Sweet Wall is the name of our stud but it originally was the name of a racehorse. From the famous non-thoroughbred "Dark Eyes" family she was a multiple winner including 13 consecutive wins. The Irish Cambridgeshire was amongst her victories. She belonged to Charles L MacKean, father-in-law of Mrs Patricia MacKean and, therefore grandfather of Georgia Stubington. This tradition of owning and breeding thoroughbreds continued through Charles's son George who owned amongst others the filly Scarf. However after the war with bloodstock prices just beginning to rise George decided to give up ownership and it wasn't until 1985 the family got back into thoroughbred breeding again.

Florida Son was the first TB stallion purchased for the new venture and what a servant he has proved to be getting the Irish Champion chaser Florida Pearl. It has only been in recent years that he has attracted larger books of mares that make his success all the more commendable.

Other stallions have been Sweet Wall residents, Classic Memory - who has a contender for the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham this year, Law of the Wise and Arc Bright, all of whom are now deceased but not forgotten.

Now it's the turn of the top class racehorse Posidonas, and the well-connected Medaille Militaire. Their individual pages will fill you in on their performances and pedigrees.

It's the fashion for business nowadays to have a mission statement - what would Sweet Wall's be? I think...

"To provide mare owners with sound, good-looking and successful stallions and to look after their mares as if they are our own."

When Florida Son came to stand at Sweet Wall in 1985, Colin McKeever came to be Stud Groom. He also held a National Hunt Trainer’s License. Gradually over the years, the training side grew and eventually Colin trained 30 NH horses and hardly ever saw a mare covered!

Colin has a great eye for a young horse and has bought and trained such horses as Trucker’s Tavern, Forget the Past and Philson Run - all now black type Chase winners. Station Island and Bay Island are among the many he produced to win in England and we follow Sweet Wall graduates with interest.

When we sold Burnside Farm in 2003, Colin moved next door back to where he started at Loughanmore to train for Wilson Dennison. We thank him for nearly 19 years of hard work and good humour and wish him continued success.

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