University president favourite to land punter’s prize

A HANDFUL of winners in the next fortnight is all that stands between former University College Dublin President Dr Art Cosgrove and a racing tipster’s top prize of almost €40,000.

The 66-year-old historian is joint favourite to emerge on top from the last four of more than 3,000 entrants in the Racing Post newspaper’s Search For a Tipster competition.

Over the last four weeks, he has made it through a number of rounds, in which punters pick 15 runners over five days between Saturday and Wednesday.