McManus triumphs at Cheltenham
The flamboyant former bookmaker is believed to have had a €200,000 bet at 7/2 on Hardy Eustace, who won a thrilling second Smurfit Champion Hurdle at a heaving Prestbury Park.
After being stunned into silence, and for many near penury, after the defeats of hot favourites Justified in the first and War of Attrition in the second, the Irish roar reverberated around the hallowed turf as out team recorded a famous first five past the post in the hurdling blue riband.
