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He'd paid $40,000 £23.9m for her, and there wasn't a lot of her," remembered Magnier."

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Billionaire currency trader Joe Lewis, who together with this Irish friends JP McManus and John Magnier speaks for 47% of shares, now has two representatives on the depleted five-man board.

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The former giants of the business— Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, and John Magnier, the Irish horse tycoon and financier—are now buying far fewer horses in the U.S. than they did in the mid-2000s, according to sellers and buyers.

Bargain Hunters Go Off to the Races Robert Frank 2011

The group were also responsible for disrupting a race meeting at Hereford earlier that year during Sir Alex Ferguson's feud with John Magnier and JP McManus.

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Mr. Magnier and his representatives spent more than $19 million in 2007, but less than $2 million in 2010, according to the data.

Bargain Hunters Go Off to the Races Robert Frank 2011

Sheik Mohammed is working to turn around his debt-laden business empire, while Mr. Magnier is buying more horses in Europe because of the higher quality of horses there, according to industry experts.

Bargain Hunters Go Off to the Races Robert Frank 2011

Sheik Mo and Magnier would lock on a horse and just go crazy.

Bargain Hunters Go Off to the Races Robert Frank 2011

Elpida, an investment vehicle owned by Irish horse-racing tycoons John Magnier and J.P. McManus , that owns a 20.8% stake in M&B, has not yet made a public statement on the matter.

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The famous bidding wars between Sheik Mohammed and Mr. Magnier, which would regularly send prices up to $6 million or $8 million, are largely gone.

Bargain Hunters Go Off to the Races Robert Frank 2011

Getty Images John Magnier in 2007 Mr. Repole said many of the newly rich buyers who came into the market in the mid-2000s vanished after overpaying for mediocre horses.

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