This luxurious stud farm in Orne officially bought by an Abu Dhabi company

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This was anticipated and the transaction is now official. The Fresnay-le-Buffard stud farm, located near Argentan (Orne), was bought by Al Wathba Stud, Abu Dhabi company owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al NahyanVice President of the United Arab Emirates.

Information confirmed by Hubert Séjourné, mayor of Rônai which is one of the four communes of the department having a plot of the estate on its land. “Safer confirmed to us that the deed of sale of the stud farm was regularized on December 26 as planned. »

Return of thoroughbred horses to Orne?

Bought for 26 million eurosthe stud farm of 325 hectares should regain its former activity since its new owner plans to “redevelop the horse racing activity by bringing back 200 thoroughbred horses”, according to Hubert Séjourné, Isabelle Moiteaux, Guillaume de Vigneral and Joël Caronmayors of municipalities with stud land.

This exceptional estate was put up for sale by the family of Greek billionaire Stavros Niarchos after havingin 1979.

In addition to 214 boxesthe stud farm contains a “castle of more than 640 m²completely renovated in 2015, 23 housing units and two residences of 525m² and 235m²,” according to the real estate agency Sotheby’s International Realty.

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