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Coolmore Stud, established in 1975, is the world's largest breeding operation of Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a list of horse breeds best known for its use in Thoroughbred horse race. Although the word "thoroughbred" is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed....
 racehorses. It is based in Fethard
Fethard, County Tipperary

Fethard is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland east of Cashel, Tipperary. It is situated on the Clashawley River where the R692 road, R689 road and R706 regional roads intersect....
, County Tipperary
County Tipperary

County Tipperary is a county in Republic of Ireland situated in the province of Munster. Tipperary was one of the first Irish counties to be established in the 13th century....
 in the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
.

It was originally a relatively small farm dedicated to general agriculture, but came into the Vigors family in 1945 when a training operation was established there. It was inherited by Tim Vigors, famous fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain is the name given to the sustained strategic effort by the Luftwaffe during the summer and autumn of 1940 to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force , especially RAF Fighter Command....
 and in the Far East. Having left the air force, he firstly joined Goffs bloodstock auctioneers before setting up his own bloodstock agency in 1951.






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Coolmore Stud, established in 1975, is the world's largest breeding operation of Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a list of horse breeds best known for its use in Thoroughbred horse race. Although the word "thoroughbred" is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed....
 racehorses. It is based in Fethard
Fethard, County Tipperary

Fethard is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland east of Cashel, Tipperary. It is situated on the Clashawley River where the R692 road, R689 road and R706 regional roads intersect....
, County Tipperary
County Tipperary

County Tipperary is a county in Republic of Ireland situated in the province of Munster. Tipperary was one of the first Irish counties to be established in the 13th century....
 in the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
.

It was originally a relatively small farm dedicated to general agriculture, but came into the Vigors family in 1945 when a training operation was established there. It was inherited by Tim Vigors, famous fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain is the name given to the sustained strategic effort by the Luftwaffe during the summer and autumn of 1940 to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force , especially RAF Fighter Command....
 and in the Far East. Having left the air force, he firstly joined Goffs bloodstock auctioneers before setting up his own bloodstock agency in 1951. He moved to Coolmore in 1968 and began transforming it into the well known stud farm which it is today.

Vigors went into partnership with his friend Vincent O'Brien
Vincent O'Brien

Dr. Michael Vincent O'Brien is a retired Ireland horse racing horse trainer. He was born in Churchtown, County Cork, County Cork, Ireland. He is no relation to his namesake, Aidan O'Brien, another Irish race horse trainer....
, a leading racehorse trainer, and Robert Sangster
Robert Sangster

Robert Edmund Sangster was a well-known English thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. He was British flat racing Champion Owner five times and his horses won many major races, including two Epsom Derbys, four Irish Derbys, two Prix du Jockey Clubs, three Prix de l'Arc de Triomphes and a Melbourne Cup....
, the Vernons pools magnate. He later sold his interest to O'Brien and his son-in-law, John Magnier
John Magnier

John Magnier is Ireland's leading thoroughbred stud owner and has extensive business interests outside of the horsebreeding industry. He has been a Senator in the upper house of the Irish Parliament, Seanad ?ireann....
. Eventually, Magnier became sole owner, and built the farm into a multi-national, multi-billion-euro operation. The original farm is now known as Coolmore Ireland, and now has two branches—Ashford Stud
Ashford Stud

Ashford Stud in Versailles, Kentucky is the United States arm of the international commercial Thoroughbred horse breeding operation Coolmore Stud of County Tipperary in the Republic of Ireland....
, which operates as Coolmore America
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, near Versailles, Kentucky
Versailles, Kentucky

Versailles is a city in Woodford County, Kentucky, Kentucky, United States and is a suburb of Lexington, Kentucky. It is also part of the Lexington-Fayette Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area....
; and Coolmore Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, near Jerry's Plains
Jerry's Plains, New South Wales

Jerry's Plains is a village in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Australia about 33 kilometres west of Singleton, New South Wales on the Golden Highway....
 in the Hunter Valley
Hunter Valley

The Hunter Region, more commonly known as the Hunter Valley, is a region of New South Wales, extending from approximately to north of Sydney, Australia with an approximate population of 590,000 people....
 of New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
. With operations in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, Coolmore has many "shuttle stallions" that cover mares in either Ireland or Kentucky in the northern breeding season and are transported to Australia for the southern breeding season.

John Magnier's attention to detail and eye for excellence is to be seen in the layout of paddocks and barns with the most modern facilities available for the nurturing of the thoroughbred. Under his stewardship, the operation continues to flourish as the leading operation of its kind.

At the Fasig-Tipton
Fasig-Tipton

History Formed in 1898 by William B. Fasig and Edward A. Tipton, Fasig-Tipton Co. is North America?s oldest Thoroughbred auction company....
 Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
 auction in February 2006, Coolmore Stud paid a world record $16 million for a Florida-bred two-year-old colt in training. Named The Green Monkey
The Green Monkey

The Green Monkey is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing who at the January 2006 Fasig-Tipton Calder sale of selected two-year-olds was sold for a world record auction price of $16 million....
, he was sired by Forestry
Forestry (horse)

Forestry is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing. He was sired by Storm Cat out of the mare Shared Interest, by Pleasant Colony.Of his 11 starts, Forestry was very consistent as a three-year-old; in the money 10 times....
 who in turn was sired by Storm Cat
Storm Cat

Storm Cat was an American Stallion whose breeding fee during the peak of his stud career was $500,000, the highest in the world. As such, he was one of the few horses with a 24 hour Security guard....
, the longtime leading sire in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
.

Stallions standing at Coolmore (2009)

  • Ad Valorem (Ireland)
  • Antonius Pius (Ireland and Australia)
  • Aussie Rules (Ireland and Australia)
  • Catcher in the Rye (Ireland)
  • Choisir (Ireland and Australia)
  • Danehill Dancer (Ireland and Australia)
  • Dehere
    Dehere

    Dehere is an United States Eclipse Award Thoroughbred horse racing. He was bred and raced by Robert E. Brennan's Due Process Stable. Sired by Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee and two-time Leading sire in North America, Deputy Minister , he was out of the mare Sister Dot, a daughter of the great Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racin...
     (Australia and USA)
  • Duke of Marmalade
    Duke of Marmalade

    Duke of Marmalade is a Thoroughbred horseracing. Trained by Aidan O'Brien, he won five consecutive Conditions races races in 2008.A winner of a Curragh Racecourse maiden as a two-year-old, Duke of Marmalade did not record a victory in six starts as a three-year-old....
     (Ireland)
  • Dylan Thomas
    Dylan Thomas (horse)

    Dylan Thomas is a Thoroughbred horse racing. He was trained in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien and owned by John Magnier and Michael Tabor. He was sired by Danehill out of Lagrion, a daughter of Diesis ....
     (Ireland and Australia)
  • Encosta de Lago (Australia)
  • Excellent Art (Ireland and Australia)
  • Fastnet Rock
    Fastnet Rock (horse)

    Fastnet Rock is a former Australian thoroughbred racehorse and now a stallion . He was trained by Paul Perry.Sired by Danehill to dam Piccadilly Circus...
     (Australia)
  • Footstepsinthesand (Ireland)
  • Fusaichi Pegasus
    Fusaichi Pegasus

    Fusaichi Pegasus was purchased as a yearling for $4 million by Fusao Sekiguchi. His name is a combination of his owner's name, "Fusao," and the Japanese word for one, "ichi," to mean #1 or the best....
     (USA and Australia)
  • Galileo
    Galileo (horse)

    Galileo is a thoroughbred racehorse foaled in 1998, who won the Epsom Derby, Irish Derby Stakes, and King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2001....
     (Ireland)
  • Giant's Causeway
    Giant's Causeway (horse)

    Giant's Causeway is a Kentucky bred Thoroughbred horse racing who raced primarily in Europe. In 2000, he won five straight Graded stakes race races then, starting from far back in post position 13, finished second after a thrilling stretch duel to Tiznow in the Breeders' Cup Classic....
     (USA)
  • Grand Slam
    Grand Slam (horse)

    Grand Slam is an United States thoroughbred Stallion horse racing. Trained by D. Wayne Lukas, the bay son of Gone West was purchased at the September 2006 Keeneland Sales as a yearling for $300,000 by Robert & Christina Baker, William Mack and David Cornstein....
     (USA)
  • Haradasun
    Haradasun

    Haradasun is a notable Australian Thoroughbred brown horse . He is well-bred. His sire is a Kentucky Derby winning son of champion sire Mr Prospector who has enjoyed moderate success so far in his own stud career....
     (Australia)
  • Henrythenavigator
    Henrythenavigator

    Henrythenavigator is an American-bred and Irish-trained Thoroughbred horse racing. He won the 2,000 Guineas Stakes, the Irish 2,000 Guineas, the St....
     (USA)
  • High Chaparral
    High Chaparral

    High Chaparral is a racehorse, winner of the Epsom Derby in 2002, and the winner of the Breeders' Cup Turf in 2002 and 2003 .High Chaparral failed to make a winning debut, beaten by a short-head in a maiden at Punchestown Racecourse....
     (Ireland)
  • Holy Roman Emperor
    Holy Roman Emperor (horse)

    Holy Roman Emperor, sired by Danehill out of a Secretariat mare, was a leading two-year-old winning four races from seven runs Horse racing in Europe in 2006....
     (Ireland and Australia)
  • Hurricane Run
    Hurricane Run

    Hurricane Run is a world champion thoroughbred Horse racing trained by Andr? Fabre, and ridden in most of his races by jockey Kieren Fallon for owner Michael Tabor....
     (Ireland)
  • Ivan Denisovich (Ireland)
  • Johannesburg
    Johannesburg (horse)

    Johannesburg is a Kentucky United States and European Champion Thoroughbred horse racing. He was trained by Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle, and now stands at stud at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Kentucky, the United States arm of the giant Republic of Ireland breeder Coolmore Stud....
     (USA)
  • Lion Heart (USA and Australia)
  • Majestic Warrior (USA)
  • Montjeu
    Montjeu

    Montjeu is a thoroughbred horse racing World Champion Colt and sire of champions. Sired by Sadler's Wells from the dam Floripedes, Montjeu is a grandson of Northern Dancer....
     (Ireland)
  • One Cool Cat
    One Cool Cat

    One Cool Cat, foaled on March 26 2001 in Kentucky, is a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in England and Ireland. Bred by Winstar Farm, he was purchased by Demi O'Byrne on behalf of Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor for $3.1-million at the 2002 Keeneland Sales....
     (Ireland)
  • Oratorio (Ireland and Australia)
  • Peintre Celebre
    Peintre Celebre

    Peintre Celebre, , is a champion thoroughbred racehorse.Bred and owned by Daniel Wildenstein , the renowned France art dealer and highly successful horseman, Peintre Celebre came from a line of outstanding thoroughbreds....
     (Ireland)
  • Powerscourt (USA)
  • Rock of Gibraltar
    Rock of Gibraltar (horse)

    Rock of Gibraltar is a champion racehorse and stallion owned by Coolmore Stud, for whom he currently stands in Ireland and Australia .He is named after the Rock of Gibraltar, a monolithic limestone promontory located in Gibraltar on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula....
     (Ireland and Australia)
  • Royal Academy
    Royal Academy (horse)

    Royal Academy is an Ireland Thoroughbred horse racing bred in the United States best known as the winner of the 1990 Breeders' Cup Mile in which famed British jockey Lester Piggott came out of retirement to ride the colt to victory....
     (Australia)
  • Scat Daddy
    Scat Daddy

    Scat Daddy is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing. Sired by Johannesburg and out of the mare Love Style, he was bred by Switzerland Publishing and racing enthusiast, Axel Wend....
     (USA)
  • Spinning World
    Spinning World

    Spinning World is a French thoroughbred racehorse who was one of the top European milers during the 1990s.After winning the 1996 Irish 2,000 Guineas at Curragh Racecourse in Ireland, and the Prix Jacques Le Marois at Hippodrome Deauville-La Touques in France, Spinning World finished second to Da Hoss in the Breeders' Cup Mile at Wo...
     (Australia)
  • Strategic Prince (Ireland)
  • Tale of the Cat (Australia and USA)
  • Thunder Gulch
    Thunder Gulch

    Thunder Gulch is a Eclipse Award United States thoroughbred racehorse who went off the starting gate at 25-1 odds in 1995 and went on to win the Kentucky Derby in 2:01.2 from Post 16....
     (USA)
  • Van Nistelrooy (USA)


Pensioners

  • Sadler's Wells
    Sadler's Wells (horse)

    Sadler's Wells was a racehorse born in 1981, and sired by Northern Dancer. Although foaled in the United States, he achieved his racing and breeding fame in Europe....
     (Ireland)


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