AFTER a three year absence the J. P. McManus Irish Cup returns to Limerick with this year’s renewal getting underway at Limerick Racecourse this morning (11.30) and continuing until Sunday.

MICHAEL O’DONOVAN’S Derby hoodoo struck again yesterday when the Tipperary trainer’s Judicial Castelu was turner over by Danaghers Best in the Boylesports Derby final in Clonmel.