SPORT HORSE BREEDERS
Our Pedigree Of Success
Our Passion & Business
Ballaghafadda House Stud is a sport horse breeding business, founded in 2021 and based in Clarecastle, Co. Clare, Ireland. The business focuses on quality over quantity, delivering on breeding top level sport horses for the sport.
All our stallions are carefully selected from jumping pedigrees. We can also source horses for our customers. Please feel free to contact us and we will help you identify the correct equine partner for you.
OUR VISION:
At Ballaghafadda House Stud our vision is to provide our customers with the highest level of sport horse that suits their needs and adds value for investment. When we see our horses matched to the correct customer, and the knock-on effect of that customer being delighted with their purchase, it gives us a sense of enormous wellbeing.
Our Company Values
Customer Focus
Ballaghafadda House Stud is in tune with our customers, the modern sport, and the genetic makeup our equine partners require to be competitive.
Integrity
We conduct ourselves with integrity and honesty as individuals, as a team, and as a business.
Quality
Our team strives to provide our customers with the highest level of quality possible, through all aspects of our business; breeding, horse-trading, horse management, and training.
Our History
The foundation for Ballaghafadda House Stud is something that has been laid down through three family generations of the Lyons family. It is suitably typified by my grandfather’s reconditioned cavesson which is still used to this day. My grandfather Michael ‘Miko’ Lyons, broke young horses with this cavesson down by the banks of the river Fergus which flows through the village of Clarecastle in county Clare, on the west coast of Ireland. Passed down through the generations, knowledge, horsemanship and animal husbandry combined.
My late father, Patrick Lyons, and my uncle Michael Lyons, grew up with horses who were used to work the land on their farm at Knocknamana, Clarecastle. Horses were the centerpiece of their world for the selfless work and determination they showed. And now, all those years later, at ‘Ballaghafadda House Stud’, Clarecastle, those same values and work ethic holds true.
My father Patrick Lyons bred the first foal born at Ballaghafadda back in 2006. In doing so, a path was forged. Tradition, passion, and love of nature has been forever instilled in what we do here at Ballaghafadda House Stud as we continue sport horse breeding into the future in this beautiful part of the world.
Owner, Barry Lyons: We look forward to speaking with you in relation to our breeding business or indeed connecting you to your dream horse.
Please contact Barry Lyons on +353 87 4164 957 or via email on info@ballaghafaddahousestud.ie.
Our Mission Statement
Our mission is to breed and source top level sport horses and become recognised for the quality of equine athlete produced in the sport.
Our Team
Barry Lyons
Barry is the business owner. He oversees the Breeding & Horse-Trading elements of the business. Barry holds qualifications in Medical Software Quality Assurance from the University of Limerick, Specialist Diploma in Medical Device Science from the National University of Ireland Galway and a Bachelor of Science Hons Degree in Applied Physics from the University of Limerick. He has an extensive background working in Quality and Biomedical Engineering Projects within the Medical Device Industry.
However, his most treasured qualification is his Fetac Level 5 in Horse Breeding Management attained from Teagasc. When he is not busy with the horses, he enjoys playing some traditional Irish music on his button accordion.
Imelda Lyons
Imelda is our Stable Manager. She oversees the running of the yard and ensures everything is operating as intended day to day. She has a wealth of knowledge on horses.
Also, she is a good sounding post to talk through ideas with and is always there to point the team in the right direction. For some downtime, she enjoys listening and dancing to country music.
Client Testimonials
“Ballaghafadda House Stud bred a nice, correct, athletic foal which caught my eye. They kept the foal post sale until it was ready to be weaned. They delivered the foal to my stable in excellent condition“
John
“Once I contacted Ballaghafadda House Stud, they were open on the traits they feel their stallion would pass on to his progeny. We scheduled a viewing and I was really impressed with the resident stallion they have on show”
Patrick
“Barry was very considerate to my needs. He found a lovely mare for me to ride and enjoy. In time I may decide to breed off of her as she also has a super pedigree”
Marie