Greentree Stables
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Thoroughbred Racing Stable & Horse breeding Farm |
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| Industry | Thoroughbred Horse racing |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Defunct | 1989 |
| Headquarters | Red Bank, New Jersey |
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Key people
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Payne Whitney (owner 1914–1927) Helen Hay Whitney (owner 1927–1944) Joan & Jock Whitney (co-owners, 1944–1982) Trainers: Thomas W. Murphy (1928–1930) James G. Rowe, Jr. (1931) William Brennan (1932–1938) John M. Gaver, Sr. (1939–1977) John M. Gaver, Jr. (1978–1981) |
| Divisions |
Aiken, South Carolina (training center) Lexington, Kentucky (breeding farm) |
Greentree Stable, in Red Bank, New Jersey, was a major American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm established in 1914 by Payne Whitney of the Whitney family of New York City. Payne Whitney operated a horse farm and stable at Saratoga Springs, New York with his brother Harry Payne Whitney, who also had a large stable of horses. Greentree Stable had a training base at Aiken, South Carolina, while Greentree Farm in Lexington, Kentucky was established in 1925 as its breeding arm.
After Whitney's steeplechase horse won the 1911 Greentree Cup race at Great Neck, New York, it was decided to use the Greentree name for several of their properties. Following Payne Whitney's death in 1927, his widow Helen Hay Whitney took over the operation. With her children John Hay Whitney and Joan Whitney Payson, they continued to build on the stable's success.
Greentree Stable horses won many important steeplechase and flat races throughout the United States. As part of a program honoring important Thoroughbred tracks and racing stables, the Pennsylvania Railroad named its baggage car #5859 the "Greentree Stable". In January 1928 Thomas W. Murphy, a renowned harness racing trainer, became head trainer for Greentree Stable. Murphy stayed until the end of the 1930 Pimlico fall meeting, and was replaced by James G. Rowe, Jr..
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