Dubai ruler adds stable to realm; Saratoga's legendary Stonerside farms is sold for $17.5M to train horses like Travers winner Bernardini.(Capital Region)

Byline: DENNIS YUSKO - Staff Writer

SARATOGA SPRINGS - The ruler of Dubai has purchased Stonerside Stable, a prestigious 106-acre horse farm that adjoins Saratoga Race Course, for nearly $17.5 million.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who leads the tiny Persian Gulf nation, bought the huge parcel on Nelson Avenue from Rob ert and Janice McNair, owners of the NFL's Houston Texans, according to a property transfer filed in the Saratoga County clerk's office.

Jimmy Bell, president of the Lexington, Ky.-based Darley Stud Management, which is owned by Sheikh Mohammed, came to Saratoga Springs Tuesday and closed on the property, he said.

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