Luciano Gaucci

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Luciano Gaucci (born December 28, 1939 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian entrepreneur and sportsman. He was the owner of Perugia Calcio, a football club based in Perugia, Umbria.

[edit] Thoroughbred horse racing

Luciano Gaucci also owned Allevamento White Star, a Thoroughbred horse breeding and racing operation who gained international fame in the late 1980s with the European Champion thoroughbred Tony Bin, winner of six Group One races including France's most prestigious event, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Gaucci also owned multiple stakes race winner Sikeston as well as Dr Devious, a colt he sold to American weight loss guru Sidney H. Craig and who won England's 1992 Epsom Derby.

[edit] References

• Copy of October 5, 2003 article by Peter popham on Luciano Gaucci in The Independent