Ashford Stud

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Ashford Stud in Versailles, Kentucky is the American arm of the international commercial Thoroughbred horse breeding operation Coolmore Stud of County Tipperary in the Republic of Ireland.

Sixteen stallions stand at Ashford Stud in 2007. Nine of them stand exclusively at Ashford:

• Chapel Royal
• Giant's Causeway
• Grand Slam
• Hennessy
• Hold that Tiger
• Monashee Mountain
• Mull of Kintyre
• Powerscourt
• Thunder Gulch

Seven stallions shuttle to Coolmore's Australian branch during the Southern Hemisphere breeding season:

• Dehere
• Fusaichi Pegasus
• Johannesburg
• Lion Heart
• Royal Academy
• Tale of the Cat
• Van Nistelrooy

[edit] References

• Ashford Stud at the Thoroughbred Times stallion directory
• Official Coolmore stallion roster for Ashford Stud
• Official Coolmore Australia stallion roster (used for cross-reference)