In March, it emerged that Ballyhane Stud and the British racehorse owner Steven Parkin had ended their racing and bloodstock business relationship.  Ballyhane Stud, a well-regarded Co Carlow stud farm led by Joe Foley, had worked with Parkin for more than two decades, enjoying a string of multiple successes. The vast majority of Parkin’s horses ran under the grey silks of Clipper Logistics, a highly successful logistics firm established by Parkin. The two sides had a close relationship. “We’re nearly like family and I treat him like a brother,” Parkin once said about his bloodstock adviser Foley. The discontinuance of…

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