Horse trainer adds €1.5m farm to holding

THERE has been a flurry of land sales in North Cork recently, much of it associated with the bloodstock industry.

Jim Culloty, the three-in-a-row Cheltenham Gold Cup winning rider and now a racehorse trainer, has added on to his Mount Corbett holding in Churchtown, with the purchase of a local farm of about 100 acres.

The property is believed to have been bought for around €1.5 million through auctioneer Christy Buckley. It is now being used for an uphill gallop, according to Mr Culloty. The trainer is still renovating his Mount Corbett House property, having hoped to be in situ for Christmas, but the listed, 5,000 square foot residence is taking longer than expected to restore.