For the latest instalment of the TDN Conversations podcast we took a trip to Oghill House Stud in County Kildare. There, Johnny Hyland represents the fifth generation of his family to be running what has become a notably successful nursery for Thoroughbreds.
In recent years the likes of Group 1 winner Marcel, Royal Ascot winners Washington DC and Quick Suzy, and French group winners Romantic Style and Caius Chorister are among some of the top horses to have been bred or raised at Oghill House.
The stud will offer a Mehmas half-sister to Romantic Style at the forthcoming Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. The first three foals of their dam Sweety Dream (Dream Ahead) are all stakes winners.
Hyland took over the running of the farm from his later father Hugh and uncle Pat, and he talks us through the ethos of this family-run business in the heart of Ireland's racing and breeding community.
“A great work ethic,” is what Hyland says he has inherited from the those two much-missed role models. “And as regards horses, just take your time and trust yourself.”
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