Other Yorkshire Studs - F
Foston
Stud
Foston, Flaxton, York, North Yorkshire
Owner: Charles Booth & John Porteous
Type: Private
Notes: Foston Stud is the name given to the
small private stud run by well-known former Yorkshire trainer Charles
Booth in partnership with his former owner John
Porteous, who owned the best-known graduate of the stud - the
game filly Saphire who, trained by Booth, won 2 races and
£23,964 and was placed 2nd in the Dragon Trophy L and
3rd.in the Cecil Frail S L. In total the
partnership had 7 mares, and following his retirement from
training in January 2005 Booth said he would be devoting all his
time to the breeding enterprise. As well as Saphire they have
also bred Sant Jordi (02 c Cape Cross - Foresta Verde) who was
third in the Beresford Stakes G2 in 2004. In
addition Booth and Porteous are in Partnership with the
Cockerill's at Providence Stud,
using the name Proton Partnership, and this alliance hit the
headlines in 2005 when Kandidate (Kabool - Valleyrose) was third
in the both the 2,000 Guineas G1 and the Craven
Stakes G3. He also started 2006 well, winning a
valuable handicap in Dubai before landing the Doncaster Mile L
at Lingfield, the Rosebery Handicap at Kempton and the
Gala Stakes L at Sandown, later in the season he
was third in the Winter Hill Stakes G3 before
finally landing his first group win when taking the 2006
September Stakes G3 on Kempton's All-Weather
track. The following year Kandidate gained his second group win
when registering a facile victory in the Haafhd Al Maktoum
Challenge RII G3 at Nad Al Sheba, a race in
which he was second the following year, also running well to win
the Magnolia Stakes L in 2008. Unfortunately the
dam had been sold in 2003 for 95,000gns, but this still
represents an excellent return on their original investment.
Given that they seem to be selling all their stock in Ireland
over the last couple of years I'm beginning to wonder if they may
have moved !
Friar
Ings Stud
Barden Moor, Leyburn
Owner: Mark & Deirdre Johnston
Type: Private
Notes: Friar Ings Farm with 133 acres was bought
by Mark Johnston in 2016. In the distant past the farm had been
owned by Sir Eric Ohlson, owner and breeder of Dante, who traded
under the name 'Friars Ings Stud' , although his breeding stock,
including the aforementioned Dante, were actually raised at Manor House Stud. Johnston has
previously kept mares at Kingsley Park, most famously Screen Star
(dam of Lumiere) and at the time of writing the majority of the
breeding stock are still kept in Middleham (see Park Farm). However the
eventual aim is to transfer a significant proportion of the
breeding stock to Friar Ings, and the Johnston's have already
started to use the name 'Friar Ings Stud' when selling stock,
including in December 2018, a Showcasing colt out of Duchess Dora
for 120,000gns at the December Foal Sales, the colt having been
purchased in utero the previous year for 40,000gns. The stated
rationale behind the breeding operation is to utilise annual
nominations in stallions formerly trained by Johnston ; Duchess
Dora for example having been purchased to send to The Last Lion.
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