How a devoted owner and skilled surgeon saved the life and career of a much-loved young stallion
Aisling Crowe tells the moving tale of Marie's Diamond in an Irish Stallion Trail-themed Bloodstock Big Read
Life at Diamond Stud was sparkling as the first breeding season at the Bellewstown, County Meath farm was meandering to a close last June.
The Group 3 Anglesey Stakes winner Marie's Diamond, who was also third in the Queen Anne, had transitioned from tough and talented racehorse to virile stallion and a brilliant cut gem for Ciaran de Barra who, although vastly experienced in the industry, was standing a stallion for the first time.
In one of those split-second incidents that is branded on De Barra's memory, the horse he believes in so passionately went from being in the prime of his life to a fight for survival.
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