News

Muskoka Farm To Be Sold

25th Feb 2010

After 40 years of success, Bob & Wendy Lapointe have decided to sell their preeminent spelling and training complex, Muskoka Farm. Jamie Inglis, Director of Inglis’ Livestock and Rural Property division will oversee the sale.

It is a rare opportunity to secure a world class equine facility in an enviable location, only 90 minutes to Randwick or Rosehill.

Since it was purchased in 1969, Muskoka Farm has been improved into a spectacular spelling and pre-training facility, comprising 117 hectares and able to cater for over 180 horses.

With extensive Hawkesbury River frontage, the property features three tracks (1000m sand, 2900m crusher dust & 2400m turf), a horse swimming pool, walking machine, treadmill, barriers, and 70 boxes along with day yards, spelling yards, isolation stables and spelling paddocks.

Muskoka has a fail safe water supply via a large dam and bore, feeding the equine facilities, impressive five bedroom homestead (with guest house), farm office, permanent garden irrigation and staff accommodation.

Other features include three generators that maintain power to the entire property (when needed), tennis court, swimming pool, 24 hour helipad, boat shed, sea plane mooring and the potential for a quarantine facility.

Muskoka’s reputation of producing the nation’s top gallopers is long established, having pre trained and spelled Champions of the Turf such as; Emancipation, Diamond Shower, Marauding, Sir Dapper, Bint Marscay, Circles Of Gold, Grand Armee, Dance Hero, Might And Power and Sebring among others.

It also served as the Nebo Lodge pre training establishment for the Sangster, Millie Fox, Lapointe Syndicate. In it's first year of operation, trainer Brian Mayfield-Smith won the Sydney premiership and in the process ended Tommy Smith's 33 year reign on the title.