Racing certainty JP will assemble top class field for Adare Manor pro-am

ONE month he wins the Champion Hurdle with Binocular, the next it’s the Aintree Grand National, and it seems life just couldn’t get any better for JP McManus.

But there is always another challenge for this remarkable Limerick man and now his focus switches to the preparations for his fifth invitational pro-am at Adare Manor Hotel and Golf Resort (July 5-6). Everything appears to be going according to plan in terms of both the quality of the professional field and the number of amateur teams set to compete.

While McManus is pleased at progress so far, the rest of us continue to wonder how he can put on such a mammoth show every five years.