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...horse fever. Heir to a Liverpool-based soccer betting operation, Sangster has used his winning touch at breeding to go from riches to phenomenal riches. In provident exile on the bucolic Isle of Man, a tax haven in the Irish Sea, he now runs a multimillion-dollar equine empire, Swettenham Stud, from a 100-room mansion called the Nunnery. Though a reticent man in public, he is hardly that at home. His two trophies from the French Arc de Triomphe wins are the centerpieces on twin dining-room tables. The walls of the bright, airy living room are covered with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Breeders, Place Your Bets | 8/23/1982 | See Source »

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