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Welcome to Kennedy Equine Centre, home of the Kennedy Family. Kennedy Equine Centre was first named in 1992 with the opening to the public of our riding school & livery facilities. The stud side of the business started in Caherwisheen just after we moved to Tralee in 1986. Glidawn Diamond returned to the yard in the Spring of '87 to take residence as our first stallion to stand at Caherwisheen Stud. He holds the coveted position as the founding sire of our bloodlines & hopefully he will do so well into the future. As the first years at stud rolled by the yard became known as 'Kennedys', when the school opened it followed that we were known as 'Kennedy Equine Centre' & hence when our stock started jumping, the horses carried the 'K.E.C.' prefix, jumping in all the young horse classes. Some of our exports still jump under the K.E.C. prefix; K.E.C. Double Diamond in the U.S., K.E.C. Destiny, K.E.C. Texas, KEC Akrobat, KEC Prima Ballerina in Italy, KEC Pandora in Germany & K.E.C. Saras Diamond in Barbados! We have expanded the Stud, now including top class stallions; Aldatus Z, Corghano, Sunny Boy, Marmite D'or , , Oke Boy , KEC Maximum Joe , Defi Platiere , Chacoa & KEC Diamond Millinium. Maltstriker & Glidawn Diamond have now retired but they have left us with their youngsters & broodmares. New for the 2007 Season was the KWPN & IHR registered Stallion Lancelot who was very busy last season. KEC Bluejay Diamond has been sold to Padraig Leacy, Enniscorthy & will join his stud for 2008, we wish him well in his new home. The Public Riding School has now closed to concentrate on the stud & the production of our young horses. Most of the horses we compete are conceived, born, reared, broken & ridden on Kennedy property. K.E.C. Alicante, Champion 4 Year Old in '03, was born in Caherwisheen, his dam line goes back with our family almost 30 years! We pride ourselves on producing horses for the ever changing market & we aim to produce horses for riders of all grades, from the amateur rider to the professional. The Horse Industry is moving very quickly, it is now an international business. We are continuously evolving our business to produce the Irish Sport Horse that can compete with the big 'Power Jumpers' produced from Continental Lines. We are continuing our breeding policy by importing Top Class Continental Bloodlines to cross with our Irish Sport Horse Mares to produce power, but more importantly, trying to keep the agile mind & technique of the Irish Draught. We always have a wide variety of horses for sale from Foals to Competition Horses. Please feel free to contact us if you have any queries on any of the items included on the site. |
Our new yard, Kennedy's Dohyle House Stud, opened on Saturday 17th February 2007 with SJAI Shows, see SJAI Bulletin for schedule. This is a new facility just 20 minutes from Limerick City & is 1km off the Rathkeale by-pass on the Pallaskenry Road. It has state of the art facilities and will produce our youngsters for Showjumping & Eventing. It is based on 110 acres of the finest rolling limestone land & will give us more space & scope to expand into bigger shows & more facilities for training our young horses. We hope to also provide training clinics & working student training for young riders from at home & abroad. Please stay tuned for more news & information. The Stud business will be based at Dohyle for the start of the Stud Season, 2008. If you are interested in a Working Student Placement please contact us. |