The ieBusiness Podcast meets Tom Ryan, Managing Partner of SF Bloodstock in Kentucky

In this week’s ieBusiness Podcast, Tom Ryan, Managing Partner of
SF Bloodstock and Racing Manager for SF Racing talks about
his career in horse racing that has taken him all over the world
before he settled in Lexington, Kentucky where he works at the
heart of the horseracing industry.  


 


A native of Wexford, Tom’s love of horses has seen him working in
Australia and Japan before he headed to the US. However, an
accident involving a horse – a stallion bit off his right thumb –
caused him to re-think his role in the industry and led him to
focus on bloodstock and investments. The thumb was
successfully reattached, but the career trajectory had changed
for good.  


 


Talking to Emer Walsh of the Irish Examiner Business desk, Tom
discusses the horse racing industry from breeding to racing,
management and decision-making. He discusses the fall-out of
the recent US election and explains why he believes lives will
improve in the US under a Trump presidency. 


 


Reflecting on the role of the Irish in America, Tom believes that
Irish people have a head start when they arrive in the States
which he describes as the ‘land of opportunity’.


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