Huma Park Stud To Be Sold Co Kildare-based Huma Park Stud, which has become one of Ireland´s most progressive stallion farms since being set up in 2002, is to be offered for sale later this year.Hubie de Burgh and Marc de Chambure, the stud´s founders, currently stand the outstanding Group 1 winners Rakti and Elusive City but the difficulty in acquiring new stallion prospects has been a factor in their decision to put Huma Park Stud on the market.The stud has been developed into a state-of-the-art facility since its establishment four years ago and now boasts 254 acres, 100 boxes and a capacity for at least four stallions.Huma Park Stud is located on prime land next to the K Club, home to this year´s Ryder Cup, and is close to many other major stud farms and just 10 minutes from Goffs and 20 minutes from Tattersalls Ireland. It will be offered for sale in September by Maynooth-based W A Coonan Auctioneers. No decision has been taken on where Rakti and Elusive City will stand after the stud´s sale.Hubie de Burgh said today: 'This is a not a decision we have taken lightly, we built Huma Park as a stallion farm and had hoped to stand a minimum of four stallions and expand from there. 'We have two excellent Group 1 performers in Elusive City and Rakti but we have found it increasingly difficult to gain access to the stallions we desire and are therefore unable to participate at the level we feel is needed in the ever increasingly competitive stallion market.'
