点评:This 500 acres(2 Km) Horse Stud farm was formally established by incorporation on 11 April 1946 under the National Stud Act, 1945 and is owned by the Irish Government.I travelled by train from Heuston Station in Dublin to Kildare Town station, a 45 minutes journey.From Kildare Train station it was another 2 Km walk to "Irish National Stud and Gardens" .Had pre booked tickets online and at 1030 hrs was given a guided tour by guide Mr Kieren.Fallon.We were shown the mating sheds and also the display of the skeleton of champion hurdles horse " Arkle".The stud farm had a target of producing 300 foals in 2025.He showed us the boxes where the stallions were kept which were empty as they were now relaxing and grazing on the farm paddock.We next went into the double wooden fenced farm paddocks which houses the prized stallions..First time in.my life saw a living animal legend with retired stallion " Invincible Spirit" now 28 years old having a statue of himself installed in the Irish National Stud farm. He has earned maximum money for the stud farm as a Sire and hence a tribute in the form of his statue while still alive .We next went to the foals and broodmares paddock where the foals were kept along with their mothers.Most of the foals were just 2 weeks old.As a common punter i had realized my dream of visiting a Stud farm and that too,one of the best in the World..Our guided tour came to a end at 1115 hrs and after that at 1130 hrs paid a visit to the "Irish Racing Experience" museum and participated in the virtual horse racing simulation game. Finally visited the "Japanese Gardens", something unique in the World of landscaped gardening.
翻译:这个占地 500 英亩(2 平方公里)的马匹养殖场根据 1945 年《国家马匹养殖法》于 1946 年 4 月 11 日正式成立,归爱尔兰政府所有。我从都柏林的 Heuston 车站乘火车到基尔代尔镇车站,车程 45 分钟。从基尔代尔火车站步行 2 公里到达“爱尔兰国家马匹和花园”。提前在网上订了票,10:30 在导游 Kieren.Fallon 先生的带领下进行了参观。我们参观了配种棚和冠军跨栏赛马“Arkle”的骨架。该马场的目标是在 2025 年生产 300 匹小马驹。他向我们展示了饲养种马的箱子,这些箱子是空的,因为它们现在正在农场围场上休息和吃草。接下来我们进入了双层木栅栏农场围场,那里饲养着珍贵的种马……我这辈子第一次亲眼目睹一位活着的动物传奇——退役种马“无敌精神”——如今28岁,在爱尔兰国家种马场树立了自己的雕像。作为种马,它为种马场赚了巨额财富,因此人们以它生前雕像的形式向它致敬。接下来,我们去了小马驹和母马的围场,小马驹和它们的母亲们一起被饲养在那里。大多数小马驹只有两周大。作为一名普通的马夫,我实现了参观种马场的梦想,而且是世界上最好的种马场之一。我们的导览游于11:15结束,之后于11:30参观了“爱尔兰赛马体验”博物馆,并参与了虚拟赛马模拟游戏。最后,我们参观了“日本花园”,这是世界园林景观中独一无二的存在。