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Mike’s passion for the Thoroughbred industry has deep roots, being a third-generation horseman raised on the family farm in County Meath, Ireland. Mike headed to Canada in 1974 to E.P. Taylor’s Windfields Farm for his first thoroughbred job this side of the Atlantic, and by 1979 he had founded his own bloodstock agency in Canada before settling in Lexington in 1981 to establish Mike Ryan Bloodstock.
An owner and breeder himself, Mike’s lifelong experience and personal investment in the industry give him a firm appreciation of what players at all levels in the horse business experience, which in effect naturally aligns his interests with those of his clients. In his words,
“As we all know, you have far better insight into and appreciation for a business when your own money is on the line! You certainly see and do things differently when the expenses are coming out of your own pocket. That is exactly how I approach buying for clients; I spend their money just as if it were my own.”
This integrity is the cornerstone of Mike Ryan Bloodstock.
