Coolmore has won the John Deere Award as outstanding breeder of the 2016 Breeders' Cup Challenge Series and Breeders' Cup World Championships with six winners, including GI Breeders' Cup Turf winner Highland Reel (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who also captured the G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. Darley finished second with four winners.
NTRA Advantage and John Deere will award a John Deere TS Gator Utility Vehicle to Coolmore, who finished second to Ken and Sarah Ramsey in this competition last year.
“We congratulate Coolmore on the remarkable performances of their progeny during the summer and fall in our Challenge series and with Highland Reel in the Longines Breeders' Cup Turf to win the John Deere Award,” said Craig Fravel, Breeders' Cup President and CEO. “We also thank John Deere and NTRA Advantage for their commitment to this award, and in recognition of the vital contributions that breeders have brought to the Breeders' Cup program since our inception.”
“We are very proud to have bred these magnificent horses who have gone on to win Group 1 races in the Breeders' Cup Challenge races here in Ireland and England, and then with Highland Reel in the Championships at Santa Anita,” said Christy Grassick, General Manager of Coolmore Ireland “We also salute John Deere for their sponsorship of the award and their tribute to breeders of Thoroughbred racehorses.”
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