Topline
A bequest equestrian property owned by the family of precocious Ryanair co-founder and almost-billionaire Tony Ryan will beryllium portion of this year’s invitation-only Keeneland Championship Sale astatine a listing value of $57.5 million.
The Castleton Farm successful Lexington, Kentucky.
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Key Facts
Known arsenic Castleton Farm, the property spans much than 950 acres and is anchored by a Greek Revival mansion making love to 1840.Castleton, listed by Bluegrass Sotheby’s International Realty this week, includes 10 residential homes and 16 barns pinch 268 full equine stalls.
The spot boasts a postulation of architectural landmarks including celebrated chromatic information tower, ornate ironwork gates, tree-lined drives, historical barns, covered span and a uncommon equine cemetery arsenic a monument to the racing champions raised connected the property.
The workplace is celebrated successful the racing world for breeding and raising immoderate of the astir celebrated horses successful the sport, and is wide regarded arsenic the most-photographed property successful Kentucky, per Sotheby's.
The property will beryllium offered for waste successful October done the invitation-only Keeneland Championship Sale, an auction held annually during the week of the Breeders' Cup successful Lexington and traditionally offering items for illustration interests successful Breeders' Cup contenders, stallion shares and breeding rights.
An 1840 Greek Revival mansion astatine Castleton Farms.
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One of 10 residential homes connected the Castleton Farms property.
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SURPRISING FACT
Castleton was featured successful the 2005 Disney movie "Dreamer," astir a equine trainer (Kurt Russell) and his precocious daughter, played by Dakota Fanning.
Key background
Castleton was established successful the precocious 1790s aft John Breckinridge, a early U.S. senator, bought 2,467 acres adjacent Lexington, Kentucky. The spot passed to his daughter, whose hubby David Castleman built the still-standing Greek Revival mansion and named the property aft his family. Wall Street financier James Keene bought the spot successful the 1890s and turned it into the Thoroughbred racing powerhouse it’s known arsenic today. The spot produced aliases raced 113 stakes winners betwixt 1893 and 1911 including Hall of Fame horses specified arsenic Domino, Ben Brush and Peter Pan. Frances Dodge Johnson, girl of automobile pioneer John Dodge, bought Castleton successful 1945 and expanded its cognition to see Standardbred and American Saddlebred horses. Ryanair co-founder Tony Ryan bought the spot for $14 million, renamed it Castleton Lyons aft his Irish property Lyons Demesne and began an extended restoration that included renovating barns, planting much than 2,000 trees and restoring the mansion. Ryan's son, Shane Ryan, has tally it arsenic a Thoroughbred breeding cognition ever since and is now looking to sell.
A barn astatine Castleton Farms.
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FORBES VALUATION
Forbes estimated Ryan to beryllium worthy $730 cardinal successful 2003, 4 years earlier his death. He was posthumously described by The Sunday Times arsenic a billionaire worthy astir $1.1 cardinal and was classed seventh connected the publication's database of Ireland's richest people. He died a awesome Ryanair stockholder and number proprietor of Singapore-based Tiger Airways.
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