Lengthy-serving Beeby joined the corporate in 1964, shortly after it was based Harry Beeby, the previous chairman of Doncaster Bloodstock Gross sales/Goffs UK, has died on the age of 83.
Beeby was the son of main dual-purpose coach George Beeby, whose successes included two Cheltenham Gold Cups, which he received with Brendan’s Cottage in 1939 and Silver Fame in 1951. He saddled 19 Competition winners in all and likewise skilled Finnure to win the 1949 King George VI Chase.
His son Harry, then a London property agent, was approached by Doncaster Bloodstock Gross sales’ founders Willie Stephenson and Ken Oliver not lengthy after the corporate’s launch in 1962.
Having joined Stephenson and Oliver as a accomplice in April 1964, Beeby went on to turn into the driving pressure of the operation, which included the profitable merging of DBS with Goffs in 2007.
The primary horse he auctioned was Beau D’Argent, purchased in for 420 guineas on Might 18, 1964, whereas the very best and most well-known was Grand Nationwide legend Crimson Rum, who he hammered all the way down to Ginger McCain for six,000 guineas in August 1972.
Beeby oversaw the primary breeze-up sale in Europe, held at Doncaster within the Nineteen Seventies, whereas the primary horse to win the English and Irish 2,000 Guineas, Proper Tack, was offered at DBS for 3,200 guineas in 1967.
Beeby was managing director of Doncaster Bloodstock Gross sales from 1976 to 1998 and chairman till 2016. He additionally served as a director of Goffs from 2007 till 2018.
His son Henry, 55, is the present Goffs group chief govt.
Goffs chairman Eimear Mulhern mentioned, “Harry was a stalwart of the bloodstock business for over 50 years. Drastically revered, a mentor to many, a real buddy, and dependable colleague, he was before everything a household man.
“To his beloved spouse Elizabeth, his son, Goffs Group CEO Henry Beeby, daughters Caroline and Belinda, and to his prolonged household and broad circle of associates, we provide our deepest condolences.
“Harry had a real zest for all times. He was one in all life’s gents and one of many nice characters of the bloodstock and racing industries. He will likely be vastly missed and fondly remembered wherever horsemen collect.”
Harry Beeby
Goffs UK managing director Tim Kent added: “The time period legend is usually overused however I do not assume there’s a higher means of describing Harry Beeby.
“He was an excellent mentor to us all and he lived life to the complete. He was additionally passionate concerning the gross sales in Doncaster and it’s this ardour that he has instilled within the present workforce. He will likely be sadly missed by us all.”
His funeral will likely be held at St Cuthbert’s Church in Hawick, with a date and preparations to be introduced sooner or later, with a celebration of his life deliberate to happen in Doncaster, in affiliation with a sale, at a later date.
