Henry Beeby

Background

About Henry Beeby

I am the Group Chief Executive of Robert J Goff & Co plc which is the parent company of Goffs and Goffs UK (formerly Doncaster Bloodstock Sales Ltd - DBS) of which I am also Chairman. I joined Goffs in 2007 and moved to Ireland following Goffs’ merger with DBS. I joined DBS in 1982 and also worked for Furnace Mill Stud in England, The Irish National Stud, Coolmore and Fasig Tipton Co in New York, Florida and Kentucky. I auctioned my first horse in 1985, was appointed to the DBS Board in 1989, became Managing Director in 1998 and was appointed Chairman of Goffs UK in 2016. I was a guest auctioneer at Goffs in 2004 and have also conducted auctions in Dubai, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Qatar, South Africa and Sweden as well as countless charity auctions every year. In 1998 I set up the Auctions of Seniority Positions for the NJPC and conducted their auctions from 1998 – 2002. I have handled some of the most high profile sales at Goffs in recent years wielding the gavel for the sales of the likes of Alpha Centauri and Chicquita, both of which realised €6 million (the joint highest priced horses ever in Ireland and the top prices in the world in those years in which they were sold), yearling fillies by Galileo for €3.2 million and €3 million which were the world's highest in the category in the years in which they were sold, Banimpire for €2.3 million, foals and yearlings by Frankel for €1.8 million and €1.7 million (the highest prices by the sire anywhere in the world at the time), as well as two top prices of £1.3 million at the unique Goffs London Sales in the grounds of Kensington Palace. It is a real privilege to be involved with such quality. I have also served on the BHB Ownership Marketing Group, BHB Bloodstock Marketing Group, TBA NH Committee, Cartier Awards Jury, as well as acting as compere at the ROA Awards and TBA Awards. I am a former Chairman of the Society of International Thoroughbred Auctioneers (SITA) and continue as the Goffs SITA representative and a former Chairman of the Bloodstock Industry Forum as well as an Honorary Advisor of China Horse Owners Alliance whilst I am also a member of the Turf Cub and Jockey Club Rooms. Specialties: Thoroughbred Racehorse Auctions