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Coolmore 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 and in the Far East. Having left the air force, he firstly joined Goffs bloodstock auctioneers ...
Magnier later moved to County Tipperary, where he transformed Coolmore Stud into a multi-million-euro international business. [citation needed] The business is headquartered in County Tipperary where a number of other stud farms are part of an extensive network which includes Longfield and Castlehyde studs.
Coolmore Plantation, also known as Coolmore and the Powell House, is a historic plantation house located near Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina.Built in 1858–61, the main house is one of the finest Italianate style plantation houses in the state.
In November 2010, Lookin At Lucky was purchased by Coolmore Stud and retired. [3] He then entered stud at Coolmore's Ashford Stud near Versailles, Kentucky. [4] His initial stud fee was set at $35,000. Lookin At Lucky's first foal was born in January 2012 at Royal Pegasus Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.
During the 1970s, he and owner Robert Sangster, along with O'Brien's son-in-law, John Magnier, established what became known as the Coolmore syndicate, which became a highly successful horse-racing and breeding operation, centred on Coolmore Stud in County Tipperary, and later incorporating stud farms in Kentucky and Australia. The combination ...
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Ballydoyle is a racehorse training facility located in County Tipperary in Ireland.It is a sister thoroughbred facility to Coolmore Stud, and both are owned by John Magnier, son in law to the racehorse trainer Vincent O'Brien.
Vigors inherited Coolmore in 1968 and began the development of the farm into one of principal stud operations in thoroughbred horse breeding. [3] In 1973 Vigors sold a 50 per cent share in Coolmore to the legendary Irish trainer Vincent O'Brien, whose Ballydoyle stables were nearby. The young John Magnier was brought in to run the farm. [12]