Ballingarry (13 April 1999 – 16 April 2020) was a

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who competed for owners in Europe and North America. Bred and raced by the principals of

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, he was named for the village of Ballingarry in the southern part of

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in Ireland. In October 2002, he was sold to an American racing partnership led by Sidney L. Port. Ballingarry's most important wins came at age two in the

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in France and at age three in the

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. Following his purchase by Sidney Port, Ballingarry notably won back-to-back editions of the Stars and Stripes Breeders' Cup Turf Handicap at

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. Retired to

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duty, since 2005 Ballingarry has been standing at Charles-Henri de Moussac's

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, France. Died on 16 April 2020.

Pedigree

References

Ballingarry's pedigree and partial racing stats
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