Bourn’s Andrew Bourns with 15173 and 15134 Natures Issue Lane (Bourns Sport Horses, Getty, Google Maps)
Irish jumper Andrew Bourns offered his nearly 11-acre equestrian estate in Wellington for $14 million.
Documents demonstrate Bourns, as supervisor of Lisbeg South LLC, offered the home and equestrian centre at 15172 and 15134 Natures Position Lane to fellow horse coach Jodi Vasquez, as supervisor of Natures Stage LLC.
Bourns is a qualified jumper and made use of the property to run the U.S. arm of Bourns Activity Horses, his horse income and instruction organization.
Vasquez and her spouse, Freddie Vasquez, are completed equestrians and homeowners of Messenger Hill Farm, an equestrian facility and teaching centre in Libertyville, Unwell.
Robert Ross of Keller Williams had the listing, and Matt Varney of Wellington Equestrian Realty brought the consumer, in accordance to Redfin. Neither agent could be immediately arrived at for remark.
Bourns bought the 10.7-acre residence for $4.7 million in 2014, according to information. The estate is across the street from Grand Prix Village, the middle of the equestrian globe in Wellington. Data present Bourns concluded development of the facility in 2016.
The estate features four owner’s bedrooms, 4 team bedrooms, two tack rooms, two hay rooms, 10 paddocks, and a 24-stall barn, in accordance to the listing. Also incorporated in the sprawling residence are a driving arena, grass jumping field, and a rear gate with private obtain to a riding path into the Grand Prix Village.
Bourns informed the Chronicle of the Horse in a February job interview that he attempts to expend 7 to 8 months of the yr in Wellington. Bourns won major using his horse Sea Topblue in January’s NetJets Grand Prix CSI4*, getting house the $216,000 prize.
It is unclear no matter whether Bourns Activity Horses will relocate in just Wellington, or to a further American equestrian group, or to just one abroad. The horse instruction operation maintains places in Ireland and the Netherlands, operated by Bourns and his father Richard Bourns, according to its website.
The sale shut in advance of Wellington’s chaotic season, when riders and spectators descend on the inland Palm Beach front County village for the famed Winter Equestrian Festival, the worldwide hub of equestrian sports all through the period.
Wellington authentic estate revolves all over horses. When desire for waterfront and beach entry rule elsewhere in Palm Beach County, ponies set the tone in this industry.
In Might, ex-Enron govt Lou Pai dropped $8 million on an equestrian estate with a 37-stall secure. His daughter, Natalie Pai, is an equestrian and competes in Wellington. Billionaire Invoice Gates bought his estate for $26 million in March, a several months following his equestrian eldest daughter Jennifer Gates married Olympic equestrian Nayel Nassar. Nancy Malnik, Alvin Malnik’s wife, acquired a $12.3 million estate with equally a using and leaping arena in Oct. The couple’s daughter, Sterling Malnik, is a competitive equestrian on the junior circuit.
