Boardsmill Stud Sired Winners Week #10

4th March:  Notkeepinyagoing by the late CALIFET wins the Leopardstown Driving Range Mares Hurdle at Leopardstown for John McConnell, Ben Harvey, owners the Planetary Orbit Syndicate and breeder David Reilly from Carlanstown. The mare was purchased at Goffs UK Spring HIT Sale. 7th March:  Emily’s Choice by the late KALANISI makes it 2/2 over hurdles … Read more

Boardsmill Stud Sired Winners Week #9

2nd March: A new winner for the late KALANISI as Our Shane takes the G. Curran & Co Ltd Accountants 5&6yo Maiden at Tyrella Point to Point for Ian McCarthy of Grangecoor Farm, Eoin McMahon and Owner/Breeder Gary O’Hagan from Co. Down. A 1-2 for Boardsmill Sires as Kinturk Kalanisi by the late KALANISI takes the … Read more

Boardsmill Stud Sired Winners Week #8

23rd February: Monaghan Boy by COURT CAVE gets the win at Sedgefield for Micky Hammond Racing, Emma Smith Chaston, owners The Golden Cuckoo Syndicate and breeders Sean Staunton and the Dunmanway Breeding Club. The gelding is a graduate of Tattersalls Ireland. 24th February:  A winning debut over hurdles for Tommys Charm by the late MOUNT … Read more

Boardsmill Stud Sired Winners Week #7

15th February: The Lord Maid by the late MOUNT NELSON won the “Sure Haul Race Day Mares Hurdle” by 8 lengths on hurdles debut at Clonmel Racecourse for Owner/Trainer Josh Halley, Philip Enright and breeders Tom Hayes & family from Tipperary. Emily’s Choice by the late KALANISI took the “Quinn Bet Mares Hurdle” on racecourse … Read more

Veterinary Requirements for Mares visiting Boardsmill during the 2024 Stud Season

A certificate with a NEGATIVE clitoral swab for CEM, Pseudomonas and Klebsiella dated on or after the 1st of January 2024. EVA Certificate with a NEGATIVE result taken within 30 days of mare’s first covering. Mares arriving from outside Ireland and the UK require a NEGATIVE EVA certificate dated on or after 1st of January … Read more

Poet’s Word 1st crop runners off to flying start

Poet’s Word’s first crop of 3 year olds in 2023 have got off to a great start on the racecourse. From just 12 individual runners, he has sired 5 winners and 5 more individual placed horses. Four of his five placed runners have finished 2nd. Amongst his winners are the 3 time winning filly Lady … Read more

KALANISI 1996 – 2023

Boardsmill Stud has announced the passing of Champion Racehorse and multiple Grade 1 sire KALANISI at the age of 27. The dual Group 1 winner was standing at Boardsmill since 2008 having been acquired by the Flood family from his breeder HH Aga Khan. He originally stood at his breeders’ Giltown Stud having retired there … Read more

MORE Cheltenham Festival Success for COURT CAVE

COURT CAVE sired yet another Cheltenham Festival winner this year in the shape of PREMIER MAGIC, the impressive winner of the St. James’s Place Festival Challenge Cup Open Hunters Chase. The most prestigious Hunters Chase of the season, run over the same course and distance as the Gold Cup, this race is viewed by most … Read more

Stephanie wins Godolphin Award

Stephanie McGinley receives Godolphin Award

Stephanie McGinley, a Stud Groom at Boardsmill Stud, was a recipient of an award at The Irish Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards held in the Keadeen Hotel on Tuesday 25th October. Stephanie, from Longwood was one of eight recipients of the prestigious Godolphin sponsored awards. These awards celebrate what lies at the heart of every successful … Read more

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