Tony Bloom made his fortune playing poker and bought the team he supported, Brighton and Hove Albion. Now he’s eyeing the jackpot in Saturday’s $10million Golden Eagle.
A multi-billionaire owner of an English Premier League club who made his fortune from gambling is taking a punt on his horse heading to the other side of the world and upstaging rivals in the $10 million Golden Eagle.
The $5.25 million first prize for winning the Golden Eagle would barely register on Bloom’s bank balance: the 54-year-old is worth around $2.5 billion. Haggas, who also said he preferred cricket to football – he once played a match against a young Australian batsman by the name of David Boon – is well known to Australian punters after successful hit-and-run trips with horses like Addeybb, Protagonist, Dubai Honour and Post Impressionist.“Mr Bloom is a very busy man,” Haggas said. “He is very enthusiastic about his horses but also keeps a very low profile.
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