Meon Valley Stud
| Private | |
| Industry | Horse racing |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Headquarters | Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, United Kingdom |
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Key people
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Egon Weinfeld, founder Mark Weinfeld, owner; |
| Website | meonvalleystud.co.uk |
Meon Valley Stud is a horse breeding farm, based at Dean Farm Bishop's Waltham in Hampshire. Founded in 1980 by Egon Weinfeld, it has produced numerous major winners.
Dean Farm had been the training base of Bill Wightman, best known for handling the steeplechaser Halloween. After Wightman left the farm after the Second World War the land was used for arable farming before being acquired in 1979 by Egon Weinfeld (1928–2013) who founded the Meon Valley Stud. Weinfeld was an Austrian-born businessman who had come to Britain as an eleven-year-old refugee and had established Helena Springfield Ltd as a successful textile business. John Gosden described him as "an extraordinary breeder and a brilliant man". The stud's homebred horses raced in the colours of Helena Springfield Ltd, which were black with white spots and a white cap. After Weinfeld's death in 2013 the management of the stud was taken over by his son Mark. The stud sells most of its produce at auction but often keeps back the best of its fillies as potential broodmares.
The stud's four foundation mares were Home And Away, One In A Million, Odeon and Reprocolor who were purchased for Weinfeld by the bloodstock agent Richard Galpin.
One in a Million was bought for 18,500 guineas at Tattersalls Houghton Sale in October 1977. She was an outstanding racehorse who won the Nell Gwyn Stakes, 1000 Guineas and Coronation Stakes in 1979. Her descendants have included Milligram, One So Wonderful, Kissogram (Sun Chariot Stakes), Speedy Boarding (Prix Jean Romanet, Prix de l'Opera), Alnasr Alwasheek (Dante Stakes), Relatively Special (Rockfel Stakes) and Sun Boat (San Diego Handicap). One in a Million died in 1992 at the age of 16.
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