Christopher Beau Greely, a Grade 1-winning trainer and fourth-generation horseman, died Sept. 30 in Redondo Beach, Calif. He was 49.
Born in Lexington, Ky., and raised in nearby Midway, Ky., at his family's Wintergreen Farm, Greely was educated at Baylor School in Chattanooga, South Kent School in Connecticut and the University of Kentucky.
After college, Greely worked under leading French trainer Criquette Head, then relocated to California to work for Richard Mandella.
Greely branched out on his own as a trainer in 1997, and he was active through 2015. He won 131 races for combined earnings of $11,230,842.
His first Grade 1 victories as a trainer came in 2000, when he saddled the Irish-bred Manndar to victories in the G1 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Stakes and G1 Manhattan Handicap. He won the G1 Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes with Sligo Bay, and he took the G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup and Pacific Classic Stakes with Borrego.
Other runners of note for Greely's stable included Grade 2 winners Tres Borrachos, Century City, Grammarian, Takarian, and Five Star Day.
Greely was also active in the breeding industry, founding Wintergreen Stallion Station in Midway with his brother John Joseph Greely IV. John died earlier this year on March 15 at age 54.
In recent years, Greely was involved in underwater and art photography.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, a private burial will take place at Calvary Cemetery in Lexington. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to God's Food Pantry (1685 Jaggie Fox Way, Lexington, KY 40511) in response to need for food during the pandemic.
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