thoroughbred racing stable & horse breeding farm industry thoroughbred horse racing headquarters co. meath ireland key people noel meade website noelmeade.com tu va stables in co. meath ireland is an irish thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding business that was established by noel meade a prominent national hunt racing horse trainer . although he was a trainer meade did ride one horse early on in his career tu va. he rode tu va to a win in a maiden hurdle in august 1971 . responsible for his first win as a trainer meade decided to name his stables after tu va. 1 tu va is spread out over 175 acres 0.71 km2 . 2 there are a number of different facilities on the stable grounds . there are three different gallops a six furlong all weather gallop ; a mile long all weather gallop ; and a mile long half grass gallop . there is also an indoor gallop that is used as a warm up especially during the harsh winter months . there is an equine spa on the grounds to help treat the horses to the various injures that occur during practice . two horse walkers are present that are used to keep the horses active . there are also schooling facilities for horses including baby hurdles and fences to regulation hurdles and fences seen during actual races . 3 tu va has three principal jockeys paul carberry niall madden and paul s sister nina carberry . the current stable lad is alan mcilroy 4 5 who has spent 13 years at tu va. 6 mcilroy and the employees at tu va were in line to be the first stable staff to receive part of the 1m triple crown of hurdling bonus offered by wbx . had go native winner of the 2009 fighting fifth hurdle and christmas hurdle gone on to win the 2010 champion hurdle mcilroy would have received 100 000 and the staff would have received 50 000 . 7 however go native struggled early and finished a disappointing 10th out of 12 entries . 8 famous horses trained at tu va edit harchibald watson lake aran concerto go native more rainbows power elite fisher bridge ballyagran references edit noel meade ntra profile ntra.com accessed 21 february 2010 . noel meade racing noelmeade.com accessed 21 february 2010 . noel meade racing facilities noelmeade.com accessed 21 february 2010 . daragh bourke s jockey gamble dailystar.co.uk 16 february 2010 accessed 21 february 2010 . go native closes in on 1m payout mirror.co.uk 16 february 2010 accessed 21 february 2010 . money money money must be funny in a rich man s world mirror.co.uk 16 march 2010 accessed 20 march 2010 . wbx to put up 1m hurdling bonus racingpost.com 7 september 2007 accessed 20 march 2010 . bone scans and back specialists turn 999 1 binocular into a champion guardian.co.uk 16 march 2010 accessed 17 march 2010 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tu va stables & oldid 687530315 categories irish racehorse owners and breedershorse farms in irelandhidden categories ireland articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 october 2015 at 04 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view