reminds me of the well known Sydney sider Sir Wheeler-Dealer...

reminds me of the well known Sydney sider Sir Wheeler-Dealer (now bust)

Had a horse stud in the Hunter Valley

Got (with others) the peoples mate Bob to give 150% tax deductions on investments in the horse industry

Got a syndicate going.

Got v. good valuations on horses

Got to sell all his horses at top $ to syndicate

Got to be the syndicate boss

Got to keep the horse on his place and pay all costs

When depression we had to have happened;

Got to sell all his horses at bargain basement prices to himself (without horses ever leaving the property).

Moral of the story: Mein Gott!