The Martinstown Yankee: Four McManus horses to keep an eye on
When you throw JP McManus-sized numbers at a problem then solutions are bound to follow. This quartet are all slightly below the radar but could be good value for a sneaky each-way four horse ‘JP Yankee.’
IN THE THICK OF IT: JP McManus has direct involvement in up to 25 different races this week.
The influence of JP McManus on global horse racing stretches far and wide. Last weekend his Sandy Lane Hotel sponsored the richest horse race in the Carribean, The Barbados Gold Cup at the fabled Garrison Savannah racecourse in Bridgetown. This week, like Monty Python, he heads for the Cotswolds ‘for something completely different.’
The influence of JP McManus on the Cheltenham festival stretches far and wide too. At the confirmation stage last week, he had an astonishing 51 horses entered in 24 different races throughout the week. When the green and gold soldiers go to war the weapon of choice is a scattergun, not a rifle.
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