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Article: The formidable quiet man of the turf who always plays to win; PROFILE JOHN MAGNIER TO OUTSTARE UNITED'S SIR ALEX IN CLASH OVER STUD-FEE MILLIONS.
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 19, 2003
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Byline: CHRIS BLACKHURST
JOHN MAGNIER was at the funeral of my friend Jonathan Cooper last weekend. To those journalists attending the ceremony in rural County Kildare, the presence of the Irish horseracing tycoon confirmed Cooper's position as a colleague with impeccable connections, the sort others can only dream about.
But it also said something about Magnier, about his values, that he was there. A week previously, Magnier had been at Lexington, Kentucky, and had paid [pounds sterling]4.25 million for a brood mare. As ever, as he bought Cash Run, winner of $1 million in prize money and in foal to Storm Cat, a top stallion, he left the shouting and the ...