RECORD-SETTING OPENING to TATTS DAVID GREATHOUSE PASSES AWAY by Emma Berry and Catherine Austen David Greathouse Passed Away Tuesday in Kentucky
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here RECORD-SETTING OPENING TO TATTS DAVID GREATHOUSE PASSES AWAY by Emma Berry and Catherine Austen David Greathouse passed away Tuesday in Kentucky. A day of fiercely strong trading at the Tattersalls= Greathouse, who had been battling liver cancer, was October Sale culminated in a new European yearling 63. He is survived by his wife, record of 3.6-million guineas Buffy, two children (son Deuce (US$6,079,311) when a colt by and daughter Emma), three Galileo (Ire) sold to the Coolmore brothers and two sisters. Funeral team which stands the world=s arrangements have not yet been preeminent stallion. announced. The transaction contributed to the ADavid was multifaceted, in highest-grossing session at Park the best sense of that word,@ Lot 144 Paddocks since the start of October said longtime friend and business Book 1 in 2003. A 79% clearance tattersalls.com associate Kerry Cauthen. AHe rate was achieved from the 124 really was an exceptional yearlings sold for 26,319,000gns, a rise in aggregate of horseman and he was also an 14%. The sector which benefited from the greatest increase, of 28%, was the average of 212,250gns, exceptional horse-businessman. He knew every part of the while the median of 117,500gns was up by 7%. David Greathouse Just as last week at Goffs, John Magnier held his industry, from the breeding to the raising side to the actual 1950-2013 nerve against a determined rival to ensure that the Four Star Sales Photo Galileo colt, a full-brother to G1 Investec Oaks dollars-and-cents side of the runner-up Secret Gesture (GB), was another expensive business.@ addition to the team of bluebloods at Ballydoyle. His Greathouse, along with brothers John, Allen and price is the highest for a yearling anywhere in the world Edward, ran Glencrest Farm, which was established in this year, superceding the A$5 million (US$4,717,853) 1950 by his father, John. W. Greathouse. Influential in paid for Jimmy (Aus), the Redoute=s Choice (Aus) the breeding sector through the last six decades, half-brother to Black Caviar (Aus) at the Inglis Easter Glencrest developed a number of significant stallions, Sale. including Clever Trick and Wavering Monarch. The Qatar Racing bought into Secret Gesture in training operation was also responsible for producing a pair of earlier this year after her victory in the Lingfield Oaks Classic winners: Pike Place Dancer (Seattle Dancer), Trial and now race her in partnership with her breeder winner of the 1996 GI Kentucky Oaks and Venetian Newsells Park Stud. The operation=s advisor David Way (Royal Coinage), victorious in the 1960 Redvers stunned the packed sales ring at Tattersalls GI Kentucky Derby. Cont. p3 Tuesday with an opening bid of one million guineas for lot 144 and for a while it looked as if his aggressive tactics might work. But as auctioneer Philip Myerscough=s gavel hovered, Magnier jumped into the fray, prompting a lively contest between the two. Redvers bowed out as the colt=s price reached 2.6- million guineas, but Sheikh Fahad Al Thani himself took up the running by countering Magnier=s riposte and helping the colt=s price tag rise by another million guineas. AObviously he=s a very nice horse--Galileo speaks for himself and it=s a cross that is just magical,@ M. V. Magnier of the son of the Danehill mare Shastye (Ire), a half-sister to the G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe winner Sagamix (Fr) and fellow Group 1 winner Sagacity (Fr). AYou never think you have to go that far to get a horse, but he ticked all the right boxes for the lads and all the right people were on him.@ The same cross is responsible for undefeated champion Frankel (GB). Magnier earlier signed for the first son of Galileo through the Tattersalls ring (lot 11) at 525,000gns. The colt, out of GI Beverly D. S. winner Mauralakana (Fr) (Muhtathir (GB}), was consigned by Highclere Stud. Cont. p5 ARCHARCHARCH | COURT VISION | DUBLIN PADDY O’PRADO | TIZWAY | VICTOR’S CRY | WILBURN 859-294-0030 www.spendthriftfarm.com In This Issue David Greathouse Tributes 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 “Gonna miss my friend David "Fatty" Greathouse. Cool dude. Lived life (732) 747-8060 to the max.” - Terry Finley (732) 747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com “A man of integrity. Full of humility, bursting with humor. A man with www.thetdn.com an endless reservoir of wisdom.” -Tom Ryan Barry Weisbord, co-publisher Coverage continues page 3 [email protected] • @barryweisbord Sue Finley, co-publisher From the Desk of Bill Oppenheim [email protected] • @suefinley columnist Bill Oppenheim crunches the numbers following the first Editorial TDN [email protected] day of trade at TATOCT. Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief Alan Carasso, Managing Editor Coverage begins page 13 Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor Steve Sherack, Racing Editor Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. Media Dir. Justina Severni, Assistant Editor Hansen to South Korea Kelsey Riley, Assistant Editor Christie DeBernardis, Assistant Editor Hansen (Tapit--Stormy Sunday, by Sir Cat), champion 2-year-old male of 2011, Advertising [email protected] has been sold to South Korea after Alycia Borer, Director of Advertising Lia Kusch, Senior Advertising Designer beginning his career at stud at Coolmore's Sarah K. Andrew, Adv Assistant/Distribution Ashford Stud in 2013, an associate of the Amanda Crelin, Advertising Assistant Amanda Foster, Advertising Assistant farm confirmed with TDN. Hansen Customer Service Coverage begins page 16 Adam Coglianese [email protected] Vicki Forbes, Director of Customer Service Information Technology Robert Williams, Director of IT [email protected] Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming [email protected] Business Development Gary King, Director of Business Development [email protected] TDN Newmarket Bureau: Cafe Racing [email protected] Sean Cronin Tom Frary EST Race Click for TV 9:35a Prix Andre Baboin-G3, BLB ----------- ---- 4:49p Jessamine S.-G3, KEE (brisnet.com PPs) TVG TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/8/13 • PAGE 3 of 17 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Greathouse Passes Away cont. AHe really got excited about horse racing,@ recalled Catuthen. AHe lived it and he was raised in it. He knew how to deal with the tough part of it, but he also knew when you were having fun, you=d better enjoy it.@ Alone or in partnership, Glencrest bred 44 black-type winners, including Grade I winners Adieu (El Corredor), Dream Empress (Bernstein) and Roamin Rachel (Mining). Glencrest also campaigned several high class racehorses, among them Devil May Care (Malibu Moon), Panty Raid (Include), Honey Ryder (Lasting Approval), in addition to Glencrest homebred Zoftig (Cozzene). AHe was one of the most charming and fun people you could ever meet in the horse business,@ said Cauthen. AHe brought a lot of people to the game and showed them the good sides of what we do and how to enjoy it.@ Further expanding Glencrest=s sales business in 2002, Greathouse partnered with Cauthen, Dan Kenny and John T.L. Jones Jr. to form Four Star Sales. AThey were the elder statesmen and I was the raw workforce,@ explained Cauthen. AI=ve learned a tremendous amount from David by osmosis, just from being around him and watching him work and sell through Four Star Gencrest=s stock. He pinhooked when that was profitable, he bought mares and put them in foal and resold them when that was profitable. He bought fillies off the racetrack as well. He raced horses and stood stallions. You name it, he did it at some point in time. I don=t think there is anything that he didn=t do.@ Cont. p4 Tom Ryan @TRyanequine David AFatty@ Greathouse. A man of integrity. Full of humility, bursting with humor. A man with an endless reservoir of wisdom. Sarah Campion @Scampion16 One of the greatest men I have had the privilege to know. You will be missed everyday Fatty. George Hills @george__hills Really sad to hear that David Greathouse passed away. Top man. Will be missed. caton bredar @CBredar Sad to hear of the passing of David Greathouse. Great supporter and lover of racing, nice man who will be missed. Terry Finley @TerryFinley11 Gonna miss my friend David AFatty@ Greathouse. Cool dude. Lived life to the max. David R. Lanigan @drlanigan So sad to read about David Greathouse. One of the nicest people you will ever meet #Gentleman #fourstarsales TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/8/13 • PAGE 4 of 17 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Greathouse cont. Panty Raid is listed among the biggest sales= successes for Four Star when bringing $2.5 million at Fasig-Tipton November sale in 2008, in addition to Honey Ryder, who realized $1.75 million at the same venue the following year. A[Panty Raid and Honey Ryder] were Glencrest- directed investments and that is something that they were very good at,@ said Cauthen of the Greathouse family. AThat was what it was all about, trying to present our stock in the best light possible on a very professional level.@ In addition to his duties at Glencrest and Four Star Sales, Greathouse was a member of Keeneland Association, Thoroughbred Club of America and Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders/Kentucky Thoroughbred Association. AHe was making plans for next year and the year after that,@ said Cauthen. AHe was walking down to watch his 2-year-olds every morning. He was in good spirits and felt good, so this is very unexpected.@ Cauthen added, AHe was very optimistic about his future and he was moving forward. He wasn=t going to let this slow him down.