| 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. "I am not getting any younger," he told an Australian journalist last November. "And I probably need a bit of fun. It's all right getting the bank balance in the black all the time but it's not much fun looking at a bank balance." Known for enjoying the good things in life, Sangster, 66, inherited the Vernons pools company built by his father and sold it in 1988 for £90m, concentrating on his racing empire. Described as an amiable bon vivant, he has owned some of the most successful racehorses in Europe and Australia over the past 30 years, linking up with trainer Vincent O'Brien and jockey Lester Piggott. 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. We lop off £10m, however, to allow for the divorce from his third wife, Sue.
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