Hogan sells Cambridge Stud
Sistema founder and wife ‘right people’ to take over world-renowned breeding nursery
The famed Cambridge Stud has been sold more than four decades after it was founded by Sir Patrick Hogan.
Hogan announced yesterday the thoroughbred stud farm had been sold to Sistema founder and businessman Brendan Lindsay and wife Jo.
“It is no secret that there has been huge international interest in Cambridge Stud for some time now,” Hogan said.
“Many different parties have made approaches to us, however Justine [Lady Justine Hogan] and I were determined to wait for both the right time and the right people — that was non-negotiable for us.
“That right time has now come and the right people have arrived. A new chapter begins for Cambridge Stud and is one that we firmly believe was worth waiting for.”
Established in 1976 after Hogan imported the star stallion Sir Tristram, Cambridge Stud is responsible for the most influential staying blood intro- duced to the southern hemisphere in the past 40 years.
It is the pride of the Waikato town and today employs 40 staff, claiming to be the No 1 nursery in Australasia.
“Cambridge Stud has been our lives for over four decades. We have nurtured it, been its guardians and have proudly seen it evolve into the globally respected operation it is today,” Hogan said.
“As we pass the ownership baton on, we know it could not be in better hands.”
The stud founder he would not be retiring and would take his horses to next year’s Karaka Draft before pursuing other racing and breeding interests in the industry — “an industry I will be fully immersed in until the day I die,” he said.
Brendan and Jo Lindsay, owners of Karaka-based Lindsay Racing, have owned racehorses for many years, expanding into breeding in 2003, according to the company’s website.
The couple said in a statement they were aware of the “huge responsibility that comes with assuming the ownership of such a treasured and revered operation”.
“Sir Patrick, a member of both the Australian and New Zealand Halls of Fame, is the undisputed king of the New Zealand thoroughbred industry.
“There are no parallels to what he and Lady Hogan have achieved including 31 years as the national sale’s leading vendor.”
The couple will assume control of Cambridge Stud in April.