing at the big festivals. What are you most apprehensive about for 2023? I am concerned about breeders breeding from mares that really are not good enough to be covered. Which new sire in Ireland excites you the most? Magna Grecia had some lovely yearlings and we were lucky to buy a filly out of Viola D’Amour. We loved a colt in Book 2 which exceeded our budget out of Fasnela! Invincible Army had some lovely yearlings also, and we were lucky to buy two nice colts by him. Who would you rate as the best value sire in Ireland for 2023? Teofilo stands out at €30,000, having produced a Group 1 winner from each crop he has had, including two in 2022! Can you give us a young horse to follow for 2023? National Hunt - Ascending, who finished second first time out over hurdles at Leopardstown over Christmas, trained by Henry de Bromhead. Flat - It’s All About You, who won a good two-year-old maiden at Newbury in October trained by Harry and Roger Charlton.
What did you make of trade at the sales in 2022? The trade for stock at the autumn sales was good if you had a correct, good-looking horse; pedigree was of course a help but if the animal didn’t tick the first two boxes they were passed over. Way To Paris's first crop of foals passed these testing conditions at both Tattersalls Ireland and Goffs. What are you looking forward to most this year? Surviving! What are you most apprehensive about for 2023? The rising costs of nearly everything, including feed, hay and straw. I hope they stop rising, as 2022 prices compared to 2021 seemed to be 20-25 per cent higher. Which new sire in Ireland excites you the most? I’m very excited about my new horse Storm The Stars, he is a gorgeous looker with a walk to match and by Sea The Stars. His first crop turned four this year and he should be very popular. Who would you rate as the best value sire in Ireland for 2023? Without doubt it must be Elzaam at Ballyhane, he produces good lookers, they leave a profit and they can run! Can you give us a young horse to follow for 2023? Your Own Story, by Shantaram, with Lucinda Russell, and Good Land, by Blue Bresil, with Barry Connell.
Anna Ross Bloodstock agent
David Stack Coolagown Stud
