Ultra Thoroughbred Racing
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Thoroughbred Racing & Horse breeding Farm |
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| Industry | Thoroughbred Horse racing |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Australia |
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Key people
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Sean Buckley owner, Dr Toby Koenig (General Manager) & Norm Saade (Racing Manager) |
Ultra Thoroughbred Racing Pty Ltd is a racing syndicate and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses based in Melbourne, Victoria and owned by Sean Buckley. Although based in Melbourne, the company has significant interests throughout Australia, with land holdings in Victoria and the Hunter Valley in New South Wales.
‘Barree Stud’, set over some 400 acres and located in Willowmavin in north eastern Victoria originally served as the breeding, spelling and pre-training centre for the company when it was first purchased. As the company has developed, Barree has been redeveloped into a world-class pre-training, spelling and rehabilitation centre. During this process, the company’s breeding operations have moved elsewhere. Facilities include a 2000m sand track for workouts, equine water walker and swimming pool, treadmill, hyperbaric chamber and hydrotherapy equipment.
In the early days of Ultra Thoroughbreds, the company focused on the purchase of quality race mares, as well as quality mares already at stud, rather than solely purchasing yearling fillies with the view of retirement to stud in the future. This has included the purchase of stock throughout the world, notably from South Africa and New Zealand, as well as domestically in Australia.
Over the years, Ultra Thoroughbreds has diversified, now purchasing stock at all stages of development, including a recent focus on ‘two year old in training’ sales both here and abroad. This is in addition to the company’s interest in purchasing weanlings, yearlings, tried horses and broodmares, depending on the need at the time and the market conditions. Ultra Thoroughbreds is also an active participant in the sale of these groups of horses. They have had broad success with a variety of winning thoroughbred horses throughout Australia, as well as success in South Africa, New Zealand and at Royal Ascot in the United Kingdom.
In 2014, Ultra Thoroughbreds moved its entire breeding operation to the NSW Hunter Valley, where it purchased Golden Grove Stud (Denman) with breeding partner G&C Pastoral Company owner Vivian Oldfield. Although early in the history of this new venture, the stud has found success quickly and is proving to have an outstanding runners to winners strike rate at the racecourse. With the growth of the breeding operation, Golden Grove Stud has expanded in the 2016 season to nearby Riverslea Farm, with views to develop this into a centre of excellence for the stud’s young produce.
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