One of the best-known race training yards in the country is on the market. It’s the 250ac Friarstown, on the edge of the Curragh, in Co Kildare. This is the yard of Kevin Prendergast who, after a long career at the top, is scaling back. It’s being sold by joint agents Raymond Potterton and Goffs Country Property.

This holding will generate a lot of interest, in Ireland and abroad. It has many positives. First up of course is the location. This is the engine room of racing. The property for sale is about 750m from the Curragh’s training gallops.

Then there’s the backstory – this yard has a long history of producing winner after winner for the Prendergast family, here and in Britain.

Next, there’s the land. Few of the registered training yards at the Curragh are this size. Few are half its size. Friarstown has land to spare and like the general run of land that circles the Curragh, it’s good, fertile land. Also, the 250ac is all in one tight block. It’s unique.

Then there are the yards themselves – two of them. The yards are relatively old and well used, but everything is maintained, in working order and was built for one purpose only –making elite racehorses run faster. Each yard has a single storey house.

The property is located on the north west side of the Curragh and has frontage on two public roads. It’s a truly convenient location for family or staff needs, with busy towns and the M7 Dublin to Cork/Limerick motorway nearby. Kildare town is 4km, Newbridge 7km, Kilcullen 14km and Naas 20km.

Three quarters of the 250ac is under grass (c189ac) and one quarter is under cereals (c61ac). The land is laid out in 13 main fields with good boundary and internal hedges and fencing.

The asking price for the entire is €7m. But because of its size and two training yards, the property is also being offered in two lots. Each has a yard, a house, half of the land - and an asking price of €3.5m. That increases the number of potential buyers.

Lot 1

Lot 1 is c126.31ac in six main fields, all in grass. It has frontage on the L3003 and on the Newtown Road, a secondary road off the R415. There are two access gates.

The 250ac is in one block. The Curragh gallops are about 750m away.

The yard is accessed through an electric gate. There are 13 boxes, a three-bay hayshed with lean-to and a two-bay hayshed. Facilities include a lunging ring, four bay walker, loading bay, tack room, feed room and parking area.

The house on Lot 1.

The house is a dormer residence, c130 square meters in area and modern in style with gas central heating. The yard has mains and private water, pump house and electrical connection.

Lot 2

Lot 2 is c123.35ac and borders Lot 1. It has seven main fields and an internal farm road which is in good condition. The land is half (c62.35ac) in grass and half (c61ac) in cereals. There is frontage onto the L3003 and two access gates.

The yard on Lot 2 has 60 boxes.

This lot has the bigger yard. There are 50 boxes in two adjoining blocks, with lofted area. There are 10 boxes beside the house. That makes for 60 boxes here in a compact arrangement.

There is plenty of storage including three haysheds and a machinery shed. There is lunging ring, eight bay walker, loading bay, tack room, feed room, toilet, muck heap, wash bay, pump house and parking.

The sand and fibre gallop is on Lot 2.

Beside the yard is a seven-furlong sand and fibre gallop. The house is single storey, traditional in style, c60.37 sq m in area and has oil central heating. The yard has mains and private water supply and electricity connection.

Lot 3 is the entire.