Leneva Park Expand to Seymour Park in 2021

Media Release - Tuesday December 29

Leneva Park will expand its operations to Seymour Park in 2021 and will stand promising young stallions Lean Mean Machine and Royal Meeting at the property to be known as Leneva Park Seymour.

Leneva Park is an acclaimed full-service thoroughbred pre-training and spelling business that specialises in the preparation of horses for the racetrack and commercial sales, currently operating from a 240-acre base in Longwood, south of Euroa in the heart of Victorian thoroughbred country.

An opportunity for Leneva Park to expand its existing breeding and yearling development arm to the 500- acre Seymour Park property – owned by prominent thoroughbred owner Darren Thomas – eventuated as Hong Kong owned Aquis Farm restructured its Australian operations under a new strategic plan.

“I’ve learned that opportunities like this don’t come along very often in the thoroughbred world and certainly not at a property like Seymour Park,” said Leneva Park Director Luke Vandersluys.

“I’m very grateful to Darren Thomas and Mark Pilkington for the opportunity to lease Seymour Park and to Shane McGrath, Aquis and the shareholders of Lean Mean Machine and Royal Meeting for having faith in my team.”

Leneva Park will continue to operate its successful pre-training business from its Longwood property while broodmare, yearling and stallion services will be offered from the new Seymour location.

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Stallion manager Brian Byrnes will continue in a management role after making a significant impact with local breeders during his two years on the property, and as Leneva Park aims to grow its existing stallion roster, Byrnes and his team will have even more to offer mare owners in coming seasons.

Lean Mean Machine

“We have the facilities to stand four stallions and soon we hope to announce an exciting opportunity for fellow Victorian breeders to join us in the ownership of another high-quality stallion for next season,” said Vandersluys.

“The buzz around Lean Mean Machine is real, his foals are of a very high quality and we are hopeful that Royal Meeting produces the same when his first foals arrive in 2021.”

“We plan to grow our stallion roster, our staff and our profile; the Victorian thoroughbred industry is only getting stronger and my family and my team are proud to be a part of it.” 

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