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COOLMORe
Ireland
Coolmore Stud, Fethard, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Tel: +353 52 6131298| Fax:
+353 52 6131382
Website:
www.coolmore.com| email:
sales@coolmore.ieCoolmore 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.
JohnMagnier in conjunctionwith 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 in1990 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 Think
).
Zoffany
and
Mastercraftsman
are two of our leading young sires while
in the coming seasons the multiple Gr.1 winning champions
Camelot
,
australia
and
Gleneagles
will have their first runners.
Four Epsom Derby winners stood at Coolmore in 2017. Left to right:
Camelot
(Montjeu),
Australia
(Galileo),
Galileo
(Sadler’s Wells) and
Ruler of the World
(Galileo)
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