Shadwell Farm’s Nashwan Stud in Kentucky put on the market

Shadwell Farm’s entire US stallion division based at Nashwan Stud in Lexington, Kentucky, has been listed for sale at an asking price of $US20 million amid a continued scaling back of the American arm of the global breeding operation.

The 538‑acre property, which has not housed active stallions in recent years, is being marketed as a premier Central Kentucky breeding estate.

Shadwell has been reducing its US holdings since the death of owner Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al‑Maktoum in 2021, with daughter Sheikha Hissa now overseeing the restructuring of breeding and racing interests.

The stallion division’s last residents were either pensioned to retirement facilities or relocated to regional farms, reflecting the diminished scale of Shadwell’s American stud operations.

The listing follows other recent property moves by Shadwell in the US but it still maintains a broodmare band and racing operation in the country, albeit at a reduced scale.