TWO more stud farms owned by the late Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum were sold at auction this week. Coonan Property sold Pickering Stud, Celbridge for €3,450,000 and Windgates Stud, Celbridge for €2.1 million at public auction on Thursday, 3rd November at the K-Club Hotel, Straffan.

The properties were offered to a packed Tara Room at the K-Club with Pickering Stud going up for sale first. Bidding for the property opened at €2 million with three bidders bringing the total up to €3,350,000 before the stud was knocked down to a local farmer for €3,450,000. This sale price equates to a price per acre value of just over €34,000 per acre.