International Women’s Day – How Cheryl Broderick strives to breed the best

The Broderick family and Ballypatrick have been synonymous with competition and breeding success in recent years. Cheryl Broderick heads up the breeding operation at Ballypatrick, she spoke to Horse Sport Ireland about her role in the business and the support she has experienced as a woman working within the Irish Sport Horse industry. For five generations the Brodericks have been farming the same land at Ballypatrick in Co Tipperary. However, Ballypatrick is a multi-facet enterprise with two farms. Fortwilliam is specific for the breeding operation with six resident stallions and some of the best bred mares in the world while Ballypatrick has a state of the art training and competition facilities as well as a multinational sales operation. There is no doubt that Cheryl loves what she does, working closely with her family to help produce top international horses is a dream from many. Speaking about this Cheryl explains: “I’m […]