One of the trophies on display in the board room of the offices at Ballylinch Stud is the Connolly’s Red Mills/The Irish Field Breeder of the Year Award for 2013-14. It is one of many recent accolades accumulated by the stud, a farm which has recently changed hands.

The new ownership by John Malone heralds another milestone in the century long history of this most famous of nurseries.