Dream Ahead Winning the Group 1 Prix de Foret, 7f, .

Anam Allta, by Invincible Spirit ex Kiltubber wins the Group 3 Concorde
Stakes over 7.5f at Tipperary

Lady Wingshot winning the “ISF EBF Fillies Maiden at Leopardstown”

Anam Allta winning the Arthur Guinness EBF Fillies Handicap in Galway

Nicolas Blondeau demonstration

Nicolas Blondeau demonstration

Dream Ahead winning the Darley July Cup 2011.

Latest News

12/02/12
The Ballylinch Stud bred Hisaabaat wins the Grade 1 Spring Juvenile Hurdle at Leopardstown for owner Dr Lambe, trainer Dermot Weld and jockey Andrew Lynch.

07/02/12
Misty Daylight, sold in foal to Lope de Vega realised €185,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Mixed Winter Sale in Kentucky.  This sales result was no doubt helped by the positive reports on the Lope de Vega foals already on the ground.
 

01/02/12
Ballylinch Stud's Open Day was a great success with over 300 clients coming to see our stallions. With the exciting arrival of Beat Hollow all eye's are set on the coming breeding season.

Pictures will follow.

24/01/12
Beat Hollow has been acquired as a dual purpose stallion and will stand at Ballylinch Stud in 2012. He looks to be a ready made replacement for the recently deceassed King Theatre, both being sons of Sadler's Wells, both were multiple Group 1 winners and Classic placed and both have proved themselves capable of siring Group / Grade 1 winners on the flat and over jumps.  Beat Hollow has live Triumph hurdle contenders for Cheltenham 2012 in Grade 1 Finale Hurdle winner Hollow Tree and Grade 2 winner Cinders and Ashes.  On the flat he has sired Group 1 Prix Marcel Boussac winner Proportional and in 2011 his son Sea Moon won the Group 2 Great Voltigeur Stakes and was Group 1 placed in the Breeders Cup Turf and St. Leger.  Beat Hollow will cover a limited book of mares at a fee of €6,000 October 1st terms.

18/01/12 
The first reported foal by Lope de Vega, also bred by Gestut Ammerland, arrived at Haras d'Ommeel in France on 16th January when the mare Bougainvillea foaled a chesnut filly described by the stud as being 'a nice foal, with a good head and plenty of bone'. The filly is half sister to Group 3 winner Burma Gold and her dam is a winning full sister to Group 1 winner Borgia.

05/01/12
The Ballylinch Stud open day is on the 27th and 28th of January.
If you would like to attend please contact Liz on 056 7724217 or e-mail her at liz@ballylinchstud.ie.

16/12/11
Lawman has his 19th individual first crop winner as Il Fragolino wins the Prix des Castillets in Deauville.

14/12/11
Lawman has his 18th individual winner with Hidden Justice winning at Lingfield over 7f. 

04/12/11
Voler La Vedette, a daughter to King's Theatre wins her first Grade 1 race in the Hattons Grace Hurdle at Fariyhouse, congratulations to all connections.

09/11/11
Lawman has his 17th individual first crop winner as Springheel Jake wins at Southwell over 6 furlongs for trainer Ann Duffield and jockey Dale Swift.

16/11/11
Dream Ahead was last night crowned Cartier Champion Sprinter for 2011.

01/11/11
Dream Ahead has arrived at his new home in Ballylinch Stud and is settling in to his new surroundings well.

19/10/11 – Dream Ahead Retires to Stud
Following consultations between the new owners of Dream Ahead it has been decided that the colt will retire to stud and will not race again.  He retires to stud the winner of 5 Group 1 races, the Prix Morny and Middle Park Stakes at 2, and the July Cup, Haydock Park Sprint Cup and Prix De La Foret at 3.  He was joint top rated two year old in Europe in 2010 with Frankel, and is currently the highest rated sprinter in Europe.  Dream Ahead and Oasis Dream are the only horses since 1973 to win both the Middle Park and the July Cup.

Commenting, John O'Connor said 'We are delighted to acquire Dream Ahead for Ballylinch, he is the outstanding sprinter of recent years and his thrilling defeat of Goldikova in the the Prix De La foret over 7 furlongs means he could sire top milers as well as top two year olds and sprinters like himself.'

David Simcock, trainer of Dream Ahead added 'He's been a star right forn day one and has been a joy to train.  He is the soundest and most straightforward horse you could wish to find and I will be lucky if I can find another horse like him. His performance in the Middle Park was outstanding, when he beat good horses like Strong Suit and Approve by an easy nine lengths.  He's a great looking horse with a fantastic temperament and i am sure he will be very successful at stud. I wish his new owners the very best of luck with him.'

Dream Ahead's stud fee has been set at €17,500 (stg£15,000) and he will be limited to 130 mares in both hemispheres.  The southern hemisphere rights to Dream Ahead have been sold to Emirates Park Stud in New South Wales and a southern hemisphere fee will be announced shortly.

16/10/11
Lawman sires his first Group winner as Loi, trained by J M Beguigne and ridden by O Peslier wins the Group 3 Prix de Conde over 9 furlongs at Longchamp.

15/10/11
Lawman has his 16th indivudual winner as Felina wins the ISF EBF Median Auction Race over 5f at Cork for trainer Paul Deegan and jockey Pat Smullen.

15/10/11
Wizz Kid finishes 2nd in the Group 2 Qipco British Champions Sprint Stakes at Ascot.

13/10/11
Dream Ahead Coming to Australia
Breednet – Media Release – Thursday, 13 October 2011
Read the full article here.

04/10/11
The outstanding sprinter of 2011 Dream Ahead will retire to stud at Ballylinch for 2012.  The son of Diktat out of the Cadeaux Genereux mare Land of Dreams has been trained by David Simcock for owner  Khalifa Dasmal to win five Group 1 races over 2 seasons.  After winning his maiden on his debut by nine lengths he beat subsequent Poule d’Essai des Poulains winner Tin Horse in his next start in the Group 1 Prix Morny.  Dream Ahead then rounded off his two year old career by winning the Middle Park Stakes and beating Strong Suit by nine lengths making him Joint European Two Year old with another exceptional juvenile Frankel (Galileo) with a rating of 130.

At three Dream Ahead won the July Cup, Sprint Cup and also the Prix de Foret beating the mighty Goldikova into second place. John O’Connor, Managing Director of Ballylinch Stud described Dream Ahead as ‘A big scopey horse, very correct, very impressive and an exceptionally good mover.’ His fee will be announced in the coming weeks.

02/10/11
Ballylinch Stud homebred filly Anam Allta, by Invincible Spirit ex Kiltubber wins the Group 3 Concorde Stakes over 7.5f at Tipperary for trainer Dermot Weld and jockey Declan McDonogh.

28/09/11
Lawman had a 1-2 when Stumpy won in Toulouse over 1600m.

18/09/11
Ballylinch Stud bred Fox Hunt (by Dubawi ex Kiltubber) wins the Group 3 Deutsches St. Leger over 14f at Dortmund for trainer Mark Johnston and jockey Silvestre De Sousa.

16/09/11
Lawman sired his 14^th individual winner today when Loi won the Prix le Capucin over 1600m at Saint-Cloud for trainer J. M Beguigne and jockey Christophe Soumillon.

01/09/11
Lawman sired his 13th individual winner yesterday when Luce Polare won over 2000m at Milan in Italy.

24/08/11
Lawman sired his 10th individual winner yesterday when Spirit of The Law won the Pub People Nursery over 8f at Leicester for trainer Ed Dunlop and jockey Hayley Turner

18/08/11
Lawman has his 9th individual winner with Forces of Darkness winning the EBF Median Auction Maiden at Bellewstown over 8f, also Fort Bastion is a good 2nd in the Group 3 Acomb Stakes, 7f, at York.

11/08/11
The Ballylinch Stud owned filly Lady Wingshot (by Lawman ex Nassma) won the ISF EBF Fillies Maiden over 7f, at Leopardstown for trainer Jim Bolger and jockey Kevin Manning becoming Lawman’s 8th individual winner.

03/08/11
Ballylinch bred Berling (by Montjeu ex Danaskaya) who realised 650,000gns as a yearling wins his third race at Pontefract in the colours of Mr Benny Andersson for trainer John Dunlop.

28/07/11
Ballylinch owned and bred filly Anam Allta (by Invincible Spirit ex Kiltubber) wins her second race, the Arthur Guinness EBF Fillies Handicap over 7f in Galway for trainer Dermot Weld and jockey Pat Smullen. Anam Allta will now aim to gain some valuable black type in the Fairy Bridge Stakes in Tipperary.

02/07/11
The renowned French horseman, Nicolas Blondeau, who helped Goldikova overcome her fear of starting stalls, arrived at Mount Juliet Equestrian Centre to demonstrate his Ethological Horsemanship methods on Saturday .

This was Nicolas’s first ever demonstration outside of France, organised by John O Connor and held at Mount Juliet Equestrian Centre  . Almost 60 guests watched with a keen eye as Mr Blondeau worked with an unbroken 2 year old filly, demonstrating the breaking in method that he has employed for the past 20 years.

Please see the video below.