Ballylinch Stud

G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Waldgeist (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) has had his first two mares covered both scanned in foal. Those mares are Group 3 producer Bayja (Ire) (Giant's Causeway) and the maiden mare Barkaa (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), winner of the G3 Prix Vanteaux. Waldgeist stands for €17,500 at Ballylinch Stud. "Waldgeist was an exceptional racehorse and he has the pedigree, looks and athleticism to go with it," said Ballylinch Manager John O'Connor. "We have had a lot of success standing Lope de Vega in partnership with Gestut...

It is almost half a century since Ballylinch Stud took delivery of its previous winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. In 1970, Sassafras (Fr) (Sheshoon {GB}) became the first horse to get the better of Nijinsky (Northern Dancer), beating the Triple Crown winner by a head at Longchamp before taking up residence in the beautiful tiled box which was once home to The Tetrarch (Ire) (Roi Herode {Fr}). That stable still stands away from the main stallion yard at Ballylinch and within its historic walls now is the...

The second instalment of Emma Berry's winter series on the crossover between the Flat and National Hunt scenes Ballylinch Stud may be best known as a high-class Flat operation but it has regularly stood a stallion with great appeal to the National Hunt market, most notably the five-time champion jumps sire King's Theatre (Ire). Following his death in 2011, King's Theatre was succeeded in his role by another son of Sadler's Wells, Beat Hollow (GB), winner of the Grand Prix de Paris and Arlington Million among four top-flight wins during...