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06 Sept 2025

Kilkenny stud farm sells filly for €3.2 million

Thomastown stud farm delighted with price

Expensive daughter!

A daughter of this sire, Galileo was sold for €3.2 million yesterday by a County Kilkenny stud farm

A filly bred at Ballylinch Stud, adjacent to Mount Juliet, Thomastown was sold yesterday for a staggering €3.2 million.

A daughter of top sire, Galileo which stands at Coolmore, over the border in Tipperary was sold at the Goffs Orby sale.

The seven-figure sum still raised eyebrows as the highest amount paid for a yearling in the world this year.

John O'Connor, of Ballylinch Stud, said everyone was ecstatic at the €3.2 million price tag achieved for the filly.

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