Norelands

At 30 years of age, Hamish McCalmont has already experienced two different worlds. Having spent seven years working in finance in London, and enjoyed the delights that comes with city living, McCalmont made the decision to return home to his family's Norelands Stud in County Kilkenny and immerse himself in the world of bloodstock.  In fairness, he picked a good time to change career path and come home. Norelands was one of three consignments selected by the Niarchos family to offer some select mares at the Goffs November Breeding Stock...

The Sea The Stars (Ire) colt out of Holy Amaretta (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) is the new market leader at  the Goffs Orby Sale after Anthony Stroud bid €900,000 on behalf of Godolphin for lot 267. Consigned by Norelands for his breeder, the Tsui family's Sunderland Holdings, the colt is the second foal of his six-year-old unraced dam, who has been mated exclusively with Sea The Stars since retiring to stud. The mare is a daughter of Gestut Schlenderhan's Amarette (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), whose most notable descendants include Group...

Hailing from the Norelands consignment, That Which Is Not (Elusive Quality--Shiva {Jpn}, by Hector Protector) became the third mare to clear the €3-million mark from the Niarchos family's bloodstock restructuring, with MV Magnier shelling out €3.3 million at Goffs late in the session. Lot 1260, in foal to Juddmonte's Frankel (GB), has already produced G3 Ballysax S. hero Piz Badile (Ire) (Ulysses {Ire}), who was runner-up in the G1 Irish Derby and third in the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup. Her dam did win the Tattersalls Gold Cup, and this is...