FIFTY years ago Sodium won the Irish Sweeps Derby, beating the Epsom Derby hero Charlottown by a length. In doing so he provided Kilcarn Stud in Co Meath with one of the numerous classic success that it was to become synonymous with over many years.
The stud farm was founded in 1943 by Major Edward ‘Ned’ O’Kelly, father of the present owner Miss Pat O’Kelly. He bred Sodium and the colt later that same year went on to add the St Leger at Doncaster to his list of successes.
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