Obituary

Pinhooked two-year-old fetched $US16 million at auction but didn’t live up to the hype on the track, or as a sire.

“The word legend is so often overused, but it is the most fitting description of a man and an athlete who really was a true legend.”

“Jack, we will miss you terribly, you were truly one of life’s great guys.”

“We can only hope that a small part of his brilliance is now shining down on the next generation for us.”

Leading Irish showjumper later became Irish Chef d’Equipe, with his teams winning many titles.

Peter Mitchell outlaid $3250 for Bonecrusher at the Waikato yearling sales and he went on to win 18 races and just over $NZ3 million.

“Mike had huge integrity and was respected by all that had the privilege to know him.”

Thunder Gulch was the star of the 1995 Triple Crown races when he won the G1 Kentucky Derby, G1 Belmont Stakes and was third in the G1 Preakness Stakes.

In 1980, Lyons decided to “take control of his own destiny.” He launched his own business, Alltech, which built its success upon the application of yeast technologies to animal health and nutrition.

Davis exercised some of the era’s top racing stars of the 1960s.