Coolmore also have large operations in Ireland and Australia, making us one of the biggest bloodstock players globally. In 1976 a sponsorship agreement with Philip . It is more remarkable that the general reaction in European racing to the name Teo Ah Khing, partner with Coolmore in the ownership of Australia (the racehorse not the country - although the latter may be only a matter of time), Whether or not Australia, by the apparently omnipotent Galileo out of world champion mare Ouija Board, is the most perfectly bred Thoroughbred in modern history is still a matter for debate. Has only been involved in thoroughbred racing since 2008 when Mythical Border, a $500,000 Ocala February 2-year-old sale purchase on the advice of bloodstock agent John McCormack. [2] He is based at Coolmore Stud at Fethard in County Tipperary, considered one of the world's pre-eminent stallion stations, and a nursery of thoroughbreds. Located on over 8,000 acres, including 5,000 of irrigated river flats and undulating paddocks, the pastures have been shown by agronomic studies to be amongst the highest quality in Australia. He is one of three sons of Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad al Thani, who was Emir (or ruler) of Qatar between 1972 and 1995. That turned out to be Entrepreneur, subsequent winner of the 2,000 Guineas. Sentiero Italia. During three decades that the 56-year-old multi-millionaire businessman has ruthlessly built up the Coolmore racing empire, he has swerved around publicity like a steeplechaser side-stepping an adjacent faller. This year's edition is the most even in recent memory. Besides giving him a new enthusiasm in life, the winning of that contract opened his eyes to other business opportunities within this sport. When Montjeu was put down it was Grassick who dispersed the news among breeders whose mares were due to visit the stallion. He kept his profile so low-key that when he bought a yearling at Tattersalls in 1993 the sales companymisspelledhis name on the official sales docket. for the sires championship. Magnier was born in Fermoy, County Cork, the eldest son of Thomas Magnier (19091962) a County Cork landowner (son of Michael Joseph Magnier of The Manor House, Fermoy, County Cork) by his wife Evelyn Margaret Hallinan (19252022), the younger daughter of Major Thomas Francis Dennehy Hallinan of Ashbourne, Glounthaune, County Cork. Class American mare Lighthouse for ace training duo Ciaron Maher & David Eustace was dominant in the wet at Rosehill Gardens breaking her string of second placings to record a Group 1 victory in the 2022 Coolmore Classic results. Has horses in France with Mikel Delzangles, Francis-Henri Graffard, Philippe Sogorb, Carlos Laffon-Parias and Alain de Royer-Dupre and in England with Sir Michael Stoute, Richard Hannon and Roger Varian. RACING CHANDON LADIES DAY, Jockey James McDonald rides Imaging to victory in race 6, the Hyland Race Colours Ajax Stakes, during the Coolmore Classic at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Saturday, March 14, 2020. Their daughter Kathy is active in the pinhooking field. Another contender in the colours of the late Trevor Hemmings, who . Significantly, his plans for China are not contingent on the highly problematic question of whether or not that huge country ever decides to legalise betting. That was then. He became the trailblazer for what has since become the common practice of shuttling stallions, in the process vastly increasing the income they generate in covering fees. Evie's sister Mimi married former Jockey Club senior steward Lord Manton. 27 April, 2021. O'Byrne's older brother John still runs the family farm, while his younger brother Roddy runs McCarthy's, the popular bar frequented by horsemen in Lexington, Kentucky. He is enjoying the ride. Tabor had struck equine gold. For all that, Shanahan's primary focus is Flat-orientated. In 2012 his fortune was estimated to be 550 million; two years previously the business magazine Management Today had suggested it was $2 billion. Coolmore has offered the brand new wheels to the buyer who lands the first Group 1 or Magic Millions 2YO Classic with Justify progeny and he is off to a hot start in the ring after the very first . Has won the three top Arabian races in the world, namely the Kahayla Classic in Dubai, the Emir's Sword in Qatar (nine times) and the Arabian World Cup in France twice in (2011,12) He sponsors the Arc meeting at Longchamp in Paris. All of Magnier's lieutenants have spent years working with horses on the ground and he rewards them by inviting them to share in his success. Coolmore. He has experienced the occasional hiccup: he declined a stake in Hawk Wing and rejected a similar opportunity over Holy Roman Emperor, who is becoming a sire of consequence. He is often left to do Coolmore's bidding at the breeding stock sales in December. Sadler's Wells leading offspring include Galileo, Montjeu and High Chaparral, all of whom became important sires at Coolmore. ", Martin Jooste has a 2 year old owned in Partnership with Coolmore at Ballydoyle and is already a race winner named Douglas MacArthur pictured below after winning at Leopardstown on July 21st 2016, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. The imperative to buy every yearling they liked had run aground. Triermore Studis owned by Major Christopher Hanbury, which operates as a farm as well as a thoroughbred facility, has been under Sarah Thompson's management since 1985. As well as Paco Boy, Thompson alsopin hookedStorm Dream, third in thein the Irish 1000 Guineas in 2000, through the late Brian Grassick. ", We're just taking baby steps at the moment, and in addition to these partnerships we are slowly building up a nice string of our own, notably with William Haggas and Richard Hannon in Britain as well as Andre Fabre and Nicolas Clement in France.". Martin Jooste has a 2 year old owned in Partnership with Coolmore at Ballydoyle and is already a race winner named, During the summer there was a ding-dong battle, between. He has seen the opportunity and promise that China offers and has invested in the region for the long run. It also shares a breeding partnership with Coolmore that includes G1-winning Australian mare Melito, now in Ireland and in foal for the second time to Galileo, and Muravka, dam of this years Coventry Stakes winner at Royal Ascot, The Wow Signal. Danehill first made his reputation here, becoming the leading sire in Australia nine times. The following schemes have been adopted for various countries at various times:[10][11][12][13]. Grassick's late brother, Brian, was a bloodstock agent of high integrity who branched out on his own after 17 years with the British Bloodstock Agency (Ireland). [9] In 2016, Coolmore announced that Untouched Talent was the first mare confirmed in foal to American Pharoah.[10]. The stud is managed by Alexandra Newman. By the time he graduated from veterinary college in 1968 O'Byrne had already been entrusted by Vincent O'Brien to take Sir Ivor to winter in Pisa, Italy, ahead of that colt's Derby triumph. Like Shanahan, Grassick has spent the majority of his working life at Coolmore - originally on the farm, some of it in the National Hunt division - before he assumed front-of-house responsibilities. Coolmore Stud's considerable investment on star race mares Sunlight and Booker can pay immediate dividends when the first yearlings out of the Group 1 winners go through the ring at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Coolmore Australia, located near Jerrys Plains in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, is a 3,340 ha farm that has approximately 1,000 horses, including 600 mares that produce about 300 foals there during the spring. In 2001, Thunder Gulch was the first Ashford sire to top the American general sire listing. Nor are they afraid to back their judgement with hard cash they gave 1.2 million guineas for Oaks winner Was at public auction. The original farm is now known as Coolmore Ireland, and has three branches: Coolmore Australia, Ashford Stud, which operates as Coolmore America, and Coolmore National Hunt (or Castle Hyde Stud) in Ireland, which specialises in breeding for National Hunt racing. Continental Drift, Giant's Causeway Magnier and McManus were both part of the Coolmore racing conglomerate but were also shareholders in Manchester United. MAIREAD CRONIN M OB : 086 329 1957 mcronin@coolmore.ie. He is married to Susan O'Brien, a daughter of Irish racehorse-trainer Vincent O'Brien. Outside the equine business, Magnier has proven to be an astute investor and together with associates J. P. McManus, Dermot Desmond, Joe Lewis, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith has enjoyed phenomenal success. We provide opportunities for our members to have wonderful experiences with family and friends. We haven't sat down and discussed specific targets, but we are looking at a lot of things together. His father produced horses for the British Army at his Lodge Stud, together with an array of hunters, some of which O'Byrne rode in the field. The man who enrolled at the Morris School of Hairdressing, in London's Piccadilly, on leaving school had come a long way in a short time. Coolmore Australia was finally established at Jerrys Plains in 1996. Perhaps the ride can go on as far as the Arc, and even beyond. In the end the mighty Galileo came out on top to secure his seventh sire title, thanks to his ten individual group one winners, fourteen in total. [6], Coolmore's first major homebred was Sadler's Wells, a son of Northern Dancer born in Kentucky at Sangster's Swettenham Stud. the parallel blue stripes of the Cunningham team and other US teams in the 1950s. Coolmore America @coolmoreamerica #FlashbackFriday to when G1W CUPID defeated multiple G1 winners Whitmore & Creator in the G2 Rebel S. in 2016! His Arabian trainer is Julian Smart in Qatar. Christy Grassick the general manager at Coolmore, Christy Grassick is the organisation's public face. Further success in America followed until, in 1998, O'Byrne organised Coolmore's purchase of a stake in a promising two-year-old maiden winner in France, Montjeu. It is the Grand Final for the three-year-old sprinters and is held at the same meeting as the . Coolmore Australia was established at Jerrys Plains in 1996. Best Of Bordeaux will now wear the famous navy blue colours of Coolmore. So far in 2014Joseph'sSuper Sire War front has not hit theheightsof the previous season but wehaveseen potential in DueDiligence who could make a top class sprinter in 2015. [15] Stirling Moss drove three races during the 1954 season in a British racing green Maserati 250F because the Italian-built car was entered by the British privateer teams Equipe Moss and A.E.Moss respectively. Modern monocoque aircraft fuselage construction was already using polished and unpainted aluminium panels at this period, and the wealthy motor-racing fraternity would also have been aware that in Heraldry, White and Silver are the same colour or 'tincture', described as 'Argent'; (similarly Yellow and Gold are both called 'Or'). Saffron, Pale yellow, Lemon, Canary, Primrose Deep yellow, Buttercup, Yellow Gold Marigold, Amber, Orange, Apricot Tangerine Scarlet Red Tan, Terra Cotta Claret, Burgundy, Wine Maroon Cerise, Magenta Petunia Fuchsia Pink Pale pink, Magnolia Lilac Purple Mauve French navy Cornflower Turquoise Sky blue, Eton blue, Light blue We already race Thoroughbreds in China, Australia, Singapore, France, Ireland, and the United States, and we have breeding interests in Australia as well as in Ireland, Teo said. To Win: #15 In Secret ($3.90 . $ 209.00 inc. GST. A FULL IN DEPTH LOOK AT HOW COOLMORE HAS BECOME A WORLD LEADING SUCCESS & SOME OF THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES WHO HAVE HELPED TO PROPEL THE COMPANY A TO NEW LEVEL. But once you have immersed yourself in this, more and more business opportunities become clear.The opportunity that occurred to him most forcibly was in China.My family is from China, he said. Their first significant purchase was The Minstrel, a dual classic winner in 1977. He graduated at theUniversity of Michigan, Allen is a partner with his cousinPeter Brant,in the privately owned newsprint company, Brant-Allen Industries, Inc. Joseph Allen has been involved in racing for over 25 years and has owned either individually or in partnership. [citation needed] His aunt Mary Elizabeth Hallinan married Rupert Watson, 3rd Baron Manton, Senior Steward of the Jockey Club 198285,[3] effectively the chief executive of the British horse racing industry. Yet here he was, just two years into serious ownership with Classic winners on both sides of the Atlantic to his name. In recognising the expertise of Magnier and his men, Tabor has accumulated untold riches. To help ensure you choose the perfect set of colours, there are three options available: standard colours, bespoke colours or vintage colours. Michael Tabor Investor whose input proved a turning point with Robert Sangster in his financial pomp in the 1980s, Coolmore had the game by the scruff of the neck. 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