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Noreen is wife of J. P. McManus (Irish businessman and racehorse owner)
Breeding, dressage and horse racing is a major economic activity in various countries. Horses of exceptional purity can cost millions and easily generate as stallions. Running style and how to cope varies from country to country. --- The origin of these races amounts to the most remote antiquity. Were the main object of the holidays in Greece and sung by the poets. The fable of the Centaurs seems to prove that certain people of this country, particularly tesábanos had acquired very early a great skill in the art of riding. Several passages of Homer, Pindar and Sophocles, testify that the races were already in vogue when they were introduced in the Olympics, towards the Olympics 85. Greece became the taste of these exercises to the Romans who made them into their public celebrations. The race was to give seven times around the circus, the horses were tied to light trucks and were in a transit place limits placed so that without an infinite skill of the driver, the car could shatter. Often sacrificed to the god Mars winning horse and his owner received in exchange other horses, crowns of gold, silver, clothing, etc. The brilliant fighting the racetrack in Rome, were transferred to the banks of the Bosphorus, but the importance that some emperors were often at this institution, was perhaps one of the reasons that contributed to the fall of the Greek Empire. During the Middle Ages, the horse races fell into a deep oblivion, did not reappear in part, but at the time of the holiday tournaments and chivalry, of which so long was so lavish medieval Europe. In our day to the English they must be the resurrection of the races, but under a different view of the ancients. For these games they were but a means to develop the courage, strength, skill, and agility of the fighters and warriors, for the modern is seen as a means of improving the species and horses as a means of fun. --- Horse racing. Before departure is a painting by French artist Edgar Degas. Is done in oil on canvas. Measuring 49 cm high and 62 cm wide. It was painted in 1862. He is now in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France. Horse racing is one of his favorite themes of the painter, in which he explores the movement. It was a meeting point for different classes sociales1. Depicts a scene prior to departure. The foreground is occupied by horses and their jockeys dressed in colorful jerseys. Is behind the row of spectators. The background is occupied by a meadow in the distance are the chimneys of factories and the entire top is dominated by a hazy sky. ---- An American producer takes control of Manchester United and intends to buy American Malcolm Glazer, Manchester United shareholder, filed a formal offer of purchase by the English club valued at 790 million pounds ($ 1,185 million euros). The U.S. producer acquired 28.7 percent of the shares that had the Irish partner JP McManus and John Magnier, ensuring a share of 59 percent of the entity at Old Trafford. Glazer filed this new offer to purchase a five-day ultimatum met to report what their plans with respect to United. So, the shareholder need only 16 percent more to get the rate of 75 percent would allow it to buy the club. If Glazer does a 75 percent plus one share, Manchester United could delist from the London Stock Exchange and the U.S. could transfer his debt to the club. Of achieving 90 percent plus one share, Glazer may opt for compulsory purchase and get the remaining 10 percent share of the club. --- NEWS: Premier M. United JP McManus and John Magnier have the 23.15 percent control of the club. Participation in the Manchester United sold by BSkyB has been purchased by the company Cubic Expression, led by two Irish businessmen, who have now from 23.15 percent control of all football, has indicated the club. "Manchester United have been informed that the Cubic Expression company owns, October 7, 2003, a share of 60,144,730 ordinary shares representing 23.15 percent of capital," said the football club in a brief statement to the London Stock Exchange. Cubic Expression is a company run by two Irish businessmen JP McManus and John Magnier, who had up to now 13.25 percent of the football club. "To make money" JP McManus and John Magnier have several racing stables. According to sources close to the record, the two Irish businessmen have no intention of bidding on the total capital of the club. "It's just for them to make money" since they hope the action will continue to rise. But analysts point out that football clubs do not necessarily have very high dividends and are not always a profitable investment. The two Irishmen could increase its share to protect the club in a bid for an outside investor, as the American Malcolm Glazer, according to experts. Last week, the club revealed that American billionaire Malcolm Glazer had doubled its share in the group in less than a week, gaining 5.9 percent. Rumors purchase Finally, as highlighted by Henk Potts, analyst at Barclays Private Clients, it is possible that JP McManus and John Magnier want to take the entire club. "That makes no sense for them to have as wide a participation in a company like Manchester United, without control" the capital, said Potts. The satellite channel BSkyB has announced on Tuesday it had sold its stake of 9.9 percent in Manchester, without specifying the name of the buyer. This announcement fueled rumors of a forthcoming takeover bid of Manchester United, considered the world's richest club. "It's really very difficult today. This Glazer on the one hand, the Irish, and also a Russian businessman who'd be very interested in the club," said Stan Lock, an analyst at Brewin Dolphin. -> Created for Noreen McManus |
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