The Willie Mullins-trained Kel Histoire has been backed from 12/1 at the start of the week into the 6/1 favourite for the two-and-a-half-mile contest Owner JP McManus with trainer Willie Mullins(Image: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy) There has been a big gamble on a JP McManus horse in the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle ahead of next … Read more
JP McManus celebrates his 75th birthday on Tuesday, aptly on the start of the Cheltenham Festival where much of his storied reputation as jump racing’s biggest owner has been written. McManus’s grip on the sport has never been tighter. Fifty years after buying his first racehorse, the billionaire businessman remains an incomparably dominant figure in … Read more
Mark Walsh will be replaced as JP McManus’ retained jockey at the end of the season Mark Walsh and JP McManus (Image: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy ) JP McManus’ decision to appoint Harry Cobden as his retained rider last month didn’t surprise many. In fact, it was pretty much expected after weeks of speculation that Cobden would … Read more
An IHRB Referrals hearing found that the Desmond McDonogh-trained eight-year-old had races of dexamethasone in his system 17:55, 29 Jan 2026Updated 22:49, 29 Jan 2026 Owner JP McManus(Image: ©INPHO/Tom Maher) A horse owned by JP McManus and trained by Desmond McDonogh has been disqualified from winning a race at Gowran Park after a prohibited substance … Read more
Archyde: Latest World News, Economy, Entertainment, Health, Technology & Sports Updates IrelandS declining Domicile Levy: What’s Next for Taxing the Wealthy? Ireland’s domicile levy, designed to ensure wealthy non-residents contribute to the exchequer, is facing scrutiny as revenues dwindle. Introduced after the financial crash, this tax on “tax exiles” now raises considerably less than initially … Read more
It’s 30 years since a famous headline in racing history. The esteemed bloodstock writer Tony Morris responded to Celtic Swing swerving the Epsom Derby, and lining up instead in the French equivalent, with a critique headed Sad Mad Bad. History kind of repeated itself this week. JP McManus’s decision to remove his Cheltenham Gold Cup … Read more
Willie Mullins has said the main issue that caused so many false starts at last week’s Cheltenham Festival was starting races on a bend. Starting procedures came under the spotlight during the festival with seven races affected by false starts and controversy over the effects of consequent standing starts on some runners. A number had … Read more