Coolmore has bought almost 1,100ac of Shadwell Farm lands in Kentucky for close to $50m, the Irish Farmers Journal understands.
Shadwell was owned by the late Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum, the older brother of Sheikh Mohammed.
The racing and breeding operation has been undergoing a review, since Hamdan Al Maktoum died in March 2021.
Shadwell announced that year that it would be selling a “substantial” amount of its yearlings, brood mares and horses in training in what was described by Sheikh Hamdan’s racing manager, Angus Gold, as a “trimming” process.
The land purchased by Coolmore is close to Ashford Stud one of Coolmore America’s existing stud farms in Versailles near Lexington, Kentucky.
The stud farm is also strategically located near to Keeneland Racetrack and sales ground as well as Lexington Bluegrass Airport and the famous Calumet Stud Farm.
Some of Shadwell’s most famous horses to run it its blue and while silks include Nashwan, Salsabil, Dayjur and Battaash and Baaeed.
The news comes a week after John Magnier decided not to appeal the judgment delivered by the High Court last year over the 751ac Barne Estate in Co Tipperary.
The farm outside Clonmel will now proceed to be sold to rival bidder Maurice Regan for €22.25m.
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