Aidan O'Brien paid a touching tribute to Evie Stockwell following her death aged 97.
The mother of John Magnier had a number of horses with the Ballydoyle supremo over the years, including Hit It A Bomb, who won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf in 2015.
O’Brien was speaking following Luxembourg's victory in the Irish Champions Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday.
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He said: “She was an incredibly special lady. We met her first when we came to Ballydoyle and she was a very wise lady.
“All the way along she would have been great to give us advice, and we had many good fillies for her, Fairyland probably one of the best recently.”
The trainer added: “She had an unbelievable interest in, and understanding of, horses and she was a great judge of a horse. She was so passionate about horses."
Stockwell also owned Fairyland, who won the Cheveley Park Stakes in 2018 as well as the Flying Five on Irish Champions Weekend the following year.
She married Tom Magnier, owner of the Grange Stud in Fermoy, in 1947.
Their son John was one of the founders of Coolmore Stud, which has went on to become one of the biggest operations in racing worldwide.
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