My late father was a fan of his style of consigning, identifying particular buyers for particular horses and marketing his stock to the right market.

He was realistic, knowing his horses and never pitching them to the wrong market. To that end he set high standards and he was one of the most successful vendors at the time. Twice he was the leading consignor of yearlings in Europe. Prior to that I was aware of him as the man from whom my dad bought a mare related to Deep Run for Waterloo House Stud.