JP McManus and the hunt for the ‘Great Eight’
MARTINSTOWN MAESTRO: JP McManus already has 83 festival wins to his name, and that figure looks good to swell this week. Pic: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images
If that colossus of the turf, Snow Fairy, deserves a prominent statue overlooking the winner’s enclosure at Leopardstown, then surely JP McManus must have earned at least a half dozen monuments at Cheltenham racecourse.
His contribution to National Hunt racing in general, and the festival in particular, is monetarily incalculable, but with close on 400 horses in training, distributed among more than 60 trainers, it would be safe to say that his contribution has been significant.
