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NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK REGINA BYRNE TAKES A LOOK AT SOME NEW OWNERS WHO HAVE GRACED THE WINNER’S ENCLOSURE IN 2021.
WESTERBERG NOEL & VALERIE MORAN, BECTIVE STUD | MAGAZINE 2022 |
Bective Stud has been very active in the sales arenas over the past few years and currently have a host of superstars at Gordon Elliott’s Cullentra Stables that run in their green, white and red colours. The newly established Bective Stud is home to some highly distinguished mares including Apple’s Jade and Benie Des Dieux and should be one to watch in the future. The Morans have been very successful last season with horses like Queen’s Brook, Fair D’alene, Riviere D’etel, Party Central and Zanahiyr to name a few. They hit the pinnacle of racehorse ownership over New Year when Ginto gave them their first ever Grade 1 Victory in Naas. The first of many we feel…
LORUS PROJECT LTD Richard Murphy has long dreamed of being a racehorse owner and, following the success of Irish horses at Cheltenham last year, decided to make this dream a reality. Together with a group of friends, Lorus Project Ltd was formed and the quest to find the right horse and trainer followed. The trainer came in the shape of the very talented Ross O’Sullivan, who sourced Paddy’s Planet from the Point-to-Point fields. Since moving to Co. Kildare, Paddy’s Planet has enjoyed back-to-back wins for connections over hurdles and by all accounts looks like having an even more promising career over the bigger obstacles. What a first step into ownership for this new group.
The list of partnerships at Aidan O’Brien’s Ballydoyle Stables welcomed a new face last season when Georg Von Opel’s Westerberg entered the ranks. Having bought into various horses in the stable he is keen to grow his equine business to have the best bloodlines. In various Coolmore partnerships, Westerberg enjoyed numerous black type victories with Santa Barbara, Point Lonsdale and Concert Hall, to name a few. In his own maroon and blue colours, Luxembourg shone brightest winning the Group 2 Beresford Stakes at the Curragh and followed with an emphatic win in the Futurity Stakes Group 1 at Doncaster in October. Tenebrism won her maiden at Naas and followed that with a Group 1 win at Newmarket, both have Guineas entries for 2022, which is very exciting. It is wonderful to see high-profile overseas owners investing in Irish racing and we wish them well.
SYNDICATES.RACING The brainchild of Jack Cantillon, who together with John Bourke established Syndicates. Racing to lead the way to racehorse ownership for the next generation. Jack and John, who both have a wealth of knowledge, buy the horses at sales. They then divide the horse into 100 units/shares making racehorse ownership affordable and therefore attracting numerous young people into the game. Simple and ingenious! Caberet Queen, Grangee and Tonkinese have all made it to the winner’s enclosure, therefore cementing the Syndicates.Racing track record. They have both Flat and National Hunt horses earmarked for various top-class trainers in Ireland and UK for the coming season and we would encourage any young person looking to get involved in racing to check them out on www.syndicates.racing. It is a young, vibrant syndicate that generates lots of winners and guarantees plenty of craic!
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