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British diamond dealer and racehorse owner
A.K.A.
Anthony Ernest Oppenheimer
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June 1937(United Kingdom, United Kingdom)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Anthony Ernest Oppenheimer (born June 1937) is a British diamond dealer and racehorse owner.
Early life
He was born in June 1937, the son of Sir Philip Oppenheimer, and his wife Pamela Fenn Stirling.
Career
Oppenheimer was president of De Beers Group.
Racehorse owner
Oppenheimer owns Golden Horn, who won the 2015 Epsom Derbyand Cracksman who won the 2017 Champion Stakes.
Major wins as an owner
Great Britain
- British Champions Fillies and Mares Stakes - Star Catcher (2019)
- Champion Stakes - (2) - Cracksman (2017, 2018)
- Coronation Cup - (1) - Cracksman (2018)
- Coronation Stakes - (2) - Rebecca Sharp (1997), Balisada (1999)
- Eclipse Stakes - Golden Horn (2015)
- Epsom Derby - Golden Horn (2015)
France
- Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Golden Horn (2015)
- Prix d'Ispahan - Sasuru (1997)
- Prix Ganay - Cracksman (2018)
- Prix Vermeille - Star Catcher (2019)
Ireland
- Irish Champion Stakes - Golden Horn (2015)
- Irish Oaks - Star Catcher (2019)
Personal life
Oppenheimer married Penny Barker in 1965, but they divorced in 1983, following her affair with Captain Fred Barker, a Singer sewing machine heir.
They had two daughters, Sophie and Emily.
He later married Antoinette Oppenheimer.