Trainer Matthew Smith and wife Melissa with their horse Californian Man at Warwick Farm. Picture: Brett Costello
The Australian horse racing legacy will continue at Luskin Park in the Hunter Valley with Warwick Farm-based horse trainer Matthew Smith
and his wife Melissa buying the trophy stud property in Luskintyre.
The 46ha estate on the banks of the Hunter River is believed to have been sold for a figure between $2.5 million and $3 million through Sam Triggs and Richie Inglis of Inglis Rural Property.
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The four-bedroom, three-bathroom homestead.
It sold for between $2.5 million and $3 million.
Plenty of facilities.
The price included the entire bloodstock holdings of 30 broodmares, race mares and weanlings that belonged to NSW’s longest serving Police Minister-turned thoroughbred owner, Paul Whelan.
Mr Smith said he was attracted to the property due to its proximity to Sydney where he will remain based.
“We don’t have plans to move from Warwick Farm, it’s more a case of this property complementing our racing stable in Sydney,” said the trainer of Japanese-born, European-run Fierce Impact, who is a Cox Plate and Winx Stakes contender. “It means we’ll have somewhere to spell, or rest, our horses on the farm.
It is on 46 hectares.
A gorgeous estate and surrounds.
“And it will allow us to get back to nature more often.”
The Whelan family put the landmark property on the market after Paul Whelan’s death from cancer last year.
The renowned equine estate is the birthplace of several Australian champions including Golden Slipper winner Luskin Star and Foxwedge.
The property comprises a four-bedroom, three-bathroom homestead with a recently renovated kitchen, office, cool room, veranda, in-ground pool and a four-car carport. A separate one-bedroom flat can also be found on the estate.
– With additional reporting from Mercedes Maguire
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