McManus pays £20,000 for painting at JT fundraiser

Horse Racing tycoon JP McManus made the largest bid at a private auction that has raised around over €100,000 for paralysed Limerick jockey JT McNamara.

The Limerick horse owner paid £20,000 sterling (€23,383) for a painting of the jockey preparing to ride out in a point to point race.

The canvass painting of JT McNamara in action at Belharbour is entitled, ‘On the Way Down to the Start’.