Oak Tree Farm, in Co. Meath, was established by Norman and Janet Williamson in 2004. Norman, born in 1969, was a top flight National Hunt jockey from 1988 to 2003 when injury forced his early retirement from the saddle. In that time, Norman rode 1268 winners which included several graded races, the major ones being the Cheltenham Gold Cup, the Champion Hurdle, the King George V Chase and the Irish Champion Hurdle.
Upon retirement, Norman and Janet set about immediately building up a nursery for young National Hunt stock and Breeze Up two year olds. Oak Tree Farm very quickly became a leading vendor at Breeze Up Sales across Europe and also National Hunt Store Sales throughout England and Ireland.
Oak Tree Farm prides itself on it's professionalism in selecting and producing quality bloodstock at all sales and Oak Tree Farm earned a reputation of being a vendor of first-class racehorses in the making and has been leading consignor at many sales. In 2024 Oak Tree Farm broke the EUROPEAN record for the HIGHEST priced Breeze Up horse sold at auction. RULING COURT (Justify ex Inchargeofme) made €2.3million at the Arqana Breeze Up sale in May, he has since gone on to win 2 races including, the Jumeirah 2000 Guineas in Meydan and is Group 3 placed.
The team has sold countless winners, some of the most notable flat bred racehorses being;