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	Robert Sangster, at 67; top racehorse owner in Europe - The Boston Globe
		Sangster, who inherited an estimated $166 million from the Vernon soccer betting pools from his father, dominated European racing in the days before the oil-rich Maktoum family from Dubai came along.
		Sangster's green, blue and white colors, the owner won the Epsom Derby twice, with The Minstrel in 1977 and Golden Fleece in 1982.
		"Robert was a true visionary whose large-scale investment in the best American-bred yearlings in the '70s was one of the principal factors in establishing Ireland and Coolmore as major forces in the bloodstock world," O'Brien said.
	www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2004/04/09/robert_sangster_at_67_top_racehorse_owner_in_europe (376 words)

	Robert I - Encyclopedia.com
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	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1O142-RobertI.html (516 words)

	Observer \| Farewell to two greats of racing
		With the demise of the leading owner and breeder Robert Sangster and the multiple champion jump jockey and trainer Fred Winter, the sport is bereft of two characters from opposite ends of the racing spectrum.
		Sangster, who died at the age of 67, was described as 'a visionary'.
		Sangster enjoyed the thrill of competition, whether it be up the straight at Royal Ascot or Epsom, or at the yearling sales in Kentucky, Saratoga and Newmarket.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4899436-102283,00.html (894 words)

	Racing and Sports - Leaders in Horse Racing News, Statistics and Technology
		Sangster, 67, inherited the Vernons soccer pools fortune from his father in the 1960s and over the last 35 years has become one of the world's most successful racing figures.
		Sangster's UK racing and breeding interests are based at Manton, a 2300-acre estate he established in 1984 while his breeding interests in Australia include large shareholdings in Lindsay Park and Collingrove Studs.
		Sangster also headed the syndicate that paid $US13.1 million in 1985 for a yearling a half brother to 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew who raced as Seattle Dancer, an amount that is still a world record.
	www.racingandsports.com.au /racing/rsNewsArt.asp?NID=38217 (629 words)

	The Minstrel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A powerfully built and beautiful chestnut colt with four white-stockings and a gentle disposition, The Minstrel was purchased at the 1975 Keeneland yearling auction by a group headed by the flamboyant British racing enthusiast Robert Sangster (1936-2004).
		His win in the Epsom Derby, the most prestigious race in the United Kingdom, brought Sangster and his partners into the racing limelight and he soon became one of the world's leading racehorse owners.
		After owner Robert Sangster's affair with Jerry Hall, the wife of Rolling Stones lead singer, Mick Jagger, he claimed that Jagger had threatened to do what The Godfather had done in the film and put The Minstrel's head in its owner's bed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Minstrel (365 words)

	Robert Sangster \| Obituaries \| News \| Telegraph
		Sangster once claimed that no one in the world could outbid him when he had set his mind on buying a particular horse.
		Robert Edmund Sangster was born on May 23 1936, the son of Vernon Sangster, who started the Vernons Pools business in 1926 with £400 and a staff of five.
		Sangster then joined Vernons Pools, of which he became managing director (he was to be chairman of the Vernons Organisation from 1980 to 1988).
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/04/09/db0901.xml&page=2 (410 words)

	Feather Boy (2004) (TV) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Robert mistakenly volunteers to take part in a story telling campaign in a local old people's home, where he meets an old lady that will change his life forever.
		The drama is based around Robert overcoming himself and also doing the bidding of Edith (who may be forcing Robert to become her dead son), it is sinister at times without being frightening, slightly supernatural without being too dark or brooding.
		Sangster is better known for playing Hitler in a miniseries and for playing 'cute kid' in Love Actually (a role I'm sure he won on his own merits and without the help of Uncle Grant).
	spanish.imdb.com /title/tt0382690 (609 words)

	Obituary: Robert Sangster Independent, The (London) - Find Articles
		ROBERT SANGSTER was prodigious in everything he did.
		Through one Colossus in particular, Sadler's Wells, who was bred by Sangster's Swettenham Stud in Wiltshire from a mare bought cheaply in Kentucky and raced in the owner's famed blue and green silks before commencing stud duties, Coolmore created wealth for itself and its partners on a scale few could have dared imagine.
		Sangster was always conscious of the sell-on value of his horses as much as their athletic prowess.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_200404/ai_n12781042 (941 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Robert Sangster
		Robert Edmund Sangster (May 23, 1936 - April 7, 2004) was a well-known English racehorse owner and breeder.
		Sangster was chairman of the Vernons Organisation from 1980 to 1988, selling it in 1988 for £90 million.
		Sangster was married three times: first to Christine Street, by whom he had three sons (Guy, Ben and Adam) and a daughter.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Robert_Sangster (256 words)

	The Kingdom: Killarney memories of the late Robert Sangster
		Robert Sangster picked the best to do all the preliminaries – selecting, training and riding – and was one exponent that got one of my favourite sayings: “Good is the Enemy of the Best”, right.
		Robert Sangster brought him over to Europe to give us all a chance to have a look at him in action.
		Robert Sangster had a holiday home in the Bahamas – a regular visitor there was the late Princess Margaret, sister of the Queen of England.
	www.kingdompaper.com /news/story.asp?j=13180 (634 words)

	REVOLUTIONARY SANGSTER LEAVES HIS MARK: Sporting Life - Racing \| Racing news, Racing results, Punchestown Festival, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Robert Sangster, who died yesterday at the age of 67, changed the face of racing with his revolutionary approach to the sport in the 1970s and 80s.
		Sangster was the best-known and most-successful British-based owner of the last 30 years, topping the table in 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983 and 1984, before the Maktoum family became heavily involved in racing.
		Sangster was born in Merseyside on May 23, 1936, and inherited the Vernons football pools company, which he sold for £90million in 1988.
	www.sportinglife.com /racing/news/story_get.dor?STORY_NAME=racing/04/04/08/RACING_Sangster_Profile.html (792 words)

	SOUTH AFRICAN HORSE RACING - SAHorseracing.COM - A leading racing & breeding site
		Sangster was the best-known and most-successful British-based owner of the last 30 years, topping the table in 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983 and 1984.
		Robert made a massive contribution to racing as a whole and to racing in the north-west." Chairman of Haydock, Bill Whittle, who joined the board on the same day as Sangster, added: "I am greatly saddened by the news.
		BHB Chief Executive Greg Nichols said: "Robert Sangster was not only a doyen of British racing and breeding but a trailblazer for the sport in Australia, which he helped to revolutionise and elevate.
	www.sahorseracing.com /newsview.asp?id=367 (1514 words)

	Robert Persons - Encyclopedia.com
		The legacy of Robert Gordis: a memorial tribute on the first Yahrzeit.
		Robert Sangster 1936-2004: We had great days and great horses.
		Robert A. Cruess, was honored as the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce's 2006 Small Business Person of the Year.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Persons.html (671 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sport \| Horse Racing \| Owner Sangster dies
		Sangster was one of the most well-known owners in Flat racing and had won 27 European Classics.
		Sangster's wealth was believed to run into the hundreds of millions of pounds.
		Sangster's association with Coolmore came to an end but he and O'Brien still hold the world record price for a yearling, having paid $13.1m (£7m) for Seattle Dancer in 1985.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/3610051.stm (507 words)

	Sunday Times - Rich List
		In recent years, Sangster, one of the great owner-breeders of racehorses of the 20th century, has been "selling everything", but now he says he is about to break out and enjoy himself a bit more.
		His Guernsey-based Sangster Group moved from a £4.3m loss in 2001 to a £3m profit last year.
		With a strong asset base and a £15m mansion in Barbados, Sangster is worth nearly £100m on this performance.
	www.timesonline.co.uk /richlist/person/0,,22048,00.html (195 words)

	Robert Sangster dies aged 67 \| News \| Horse Racing \| Sport \| Telegraph
		Robert Sangster, who enjoyed phenomenal success as an owner on the international racing stage, has died aged 67.
		Sangster owned the winners of the Breeders' Cup Mile in America and Melbourne Cup in Australia, and was a partner in the Coolmore Stud in Ireland, where his Sadler's Wells, though lesssuccessful on the racetrack, was widely considered the best sire of the second half of the 20th Century.
		Sangster was a very popular owner, well liked at all levels of the racing game, and a man with a mischievous sense of humour.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2004/04/08/shsang08.xml (364 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Breeder, racehorse owner Sangster dies
		LONDON – Robert Sangster, an owner and breeder whose impact on horse racing extended around the world, has died of pancreatic cancer.
		Sangster teamed with trainer Vincent O'Brien and stud farm owner John Magnier in the early '70s to set up the forerunner of the Coolmore operation in Ireland.
		Sangster also prospered by selling successful colts, such as The Minstrel and Alleged, back to the United States for stud purposes.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20040408-1106-rac-obit-sangster.html (535 words)

	BreakingNews.ie - 2004/04/19: Stars say goodbye to racing legend Sangster
		Famous names, such as the jockey Lester Piggott, who rode many of Sangster’s winners, were present in the congregation along with key figures from the British Horseracing Board and the Jockey Club.
		He said Sangster had a “remarkable gift of friendship” and had shown fortitude and courage in the face of the illness that had blighted his last days, sharing his friendship right up until the last.
		Sangster, who was separated from his third wife Sue, leaves six children and six grandchildren.
	archives.tcm.ie /breakingnews/2004/04/19/story143521.asp (568 words)

	AAP and Racing and Sports Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sangster, who died in London on Wednesday from cancer, was renowned as one of the most influential figures in world racing and breeding from the time he inherited the Vernons soccer pools fortune in the late 1960s.
		Sangster's UK racing and breeding interests were based at Manton, a 2300-acre estate he established in 1984 where his trainers over the years have included Barry Hills, Peter Chapple-Hyam and John Gosden.
		Sangster also headed the syndicate that paid $US13.1 million in 1985 for a yearling a half brother to 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew who raced as Seattle Dancer, an amount that is still a world record.
	www.aapracingandsports.com.au /racing/rsbreeding.asp?NID=38880 (551 words)

	The Scotsman - Sport - Racing - Tributes paid to Sangster
		Sangster, 67, died on Wednesday at his London home after losing his lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer.
		Sangster, who was separated from his third wife, Sue, leaves four sons, Ben, Adam, Guy and Max.
		Sangster and O’Brien enjoyed many big-race successes together, with the likes of Alleged, who won the Arc for two successive years, 2,000 Guineas and Irish Derby winner El Gran Senor, and Sadler’s Wells, who won the Eclipse and Irish Champion Stakes before going on to be a great stallion.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /racing.cfm?id=400912004 (478 words)

	RACING MOURNS ROBERT SANGSTER: Sporting Life - Racing \| Racing news, Racing results, Punchestown Festival, Betfred Gold ...
		Sangster was born in Merseyside on May 23, 1936, and inherited the Vernons football pools company from his father.
		Sangster was also a supporter of Chester racecourse, and chairman Bobby McAlpine said: "Robert continued to steward at Chester until the late 80s, when the Jockey Club felt his bloodstock interests made it difficult for him to steward.
		Greg Nichols, the BHB chief executive and previously general manager for Racing Victoria in Australia, said: "Robert Sangster was not only a doyen of British racing and breeding but a trailblazer for the sport in Australia, which he helped to revolutionise and elevate.
	www.sportinglife.com /racing/news/story_get.dor?STORY_NAME=racing/04/04/08/RACING_Sangster_Nightlead.html (1770 words)

	Sangster, Once Racing's Dominant Owner, Dies - bloodhorse.com
		Robert Sangster, the leading racehorse owner of the 1970s and 1980s, has died at age 67 after a long battle with cancer, according to the London Telegraph.
		Sangster and O'Brien hold the world record price for a yearling after buying Seattle Dancer for $13.1 million at the 1985 Keeneland July sale.
		In 1984, Sangster purchased the 2,300-acre Manton estate in Britain and installed Michael Dickinson as his trainer.
	www.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=21559 (367 words)

	The Sun Online - Racing: Sangster is remembered
		Sangster had stud farms dotted all over the globe — the sun never set on his operation.
		Sangster was always an innovator and brought the brilliant Steve Cauthen to ride in England.
		In 1994 Sangster sold Balachine to the Maktoums and then pipped her by a short-head with his own filly Las Meninas in the 1,000 Guineas.
	www.thesun.co.uk /article/0,,2003110000-2004161863,00.html (863 words)

	Articles By Keith Robbins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sangster was in the winner's circle with his horse, jockey and trainer when suddenly, in the huge throng, I almost bumped heads with a beaming, excitable (then) Susan Peacock.
		But Sangster's new wife was delighted when eventually she solved the mystery of the unknown man in the top hat.
		Sangster had arrived secretly in Australia and because of the intense media pressure it had been agreed by him and, I presume his advisers, it would be best if one newspaper would be given exclusive rights to a series of pix for the Saturday editions.
	www.racenet.com.au /articles/templates/KeithRobbins.asp?articleid=64&zoneid=2 (1572 words)

	Most expensive racehorse ever in the world. Seattle Dancer Robert Sangster Nijinsky II Seattle Slew.
		Seattle Dancer Robert Sangster Nijinsky II Seattle Slew.
		Amazingly the record for the most expensive racehorse dates back to 1985 when Robert Sangster and some partners paid $13.1 million USD for Seattle Dancer.
		Seattle Dancer was sired by Nijinsky II and is half brother to Seattle Slew, a Triple Crown winner.
	thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com /expensive48.html (149 words)

	Print Article: Racing tycoon Robert Sangster dies
		Sangster, who had strong connections to Australia through his racing empire and marriage to socialite Susan Peacock, had been battling pancreatic cancer.
		Sangster and his three sons, Guy, Ben and Adam, operated Collingrove Stud in Nagambie, Australia.
		Among Sangster's many winners was Beldale Ball, the winner of the 1980 Melbourne Cup.
	www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2004/04/08/1081326841502.html (113 words)

	Song Well Sung - bloodhorse.com
		Sangster, who died April 7 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 67, was remembered by friends and associates at a memorial service at Keeneland April 19 as caring, loyal, and completely accessible to anyone.
		Sangster was not only forward-thinking, he was universal in his approach to the business.
		Gaines said Sangster was "the entrepreneur sportsman par excellence; grateful in victory, graceful in defeat, but always the innovator and strategic thinker who played to win.
	opinions.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=21998 (635 words)

	Moorcroft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Leading such a busy life once he knew we were secure in our location he handed the reigns over to his son Ben who, as you know, is one of our patrons and helps in every way he can.
		I will always remember Robert Sangster as the influential man who fronteda Sporting Life article on the MRWC pledging his full support and I think it was and still is, to a degree, down to this that so many of the trainers and owners throughout the industry are behind the centre.
		Robert Sangster, a big man with a big heart.
	www.mrwc.org.uk /news120704c.htm (546 words)

	ABC Sport - Sport - Horse mogul Sangster dies
		A memorial service is being planned in Australia for international thoroughbred horse owner and breeder Robert Sangster, who has died at the age of 67.
		He said Sangster would be remembered for being a good sport.
		"Robert Sangster was probably the first international figure that could really see a market in Australia and could really see that we had an industry here that needed help in development of our breeding," he said.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/s1083905.htm (355 words)

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