Best in show: Glenferrie Farm, one of the finest horse studs in the Southern Tablelands, hits the market

When Jakarta-based expat Peter Chambers bought his Glenferrie property in Roslyn, near Goulburn, in 2009 for $770,000, it was just cleared pastoral land.

Now for long, however. A passion for horses soon saw what is now a 121-hectare parcel developed into what Sotheby’s International’s rural director David Medina describes as the finest horse stud in the district.

Underlying the state-of-the-art project was not only Chambers’ passion for horses but also his commitment to build it with a respect and consideration to the environment. Then came 10,000 trees and an irrigation system that boasts a bore and 4440 litres of water storage.

After those came the stable complex with a mezzanine board room and viewing platform overlooking an indoor round yard with soft flooring imported from the United Kingdom, 10 spacious stalls, a vet room, watch tower, wash-down bays and a fowling barn.

Then there are the finishes. Think heat lamps, synthetic soft flooring in the exercise and show ring, timber-lined stables and plastic fencing in the paddocks to avoid injury from broken wooden posts.

Rounding it off is the manager’s quarters, 10 day yards, 14 horse paddocks and nine cattle yards, dams, workshop, hay and machinery sheds, and about 80 oak trees lining the driveway.

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3366 Middle Arm Road, Goulburn NSW 2580

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There is much to admire about Glenferrie, which Chambers says has made his decision to part with it all the harder. “The beauty of it is it’s one hour from Canberra and two hours from Warwick Farm,” he said.

But it is not in Asia, where Chambers is based. “I still have a passion for horse studs but you can’t do it remotely,” said Chambers.

David Medina has a guide of more than $3.5 million.