ROYAL OAK FARM
Royal Oak Farm is a top notch mid-sized farm located in Paris KY. Owned and operated by Damian and Braxton Lynch, it offers excellent service at a very competitive rate. Most importantly, the ground is superior and we are getting racetrack results to prove it.
Our facilities now boast 70 stalls on 300 acres. We limit the number of horses we place on the land to maintain the quality of the grass in the fields and paddocks.
Since inception in 2002, we have raised/sold 25 stakes horses, 15 of them Stakes Winners and 7 of those Graded Stakes Winners – including the likes of UNION RAGS (G1), BOYS AT TOSCONOVA (G1), NEREID (G1), READY TO PLEASE (G2), etc. This success is coming from an average foal crop of about 15.
Why do I think we raise a good horse? I think there are several reasons. First, I think we have great land and great water supply (sulfur well water). Second, I think we have an excellent blacksmith in Steve Carpenter and our reproductive vet, Sam Schalnus, from Hagyard, Davidson and McGee is superb. Third, I think that Damian has set up a program that works – a top quality feeding program using McCauley Bros. feed, good pasture rotation, and attention to the horse as an individual. Damian sees each horse himself every day and the horses are handled often, but also left to be raised as horses. As a result, we grow a big solid horse with lots of bone and just the right balance of manners and self-confidence.
We feel that the strength of the program shows in the condition that the mares and yearlings carry. Their coats look great, they carry good weight, and overall they are happy horses. The mares produce larger than average foals and the yearlings all have good bone, nice size, excellent foot quality, and are the picture of health. We’ve had good luck with the x-rays on the horses that are raised here and they go on to be sound, productive racehorses.
Give us a call if you have clients that retire mares from the racetrack over the coming months. I think we are good, upstanding people who try to do the right thing for the horse and the owner. We try to keep our bills low and our standards high.
Our facilities now boast 70 stalls on 300 acres. We limit the number of horses we place on the land to maintain the quality of the grass in the fields and paddocks.
Since inception in 2002, we have raised/sold 25 stakes horses, 15 of them Stakes Winners and 7 of those Graded Stakes Winners – including the likes of UNION RAGS (G1), BOYS AT TOSCONOVA (G1), NEREID (G1), READY TO PLEASE (G2), etc. This success is coming from an average foal crop of about 15.
Why do I think we raise a good horse? I think there are several reasons. First, I think we have great land and great water supply (sulfur well water). Second, I think we have an excellent blacksmith in Steve Carpenter and our reproductive vet, Sam Schalnus, from Hagyard, Davidson and McGee is superb. Third, I think that Damian has set up a program that works – a top quality feeding program using McCauley Bros. feed, good pasture rotation, and attention to the horse as an individual. Damian sees each horse himself every day and the horses are handled often, but also left to be raised as horses. As a result, we grow a big solid horse with lots of bone and just the right balance of manners and self-confidence.
We feel that the strength of the program shows in the condition that the mares and yearlings carry. Their coats look great, they carry good weight, and overall they are happy horses. The mares produce larger than average foals and the yearlings all have good bone, nice size, excellent foot quality, and are the picture of health. We’ve had good luck with the x-rays on the horses that are raised here and they go on to be sound, productive racehorses.
Give us a call if you have clients that retire mares from the racetrack over the coming months. I think we are good, upstanding people who try to do the right thing for the horse and the owner. We try to keep our bills low and our standards high.
DAMIAN LYNCH - Owner / Manager
Damian was raised and educated in England. He studied Equine Management at Whitney College. Upon leaving college, he worked for some promising young horsemen, including James Delahooke and Ted Voute, before landing his dream job at Eydon Hall Farm. He was second man on Gerald Leigh’s farm for seven years, where they raise the likes of Barathea, Bosra Sham, Act One, Summer Solstice, Coretta, Innuendo, Horatia, etc.
In 1995 Damian traveled to Kentucky where he worked for Three Chimneys Farm, eventually ending up in the stallion barn looking after Chief’s Crown, Dynaformer, and Rahy. In 1997 Damian accompanied Chief’s Crown to Arrowfield Stud in Australia where he spent the breeding season in the stallion barn.
After Three Chimneys, Damian managed Audubon Farm in Midway, KY. In 2002, Damian and Braxton bought Royal Oak Farm near Paris, KY. Damian is on the farm from dawn until dusk 365 days a year. He is as hard working as one gets and strives to raise good solid horses. He takes pride in the fact that he’s raised 25 stakes horses and feels that’s it is important to handle the horses often while also allowing a horse to be a horse.
In 1995 Damian traveled to Kentucky where he worked for Three Chimneys Farm, eventually ending up in the stallion barn looking after Chief’s Crown, Dynaformer, and Rahy. In 1997 Damian accompanied Chief’s Crown to Arrowfield Stud in Australia where he spent the breeding season in the stallion barn.
After Three Chimneys, Damian managed Audubon Farm in Midway, KY. In 2002, Damian and Braxton bought Royal Oak Farm near Paris, KY. Damian is on the farm from dawn until dusk 365 days a year. He is as hard working as one gets and strives to raise good solid horses. He takes pride in the fact that he’s raised 25 stakes horses and feels that’s it is important to handle the horses often while also allowing a horse to be a horse.
BRAXTON LYNCH - Owner / Office Manager / Sales / Pedigree Consultant
Braxton grew up in the thoroughbred business through both her parents and grandparents. In the 1930’s her grandparents, Harry and Jane Lunger, started Christiana Stables in Wilmington, DE. They built it up into a powerful racing stable in the 1960 – 1990’s. Her father, Richie Jones, and his brother, Russell, operated Walnut Green Bloodstock, a full service public sales company. She spent her summers prepping yearlings and riding racehorses on the track at Delaware Park, Fair Hill, and in Newmarket, England. Today, Braxton and her mother, Annie Jones, continue the operation of Christiana Stables on a small scale.
Upon graduating from Trinity College (CT), she went straight to Kentucky to further her experience in the horse business and secured a job with Three Chimneys Farm, where she became the Director of Sales. Under her leadership, Three Chimneys was a perennial top 5 consignor at all of the major sales. After eleven great years at Three Chimneys, she turned her focus to Royal Oak Farm and on raising her family of three children.
Braxton enjoys spending the hands on time that is needed on a smaller thoroughbred farm. She and Damian complement each other well. He excels on the horse care side of things and she excels at sales representation, pedigree work, and office side. Most of all they share the characteristics of good, honest, hard working people and that’s something neither of them is willing to compromise.
Upon graduating from Trinity College (CT), she went straight to Kentucky to further her experience in the horse business and secured a job with Three Chimneys Farm, where she became the Director of Sales. Under her leadership, Three Chimneys was a perennial top 5 consignor at all of the major sales. After eleven great years at Three Chimneys, she turned her focus to Royal Oak Farm and on raising her family of three children.
Braxton enjoys spending the hands on time that is needed on a smaller thoroughbred farm. She and Damian complement each other well. He excels on the horse care side of things and she excels at sales representation, pedigree work, and office side. Most of all they share the characteristics of good, honest, hard working people and that’s something neither of them is willing to compromise.
