Denis Brosnan

One of Henry Beeby's favourite sales pitches is that, if you supply Goffs with the horses, his team will do the rest. Well, Denis Brosnan took the Goffs chief at his word last year and, what do you know, Croom House Stud's Frankel colt became the most expensive horse sold at last year's Orby Sale at €2 million to Godolphin.  Croom House Stud is to Irish breeding what Rolex is to watches or Gucci to handbags. The County Limerick operation keeps a small but select broodmare band and has produced...

Croom House Stud boss Denis Brosnan opened up on how a gamble to back Goffs with some of the farm's best yearlings this year paid off when the County Limerick-based operation's Frankel (GB) colt (lot 323) out of Listed winner Loch Lein (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) brought an Orby Sale-topping €2 million to Godolphin on Wednesday.  Godolphin also snapped up a €600,000 Wootton Bassett (GB) colt (lot 415) from Croom House Stud and Brosnan, one of the most successful businessmen in Ireland, said that Goffs chief Henry Beeby lived up...