By Dan Walsh
Renowned racehorse trainer Jim Bolger has listed Redmondstown Stud for sale, with a guide price of €975,000. The property will be offered at auction by Keane Auctioneers, Custom House Quay, Wexford, on Friday, October 17th at 12:30pm.
Jim and Jackie Bolger bought the 84-acre Oylegate farm in 1990, producing seven classic winners and 18 Group 1 winners.
Set in a west-facing position with a private driveway and views of the River Slaney, Redmondstown has 24 stables, an eight-horse walker, lunging area, outbuildings, tack room, four-span hayshed, canteen with WC and a service road through the farm.
Located on a quiet country road near the village of Oylegate, there is sure to be plenty of interest in the auction which Keane Auctioneers describe as a “very impressive equestrian establishment”.
Born on Christmas Day 1941 at Coolnaboy, Oylegate, Jim Bolger began his training career in the Phoenix Park with stables in Clonsilla, Dublin, in 1976. Around 1990, he had moved to his current base, Glebe House in Coolcullen, on the Carlow/Kilkenny border. He has trained in the region of 3,000 winners and is also an extremely successful as a breeder.
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