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Coolmore Stud is acknowledged to be the world’s pre-eminent
thoroughbred racehorse breeding operation. It is situated in the heart
of the Golden Vale on some of Ireland’s finest limestone land.
John Magnier in conjunction with his father in law, the outstanding
trainer Vincent O’Brien, and Robert Sangster purchased the then 350
acre farm from Battle of Britain flying ace Tim Vigors with the objective
of creating a world-class stallion operation.
One of the first stallions to stand at Coolmore was
Be My Guest
who
became champion sire in 1982.
Caerleon
then led the table in 1988
and again in 1991.
Sadler’s Wells
took his first sire’s title in 1990 before becoming Europe’s
greatest ever sire. In 2004 he was champion sire for the 14th time,
smashing
Highflyer’s
record which was set way back in 1798.
Danehill
,
the only multiple champion sire in Europe and Australia, then took up
the baton with 3 titles from 2005 to 2007.
Galileo
(sire of
Adelaide
) is now the world’s best stallion and his reign
since 2008 was broken only once, by his stud companion
Danehill
Dancer
(sire of
Choisir
) in 2009.
Other exceptional sires to have stood at Coolmore include
Fairy King
(sire of
Encosta de Lago
),
Alzao
,
Night Shift
,
Royal Academy
(broodmare sire of
Fastnet Rock
),
Montjeu
and
High Chaparral
(sire
of
So You ink
), while
Zoffany
was the first crop sire sensation in
Europe in 2015.
COOLMORE
IRELAND
Coolmore Stud, Fethard, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Tel:
+353 52 6131298 |Fax: +35
3 52 6131382Website:
www.coolmore.com| Email:
sales@coolmore.ie70