Continuing his witness testimony this Thursday morning, Joseph Fitzpatrick of Smithwick Solicitors, who worked on the contentious Barne deal for John Magnier’s Coolmore, said that he felt sure the deal was in the bag at the end of August 2023. One month later, however, he felt things were going south. Magnier and his children, Katherine Wachman and John Paul Magnier, are suing the legal and beneficial owners of the Barne Estate to enforce what they claim is a binding handshake to buy the property for €15 million made on August 22, 2023.  The US-based businessman Maurice Regan, who also has…

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