“Full war” is how one of the beneficiaries of the Barne Estate described bidding on the property between Coolmore billionaire John Magnier and New York-based building magnate Maurice Regan. In a deleted text message to local estate agent John Stokes on September 10, 2023, Alexandra Thomson-Moore said, “we are just the peasants caught up in the middle of it”. “Thank goodness it’s not the Middle Ages,” she continued. The message went on to refer to “MOR’s tantrum in New York” being a “million miles” removed from Magnier’s behaviour, described as “savvy but decent”. The court heard the text only came…

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