John Greenall
Amateur rider John Edward Greenall was born on July 22, 1960 at Marylebone, the second son of Edward Gilbert Greenall, 3rd Baron Daresbury. He was educated at Fettes School in Edinburgh and then Buckingham University from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Economics.
Amateur rider John Edward Greenall was born on July 22, 1960 at Marylebone, the second son of Edward Gilbert Greenall, 3rd Baron Daresbury. He was educated at Fettes School in Edinburgh and then Buckingham University from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Economics.
Johnny Greenall was involved with the family’s brewery business between 1979 and 1995 but combined that with riding as an amateur under National Hunt rules. He was crowned champion amateur rider for the 1993/94 season.
Johnny Greenall was involved with the family’s brewery business between 1979 and 1995 but combined that with riding as an amateur under National Hunt rules. He was crowned champion amateur rider for the 1993/94 season.
The championship was achieved through a string of good hunter chasers, trained in the north by Peter Cheesbrough, who had taken over the licence of Arthur Stephenson’s Bishop Auckland following the latter’s death, and in the midlands by Caroline Bailey.
The championship was achieved through a string of good hunter chasers, trained in the north by Peter Cheesbrough, who had taken over the licence of Arthur Stephenson’s Bishop Auckland following the latter’s death, and in the midlands by Caroline Bailey.
His most successful mounts were Once Stung, trained by Cheesbrough, and Sunny Mount, trained by Saunders, both of whom won four hunter chases in 1994. Other contributors that year included Miners Melody (three wins), Clare Man, Goggins Hill and Kilfinny Cross (two wins apiece), and Dark Dawn and Sporting Mariner who each won once. Also that season, he finished third in the Cheltenham Foxhunters’ Challenge Cup on Once Stung and fourth in the Aintree Fox Hunters’ Chase on Dark Dawn.
His most successful mounts were Once Stung, trained by Cheesbrough, and Sunny Mount, trained by Saunders, both of whom won four hunter chases in 1994. Other contributors that year included Miners Melody (three wins), Clare Man, Goggins Hill and Kilfinny Cross (two wins apiece), and Dark Dawn and Sporting Mariner who each won once. Also that season, he finished third in the Cheltenham Foxhunters’ Challenge Cup on Once Stung and fourth in the Aintree Fox Hunters’ Chase on Dark Dawn.
He was involved with a winery between 1995 and 1998, then turned his attentions to farming. By 2003 he lived at Wootton Hall, Wootton, near Ashbourne, in Derbyshire.
He was involved with a winery between 1995 and 1998, then turned his attentions to farming. By 2003 he lived at Wootton Hall, Wootton, near Ashbourne, in Derbyshire.
He was twice married, firstly to Gabrielle James in 1985. They were divorced in 1991. He married, secondly, Laura Anne Collins on August 21, 1998.
He was twice married, firstly to Gabrielle James in 1985. They were divorced in 1991. He married, secondly, Laura Anne Collins on August 21, 1998.
In August 2012, as master of the Meynell and South Staffordshire Hunt, he was fined £3,000 after being convicted of illegally hunting fox cubs with dogs. He was filmed by campaigners hidden in a wood in Sutton on the Hill in October the previous year.
In August 2012, as master of the Meynell and South Staffordshire Hunt, he was fined £3,000 after being convicted of illegally hunting fox cubs with dogs. He was filmed by campaigners hidden in a wood in Sutton on the Hill in October the previous year.
In September 2013 he cheated death when crash landing his private plane into a Staffordshire field, with his wife and three children on board. They walked away unscathed after the plane plunged from the sky shortly after taking off from Tatenhill airfield near Burton-up-n-Trent. Remarkably, it was the second time in ten years that Johnny had survived such an aeroplane crash.
In September 2013 he cheated death when crash landing his private plane into a Staffordshire field, with his wife and three children on board. They walked away unscathed after the plane plunged from the sky shortly after taking off from Tatenhill airfield near Burton-up-n-Trent. Remarkably, it was the second time in ten years that Johnny had survived such an aeroplane crash.