Robert Sangster

The iconic Horsetrader, the 324-page tale of Robert Sangster and the genesis of the Coolmore Throughbred breeding empire, is now available as an audiobook, the Sangster family announced. Horsetrader covers the pivotal shift in the racing industry between 1974 and 1990 when bloodstock prices skyrocketed from $135,000 to over $13 million. This era reshaped the history of bloodstock breeding, prompting even governmental attention, and adjustments in US tax rates during President Reagan's administration to accommodate the sport's transformation. Swettenham Stud's Adam Sangster, Robert's son, commissioned English recording artist Christopher Tester...

Typically, the names Sangster, Manton, Tattersalls, and British-bred runner at Windsor don't scream `American connections,' but in the case of Inquisitively (GB) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}), peel back the onion a bit and you'll find more than a few stars and stripes among the connections. Inquisitively, a barely-beaten second at Windsor in his May 29 debut, is entered in Wednesday's Windsor Castle at Royal Ascot, and will carry his owners' hopes as well as a bit of history on his back. Inquisitively sold for 40,000gns euros at the 2022 Tattersalls October...

The name Sangster has often been seen among the ranks of owners and breeders, and from later this year it will also feature on a training licence, with Ollie Sangster set to train from his family's historic estate of Manton. The 25-year-old of course has a background steeped in racing: his grandfather was the legendary Robert Sangster, known with his friends and associates MV O'Brien and John Magnier as 'The Brethren', while his father Ben is also a breeder of note, with Luxembourg (Ire) and Changingoftheguard (Ire) being among his...