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Kilboy Estate
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  • Owner(s): Shane Ryan
  • Family: wife Lorraine ... Is the youngest son of Tony Ryan, the aviation entrepreneur, founder of Ryanair and owner of Castleton Lyons Stud in Kentucky, who died on Oct. 3, 2007 at age 71 after a long battle against cancer ... Shane's brother, Cathal, owner of Swordlestown Stud in County Kildare, died in December, 2007
  • Location: Silvermines, Dolla, County Tipperary, Ireland
  • Racing Background: For more information, also see the bio on Castleton Lyons
  • Racing Career: In Ireland, Kilboy Estate has horses in training with Edward Lynam, Tom Hogan, Dermot Weld and both Kevin and Paddy Prendergast ... Homebred multiple stakes winner Duff leads the Kilboy stable in Europe, with three wins and a second, all in graded stakes, from seven starts in 2009. ... Other winners include homebreds Swilly Ferry, by Wiseman's Ferry, who formerly stood at Castleton Lyons, and Karma Lina. Through October 23, Kilboy Estate had seven wins from 41 starts in England and Ireland in 2009.
  • Breeding/Racing Operation: Managed by Sean Dunne, Kilboy Estate covers 350 acres in Silvermines, and also owns the successful young sire, Modigliani, who stands at Greentree Stud. ... Mares owned by Shane Ryan also reside at his Lexington, Kentucky farm, Castleton Lyons, producing Kilboy Estate-bred runners in North America. Some are sold, and others run in America under the green silks of Castleton Lyons. ... Gio Ponti, owned by Castleton Lyons, was the first Breeders' Cup starter bred by Kilboy Estate. ... The colt was dealt his first loss in the 2007 Juvenile Turf, finishing eighth. He returns in 2009 as the divisional leader already on turf, with four G1 wins and a close second, and will try the Breeders' Cup Classic over Santa Anita's Pro-Ride, a surface over which he already has a G3 victory. ... Owned by Waratah Thoroughbreds, G1 winner Miss World also was bred by Kilboy Estate, and her dam, Moonstar, resides at Castleton Lyons. Miss World has a 2-year-old full sister in training with Brian Meehan in England and a weanling full brother. Gio Ponti's dam, Chipeta Springs, also resides at Castleton Lyons, and is the dam of additional graded stakes winner Bon Jovi Girl, a 2-year-old full brother to Bon Jovi Girl named Man On the Moon, a weanling filly by Bernstein, and has been bred back to both Bernstein and Unbridled's Song. ... Duff's dam, Shining Prospect, resides at Kilboy Estate, and has a 2-year-old filly by Oasis Dream named Tweedy, also with Eddie Lynam in Ireland, a Modigliani weanling filly, and is in foal to Modigliani. 

Breeders' Cup Record
Starts1st2nd3rdEarnings
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2007Juvenile TurfGio Ponti8th

NOTE: Bio stats include North American and selected international races. Click here to view selected international race list. Biographies on jockeys, trainers and owners are from the Breeders' Cup World Championships events from 2001 through 2009, and are intended as informational resources. Biographies will be updated if an individual is again a participant in the Breeders' Cup World Championships. Biographies are available for most horses appearing in the top 100 money earnings list, and/or for those who are frequently making headlines in the news starting with the 2006 Triple Crown season.
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