BallylinchStud

One of Ireland's leading stud farms with Gr.1 winning stallions; Bayside Boy, Look de Vega, Lope de Vega, Make Believe, & New Bay.

[BallylinchStud @BallylinchStud]

🌊NEW BAY is in red hot form!🔥

🎩After siring 2⃣winners at Royal Ascot, NEW BAY has kept that momentum rolling with 6⃣Blacktype Horses in the last 30 days:
🥇Jennifer Jane - Gr.3
🥇Persica - L
🥇Anspruch - L
🥈Alcantor - L
🥈New Ground - L
🥉Alburno - Gr.3

👏Congratulations to all their connections.

[Racing Post Bloodstock @rpbloodstock]

"Thankfully, it's worked out, as the sire has been very successful."

Unbeaten Arapaho Gold shining for breeder Newlands House Stud

Read more here 👉 https://t.co/zEeEZOEeAx

[BallylinchStud @BallylinchStud]

🗞 @KittyTrice interviews Patrick Burns of Newlands House Stud in the @RacingPost

🏝Patrick bred BAYSIDE BOY's first Stakes winner.

🔗 Click here to read ➡️ https://t.co/99ztifCMHY

[BallylinchStud @BallylinchStud]

🌊NEW BAY sires very impressive debut winner!

🏰Castlemont absolutely flies home, running an 11.00s furlong, to take the 10f Maiden @WindsorRaces under @WilliamBuickX for @godolphin

👏Congratulations to breeder James Wigan, who sold him for 375,000gns at @Tattersalls1766 December Foal Sale.

[At The Races @AtTheRaces]

A well-related winner at @WindsorRaces 🔵

Castlemont - a full-brother to Bay Bridge - tastes success first time out for Charlie Appleby, @WilliamBuickX and @godolphin...

[BallylinchStud @BallylinchStud]

🏆LOPE DE VEGA - Europe's Leading Blacktype Sire!

🇪🇺 Since the beginning of 2024, Lope de Vega has sired an outstanding 92 Blacktype Horses in Europe - more than any other stallion.

Source: Arion Pedigrees

[BallylinchStud @BallylinchStud]

🇺🇸 LOPE DE VEGA dominates in the USA!

The global super sire is the Leading European-based sire in North America in 2026 by:
🥇Progeny Earnings
🥇Group Winners
🥇Stakes Winners
🥇Blacktype Horses
🥇Winners

Source: @BloodHorse

[BallylinchStud @BallylinchStud]

🌳Another Ballylinch Graduate strikes on debut!

🥇Great Oak wins the 6f 2yo Novice @ayrracecourse under @CliffordleexLee & @karl_burke

👏Congratulations to his co-breeder & co-owner @EcurieCharmes

[French and International Horse Racing @Vincenzo0612]

🇬🇧EBF Novice Stakes @ayrracecourse
Ayr - Classe 4 - 2 ans - 1207m - 3 Pts - 9 837 £

🏆Great Oak (m2) 🏇Clifford Lee @CliffordleexLee
📖(#Mehmas (Ire) @TallyHoStud - Stamina (Gb) par Oasis Dream (Gb))

🕶️K R Burke
🎩Ballylinch Stud & Ecurie Des Charmes @BallylinchStud @EcurieCharmes

[Tally-Ho Stud @TallyHoStud]

🌟 An across-the-card 2yo double for MEHMAS! And both for owners @BallylinchStud & Ecurie des Charmes!

GREAT OAK makes a successful debut @karl_burke @ayrracecourse

CEZEMBRE off the mark on debut for @GraffardRacing at Vichy 🇫🇷

[BallylinchStud @BallylinchStud]

🇮🇪 MAKE BELIEVE - Ireland’s Best Value Stallion!

🥇 No stallion standing in Ireland for €40,000 or less has sired more worldwide Group winners.

Source: @theTDN

[BallylinchStud @BallylinchStud]

🌊NEW BAY strikes twice over the weekend!

🥇Jennifer Jane wins the Gr.3 Prix Chloe @fgchantilly for @Johnston_Racing

🥇Persica takes the Listed Steventon Stakes @NewburyRacing for @rhannonracing

👏Congratulations to all connections.

[EBN @bloodstocknews]

First Stakes winner for BAYSIDE BOY🟢🟠

🥇ARAPAHO GOLD wins the Listed Rose Bowl Stakes at Newbury

He is unbeaten in 3 starts💥

Congratulations to all connections🥂

➡️https://t.co/SXU5RJASKP

[EBN @bloodstocknews]

🟠🟢LOPE DE VEGA🟢🟠

1⃣8⃣th Stakes winner of 2026

🏆PROGRAM TRADING wins the Gr.2 United Nations Stakes at Monmouth Park

Congratulations to breeder Fittocks Farm & Arrow Farm🥂

➡️https://t.co/whJOGOKhKe

[BallylinchStud @BallylinchStud]

🌳BALLYLINCH sires are flying! All of our stallions were represented by Stakes winners over the weekend!*

🥇Lope de Vega - Program Trading (G2) & Geryon (G3)
🥇New Bay - Jennifer Jane (G3) & Persica (L)
🥇Make Believe - Vina Arana (G2)
🥇Bayside Boy - Arapaho Gold (L)

*stallions with foals of racing age

[BallylinchStud @BallylinchStud]

🥇MAKE BELIEVE sires magnificent Gr.2 winner!

🏇Vina Arana is a dominant 4 length winner of the 8f Gr.2 Nassau Stakes @WoodbineTB under @ABeschizza for @JackSisterson

🧸Congratulations to breeder @BarryLynch1 of Funcheon Bloodstock, who sold her as a yearling at @Goffs1866

[FanDuel Racing @FanDuel_Racing]

A beautiful run from #4 VINA ARANA to win the $200,000 Nassau Stakes (G2) at @WoodbineTB under @ABeschizza. @JackSisterson trains the daughter of Make Believe.

[BallylinchStud @BallylinchStud]

🌊 NEW BAY sires 3yo Group winner!

🏅 Jennifer Jane wins the 9f gr.3 Prix Chloé @fgchantilly

🐎 Under @silvdsousa for @johnston_racing

👏 Congratulations to breeders @mickflanagan1 & Rosetown as well as @barodastudire who sold her at @tattersals_ie as a yearling.

[Equidia @equidia]

🏆 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗲 (S. de Sousa - C. Johnston) s'impose dans le Darley Prix Chloé (Gr.3) à Chantilly.

Elle s'offre la plus belle victoire de sa carrière.

[French and International Horse Racing @Vincenzo0612]

🇫🇷Darley Prix Chloe @fgchantilly
Chantilly - Groupe 3 - Femelles - 3 ans - 1800m - 7 Pts - 73 200 €

🏆 🥇Jennifer Jane (f3) (Iree) 🏇Silvestre De Sousa @SilvDSousa
🥈Pierchic
🥉Lethal Beauty

📖(New Bay (Gb) @BallylinchStud - Enlace (Gb) par Shamardal (Usa))

🕶️Charlie Johnston @Johnston_Racing
🎩Russell Trew & Townbracca
🐎Rathbran House Stud

[Racing Post Bloodstock @rpbloodstock]

New Bay's smart daughter Jennifer Jane lands a first Group 3 win in the Darley Prix Chloe.

The filly was bred by Rathbran House Stud and Rosetown Bloodstock out of the winning Shamardal mare Enlace, herself a daughter of stakes-winning sprinter Crossover.

Jennifer Jane sold to Charlie Johnston for €50,000 at the 2024 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale.

[BallylinchStud @BallylinchStud]

🏆LOPE DE VEGA sires 4️⃣ Stakes Horses in 4️⃣ days!

🥇Program Trading - United Nations Gr.2
🥇Geryon - Meld Gr.3
🥈Green Carrera- Cairn Rouge L
🥉Sandtrap - De La Rose Stakes

📈LOPE DE VEGA sired more Blacktype Horses than any stallion standing in Europe in both 2024 and 2025, and already has 42 Blacktype Horses in 2026!