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11-30-2010, 11:35 AM
International Sire Mr. Greeley Dead
Updated: 3:22 PM ET (First posted: 3:21 PM ET)
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Mr. Greeley (1992-2010)
© gainesway.comMr. Greeley (Gone West--Long Legend, by Reviewer), the sire of eight Group/Grade I winners worldwide including champion Finsceal Beo (Ire), died Tuesday after a bout with laminitis. He was 18 years old. "All of us at Gainesway are saddened at the lost of a great stallion," commented Gainesway's Antony Beck. "He was not only a great stallion, but a great horse." Bred in Kentucky by Herman Sarkowsky, Mr. Greeley trained by Nick Zito for Bill Condren and Joseph Cornacchia and was a leading sprinter/miler of his generation, with wins in the GIII Spectacular Bid S., the GIII Swale S. and the GIII Lafayette S. in the winter and spring of 1995. He closed his career with a gritty runner-up effort in the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint and retired to stud with five wins from 16 starts and earnings of $474,452. From the sire family of GI Kentucky Derby hero Street Sense (Street Cry {Ire}) and the outstanding European sire Danehill Dancer (Ire), Mr. Greeley got off to a tremendous start at stud at Dixiana Farm, siring at least one Grade/Group 1 winner from each of his first four crops to race, including GI Cigar Mile hero El Corredor in the United States, G1 Oakleigh Plate victress Miss Kournikova (Aus) in Australia and Reel Buddy, the G1 Sussex S. victor in Europe. In 2001, Mr. Greeley was moved to Spendthrift Farm before being purchased by Gainesway Farm to stand the 2006 breeding season. He had progeny earnings of at least $3.9 million for eight straight seasons, and exploded as a true international stallion in 2006 with his daughter Finsceal Beo (Ire). A €340,000 GOFORB yearling, the daughter of Musical Treat (Ire) (Royal Academy) was the champion two-year-old filly in Europe in 2006, with victories in the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac in France and in the G2 Rockfel S. in England. She carried her outstanding juvenile form into her three-year-old season, registering wins in the G1 English 1000 Guineas and in the Irish equivalent in the span of 21 days sandwiched around a head defeat in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches. Multiple Group 1-placed at four, she was retired with earnings in excess of $1.5 million. Overall, Mr. Greeley has been represented by 53 black-type winners and 107 black-type horses to date. His progeny have earned in excess of $50 million. In 2010 alone, he is the sire of seven worldwide black-type winners, including GSW & G1SP Laughing Lashes (Ire) and the recent GII Mrs. Revere S. winner Aruna. Not only have his progeny performed at the track, but they have also been exceedingly well-received at public auction. A son of the stallion out of G1 Preis der Diana winner Silvester Lady (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) made headlines at KEESEP in 2006, selling for $5.7 million, the fourth highest price at the sale. His popularity continued into the next year, when his son out of Win My Heart (King of Kings {Ire}) sold for $2.2 million to top the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. In 2008, Saoirse Abu, a dual Group 1 winner for trainer Jim Bolger, topped a session of the Tattersalls December sale on a bid of 1.95 million guineas (approx. $3.1 million). Mr. Greeley will be buried at the farm.
Updated: 3:22 PM ET (First posted: 3:21 PM ET)
http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/members/images/MrGreeleyWeb.jpg
Mr. Greeley (1992-2010)
© gainesway.comMr. Greeley (Gone West--Long Legend, by Reviewer), the sire of eight Group/Grade I winners worldwide including champion Finsceal Beo (Ire), died Tuesday after a bout with laminitis. He was 18 years old. "All of us at Gainesway are saddened at the lost of a great stallion," commented Gainesway's Antony Beck. "He was not only a great stallion, but a great horse." Bred in Kentucky by Herman Sarkowsky, Mr. Greeley trained by Nick Zito for Bill Condren and Joseph Cornacchia and was a leading sprinter/miler of his generation, with wins in the GIII Spectacular Bid S., the GIII Swale S. and the GIII Lafayette S. in the winter and spring of 1995. He closed his career with a gritty runner-up effort in the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint and retired to stud with five wins from 16 starts and earnings of $474,452. From the sire family of GI Kentucky Derby hero Street Sense (Street Cry {Ire}) and the outstanding European sire Danehill Dancer (Ire), Mr. Greeley got off to a tremendous start at stud at Dixiana Farm, siring at least one Grade/Group 1 winner from each of his first four crops to race, including GI Cigar Mile hero El Corredor in the United States, G1 Oakleigh Plate victress Miss Kournikova (Aus) in Australia and Reel Buddy, the G1 Sussex S. victor in Europe. In 2001, Mr. Greeley was moved to Spendthrift Farm before being purchased by Gainesway Farm to stand the 2006 breeding season. He had progeny earnings of at least $3.9 million for eight straight seasons, and exploded as a true international stallion in 2006 with his daughter Finsceal Beo (Ire). A €340,000 GOFORB yearling, the daughter of Musical Treat (Ire) (Royal Academy) was the champion two-year-old filly in Europe in 2006, with victories in the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac in France and in the G2 Rockfel S. in England. She carried her outstanding juvenile form into her three-year-old season, registering wins in the G1 English 1000 Guineas and in the Irish equivalent in the span of 21 days sandwiched around a head defeat in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches. Multiple Group 1-placed at four, she was retired with earnings in excess of $1.5 million. Overall, Mr. Greeley has been represented by 53 black-type winners and 107 black-type horses to date. His progeny have earned in excess of $50 million. In 2010 alone, he is the sire of seven worldwide black-type winners, including GSW & G1SP Laughing Lashes (Ire) and the recent GII Mrs. Revere S. winner Aruna. Not only have his progeny performed at the track, but they have also been exceedingly well-received at public auction. A son of the stallion out of G1 Preis der Diana winner Silvester Lady (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) made headlines at KEESEP in 2006, selling for $5.7 million, the fourth highest price at the sale. His popularity continued into the next year, when his son out of Win My Heart (King of Kings {Ire}) sold for $2.2 million to top the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. In 2008, Saoirse Abu, a dual Group 1 winner for trainer Jim Bolger, topped a session of the Tattersalls December sale on a bid of 1.95 million guineas (approx. $3.1 million). Mr. Greeley will be buried at the farm.