Ultimately, the managers hope to take the company public again at a far higher price.

The manager must also hope that a spell of fitness and durability comes over players who look vulnerable.

Add a takeover premium to these prices and you get expectations that even the most brilliant manager could not hope to meet.

And a former manager at the company hopes the racing industry will rally round.

The park's managers are hoping to double profits this year.

But by then the three American managers hope to have turned the company, and their 15% stake, into something worth owning.

The company's managers had hoped to use most of that for future capital investment.

In the long run that is going to me a stronger and a better manager I hope.

But the fund's managers clearly hope to benefit from its new ties.

Still, the manager truly hopes the rest of the league notices, no matter what the cause.