Billionaire racehorse owner dies at 52

Eamon Cleary

Irish racehorse possessor Eamon Cleary has died at his stud farm inwards Kentucky on Sat later on a six-month battle amongst cancer. He was aged 52.

Cleary, who established Clearsky Farms inwards Lexington inwards 2009, was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, as well as established businesses inwards Europe, South America, New Zealand as well as the US.

Involved amongst horses since 1987, he raced horses inwards several countries as well as his best horses included included the Group One winner Rags to Riches (NZ), as well as  champion steeplechasers Rand as well as Real Tonic.

Cleary was oftentimes inwards the top-10 of New Zealand’s Rich List, amongst his worth estimated past times the National Business Review at $1.2 billion before this year.

In Republic of Ireland he built a large agriculture render company, only sold it as well as moved to New Zealand inwards 1994. He laid out invested inwards farms inwards the North Island, before moving to Central Otago.

Cleary established the Chair inwards Irish Gaelic Studies at the University of Otago in 2006. Professor Peter Kuch told the Otago Daily Times that  Cleary gave “a meaning sum of money” to the university.

Cleary likewise owned the 22,000 hectare Coronet Peak Station, which was sold concluding twelvemonth to Soho Property, the fellowship of tape producer Robert ‘Mutt’ Lange, the old hubby of vocalist Shania Twain.

Despite becoming a resident of Malta, Cleary notwithstanding owned belongings as well as province inwards New Zealand as well as visited to purchase horses.

Eamon Cleary is survived past times 8 children.

 

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