Jim Ryan

Ballyknockan Bloodstock / National hunt racing & breeding

[Jim Ryan @bridgebuachaill]

@RacingJim92 Nice work, don’t suppose you have the sires as well?

[Jim Ryan @bridgebuachaill]

@Everton @JackGrealish Papering over the cracks…

[Haras De Cercy @HarasDeCercy]

𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 !
🍀En 2026, sa plus importante génération de 3 ans en piste
🏆 Père de vainqueurs de Groupe 1
𝗨𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗲́ 𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹’𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗿 !
#harascercy #karaktar

[Jim Ryan @bridgebuachaill]

New arrival last week, @HarasColleville #galiway filly out of our black type #noriskatall mare #Shekidame. A sire on fire at the moment, stunning foal, looking forward to getting her home. #ballyknockanbloodstock

[Jim Ryan @bridgebuachaill]

@MarkWalsh Any chance of series 3?

[Jim Ryan @bridgebuachaill]

@LydiaHislop @CollingsBerry @paulcomp @TheJockeyClub The land would have been purchased subject to planning approval, too big a risk otherwise, given the outlay. The planning application should be subject to a well structured objection, a report commissioned based on the environmental impact etc. Needs a consolidated voice.

[Jim Ryan @bridgebuachaill]

@IREthoroughbred @HRIRacing @Tattersalls_ie @Goffs1866 @IrishEBF_ I’d query how successful these are when less than half of the winners noted above are from recognised NH sires. If you want to drive this agenda, then why not make a condition of entry to the races that the horse must be bought through a recognised NH sale.

[Jim Ryan @bridgebuachaill]

Smashing Doctor Dino filly arrived yesterday, out of our @coolmorestud #Getaway mare Araminx, who is a half sister to both grade 1 winner Aramon trained by @WillieMullinsNH and @CheltenhamRaces festival winner Aramax trained by @gelliott_racing #ballyknockanbloodstock #doctordino

[Jim Ryan @bridgebuachaill]

Our @HarasDeCercy #karaktar colt out of #noriskatall blaktype French mare Shekidame . Being expertly tended to by the team at haras du grugerie #ballyknockanbloodstock

[Jim Ryan @bridgebuachaill]

@Tattersalls_ie @HaroldKirk_ Delighted to have sold to a top judge, hope he is very lucky for his new owners.

[Tattersalls Ireland @Tattersalls_ie]

☝️ Lot 302, already named Eliodam, is a son of No Risk At All from the family of dual Grade 1 winner Djakadam.

🤝 Consigned by Kilbeg Stables, Willie Mullins and @HaroldKirk_ struck for a fourth time at the 𝟓𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞, purchasing him for €125,000.

[Jim Ryan @bridgebuachaill]

All set for a busy day at @Tattersalls_ie 50th derby sale which starts tomorrow, lot 189 and lot 302 are ready for inspection in barn B #bluebresil #noriskatall #winners #ballyknockanbloodstock #kilbegstables

[Jim Ryan @bridgebuachaill]

Big week ahead with the @Tattersalls_ie derby sale. We sell two, a @RathbarryStud Blue Bresil filly from a top French pedigree and a No Risk At All gelding ex a Saint des Saint mare, from the family of Djakadam, our standout lot this year #ballyknockanbloodstock #kilbegstables

[Jim Ryan @bridgebuachaill]

@HRIRacing You fail to recognise that there is a moral obligation that as governors of this industry you must uphold. Suggesting you are supportive of any legal proceedings against the lawbreakers doesn’t absolve you of your responsibilities. This is the time to act.

[Jim Ryan @bridgebuachaill]

@HRIRacing Not enough, you must do more, introduce a publicly accessible horse consensus for accountability. Ensure anyone who owns a thoroughbred contributes to its welfare for the rest of its life (as adopted in France). We need to do more to protect our industry and its social licence.

[Jim Ryan @bridgebuachaill]

@Goffs1866 Arkle sale, lot 40 @coolmorestud Walk in the park gelding ex Westerner Lady. Barn D Box 32, selling Tuesday morning.

[Jim Ryan @bridgebuachaill]

@michaellooby2 @Goffs1866 @coolmorestud Thanks Michael, I look forward to seeing you there. He’s a big stamp of a horse, nice loose mover, hopefully there will be a few there for him 🤞

[Jim Ryan @bridgebuachaill]

First sale of the year next week, @Goffs1866 #arkle sale, first up from our 2024 draft is a @coolmorestud Walk in the park gelding ex fantastic race mare Westerner Lady. A big imposing 16.2hh horse by this year’s champion NH sire #ballyknockanbloodstock #kilbegstables #winners

[Jim Ryan @bridgebuachaill]

Congratulations to winning connections of Tarras Wood, winning the maiden hurdle today in Huntington @PFNicholls @TMBloodstock. A graduate of #KilbegStables / #BallyknockanBloodstock and looks like he’s on an upward curve, purchased at the @Goffs1866 Land Rover sale.

[Jim Ryan @bridgebuachaill]

@AP_McCoy Excellent initiative, I hope the same approach is adopted in Ireland soon. High transparency with the welfare of the horse central to all we do in the sport.