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Farraway Stud

About Farraway Stud

All our home-bred Irish Draught and Irish Sport horses are bred from imported Irish Draught bloodlines, known for their versatile and trainable nature, boasting a strong and athletic build that excels in endurance and performance, with many achieving proven success in competitive arenas. All of my five purebred Irish Draught stallions are imported, something that I believe is important for furthering the bloodlines and pedigrees over here in the USA. With the purebred Irish Draught being a rare breed, it is crucial we breed mindfully.

The purebred Irish Draught has been an important ingredient in the creation of many of the top-level sporthorses that we see competing in eventing, jumping, and dressage today. For the ammy rider, the purebred has enough scope to jump around the lower-level events, compete in hunters and jumpers, or train for dressage. For those aspiring to bigger tracks, the purebred Irish Draught crossed with a sporthorse mare will produce something with more scope, more ability, more bone, and more ridability.

All of my stallions are my personal riding horses first and foremost. They all compete locally in eventing and dressage during breeding season. The attitude and work ethic of the Irish Draught, the conformation, and the bone they carry make them a fantastic option for breeders looking to produce ammy-friendly riding horses.

Farraway Stud stallions:
- We operate on a deferred stud fee contract. This means you do not pay the stud fee until you have a positive pregancy check. Once the pregnancy is confirmed and the stud fee is paid, a two year LFG is in place in case you lose the foal after the pregnancy check.
- Contracts are transferrable
- If your mare doesn't take and you want to try another mare that is fine so long as we are informed.
- Generally, you can switch between our stallions (as availability allows) if you have a contract with one Farraway Stud stallion.

Our Stallions

Bell Tower Banrion's Hero

White Lodge Sullivan's Glory

Longwood Connacht Gold

Farraway Quicksilver

Dernahatten Dubh

Repeat Breeders:
Repeat breeders using Farraway Stud can opt to defer stud fee payment with a payment plan instead of up front should they wish to. Repeat breeders also get priority on stud contracts when space is limited.

2024 foal crop

Left to right. Irish sport horse filly by Farraway Quicksilver out of Jade (KWPN), Irish Draught filly by Bell Tower Banrion's Hero out of Ainninn Realta, and Irish Draught colt foal by Bell Tower Banrion's Hero out of Rainy Night.

Farraway Jasper

2022 Irish Sport horse colt foal by Bell Tower Banrion's Hero out of Jade (KWPN)

Bell Tower Banrion's Hero at Regional Finals in 2025

About Tabby Farrar

I am the owner at Farraway Stud. I have been invoved with horse breeding, starting young horses, and developing horses under saddle since I was 14 when I started riding for Biddesden Stud in the UK. Thoughout my late teens and 20s I worked in eventing barns as working students for some very prolific UK based event riders. I also worked as an exercise rider for a local racing trainers, but mostly focused on eventing.

Since moving to the USA I have set up my own breeding stud. I do all aspects of breeding my horses myself, from mare ultrasounds to stallion collections. My breeding focus is versatile ammy friendly horses that can go in any direction and be successful with a variety of riders. I breed both purebred Irish Draughts and Irish Sport Horses.

I have been starting young horses under saddle since my teens. I have developed into someone who dearly enjoys the process of developing a young horse to become a solid riding partner. In the past 10 years or so I have developed more as a dressage rider, and have achieved my bronze medal on my Irish Draught Stallion Bell Tower Banrion's Hero. My approach with young horses is short arena training sessions coupled with trail-based exercise both on the ground and under saddle. Getting horses comfortable in a variety of envrioments from a young age leads to confident well adjusted riding horses later on.

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