Former Coolmore Stud employee loses 'frivolous' defamation claim

A former Coolmore Stud worker, who authored a controversial book on the business of his former employer after quitting his job there, has lost a High Court defamation claim against the Co Tipperary racehorse breeder.

William Jones’ book, titled “The Black Horse Inside Coolmore,” was taken off booksellers’ shelves and dropped from commercial websites after solicitors on behalf of the stud wrote to them alleging the book contained damaging and untrue material regarding Coolmore, its clients, customers, owners and staff.