ONE of the last great owner breeders and a property with 120 years’ history of the bloodstock industry,” said Philip Sheppard of Sheppard’s Auction House, Durrow, Co Laois, describing Sir Edmund Loder and his recently sold estate Eyrefield Lodge, the Curragh, Kildare.

Sheppard’s will auction some of the contents belonging to Sir Edmund and Lady Loder and other clients on next Thursday and Friday, March 11th-12th.