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Eyrfield Lodge, The Curragh
Eyrefield Lodge Stud, The Curragh, Co Kildare Status: Placed for sale through Jordan Auctioneers in late June seeking €4 million, just gone sale agreed.
There was just something about
Eyrefield Lodge Stud on the Curragh in sunny late June. The Athgarvan estate and its owners Edmund and Sue Loder evoked a faraway era of race days and champion homecomings and all round horsey obsession. Every brick and blade of grass at Eyrefield and its 64.7 hectares (160 acres) was imbued with racing history. Edmund had inherited Eyrefield from his uncle 50 years ago. Knowing only a little about horses, and a lot about gardening he gradually grew the equine interest to continue Eyrefield’s training success and indulged the othe