‘Nervous’ Michael Masterson would appreciate end to 13-year wait for second Cheltenham Festival winner

Appreciate It with owners Angela and Michael Masterson after his Grade One victory at the Dublin Racing Festival. Picture: Healy Racing

Prominent owner Michael Masterson is taking nothing for granted as he looks to end a 13-year wait for a second winner at the Cheltenham Festival — despite possessing two of Ireland’s leading contenders in Appreciate It and Kilcruit.

A native of Achill Island off the west coast of Mayo, Masterson’s interest in racing was spiked after moving across the Irish Sea to set up his construction business in Britain.