Mark Walsh has Triple Crown in his sights on National mount Perceval Legallois
JP McManus’s No 1 jockey hoping to make it ‘Lucky 13′ on the Gavin Cromwell-trained horse
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Willie Mullins keen to make up ground on Dan Skelton in race for British trainers’ title
Irishman reckons Grand National outcome on Saturday will be crucial to chances of retaining landmark British championship
Decision not to attempt Cheltenham Gold Cup-Grand National double is not mad, but it is bad for Aintree and sad for racing
JP McManus turns down chance for Gold Cup hero Inothewayurthinkin to emulate Golden Miller and win two big prizes in same season
Gold Cup winner Inothewayurthinkin pulled out of Grand National
Only one horse – Golden Miller in 1934 – has ever won the Gold Cup and Aintree Grand National in the same season
Willie Mullins says starting on bends was main problem at Cheltenham
Handicapper reckons Gold Cup hero Inthewayurthinkin has 15lbs in hand should he try to double up in Aintree Grand National
Another big day for Willie Mullins at Cheltenham despite Galopin Des Champs defeat
Friday’s wins take champion trainer’s tally for the week to 10, equalling his 2022 tally
Lulamba swagger may be too much for 11-strong Willie Mullins team in Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham
Potential festival hotpot Dinoblue aiming to go one better than 2024 in Mares Chase
Cheltenham: ‘Finished article’ Jonbon favourite to deliver Champion Chase glory for owner JP McManus
Energumene bidding to emulate Badsworth Boy as triple winner of two-mile renewal
Cheltenham Festival: Majborough aiming to set the tone with Arkle victory for Willie Mullins and JP McManus
Opening Supreme Novices Hurdle named in memory of the late jockey Michael O’Sullivan who won the race in 2023
Denis Walsh: Suffocating stranglehold of rich owners has changed Cheltenham’s nature
The romance of the festival has been smothered and underdog stories have all but vanished
JP McManus: From fearless young punter to Cheltenham’s most successful racehorse owner
McManus has had 78 Cheltenham winners – far more than any other owner – but with his strongest-ever team set to compete next week, that number is likely to grow
Malachy Clerkin: Cheltenham’s thrill is gone as the best stories are replaced by the betting, the betting, the betting
Why would you care how many winners Willie Mullins or JP McManus add to their already huge total this week?
JP McManus team delaying decision on Fact To File’s Cheltenham target
Durkan winner is favourite for the Ryanair but only has Galopin Des Champs in front of him in Gold Cup betting
Grade One Scilly Isles option at Sandown open for Impaire Et Passe
State Man half-brother Soir De Garde hoping to be promoted from reserves and follow in family footsteps
Gerri Colombe could warm up over hurdles for another Cheltenham Gold Cup bid
Gold Cup runner-up ruled out of tilt at this Sunday’s Fleur De Lys Chase at Windsor
Rising star The New Lion snapped up by JP McManus
Darren Yates planning to leave racing at the end of the season after selling top novice hurdler.
‘He can get into a horse’s head’: The rise, scandal and reinvention of Gordon Elliott
School dropout from Co Meath has become an extraordinarily successful trainer, recovered from a self-inflicted scandal and built a ‘fascinating chemistry’ with his chief rival
It’s embarrassing how we Irish fawn over the super-rich, from Michael O’Leary to JP McManus
Here is a resolution for 2025: let’s stop glorifying extraordinary wealth. All great wealth reveals is that someone can afford to pay more tax
Festive plans for star McManus chasers could be clearer next week
Fact To File, Spillane’s Tower and Corbetts Cross all excelled as novices last term
Racing’s bittersweet progress makes popular underdog success stories unlikely
Modern jump racing has become too hardnosed to allow feelgood stories such as Danoli, Limestone Lad and Solerina
McManus team not ruling out Christmas Leopardstown option for Fact To File
Constitution Hill back in the frame to make return to action in Christmas Hurdle at Kempton
Fact To File clear Gold Cup favourite after exciting Durkan finish signals changing of the guard
Willie Mullins star beats Spillane’s Tower by half a length with reigning dual-Gold Cup winner Galopin Des Champs in third
Fact To File could head formidable JP McManus team into John Durkan test
Grade One winners Inothewayurthinkin and Spillane’s Tower also set to ‘tog out’ for Sunday’s €150,000 Punchestown feature
Buswells Hotel, opposite Leinster House, may be bought by London-based property firm
Roundstone Real Estate understood to have secured financing from company owned by nephew of JP McManus
Company that operates JP McManus’s Adare Manor resort posts a loss
The auditors report for Tizzard Holdings states that the company made a loss for the year to the end of December 2023
JP McManus’s International Rugby Experience closes after only a year
Business had intended to gift building in Limerick city to State, but negotiations stalled due to council fear of how to fund it
Next in line for success? Louis Walsh’s new boy band will have to conquer the primary school market first
Plus: The Ditch doing fine in a post-Paddy world; Fianna Fáil borrows from the DUP; and Brendan O’Carroll’s soft backing of Kamala Harris
Irish billionaires-backed Barchester’s profits soar
Nursing home business counts John Magnier, Dermot Desmond and JP McManus among its backers
Boylesports to sponsor Munster National for ‘significant’ six figure sum
JP McManus charity sweepstakes will make local charities winners by linking them with horses in the Munster National Festival’s feature race at Limerick Racecourse
Percival Legallois could spoil Gordon Elliott’s hopes of a landmark fifth Galway Plate success
JP McManus-owned In Excelsis Deo bids to become first cross-channel trained Plate winner since 2008
Three-time Cheltenham Champion Hurdle winner Istabraq dies, aged 32
Owner JP McManus: ‘He was a very special horse who gave us many great days of fun and enjoyment’
Los Angeles and Ryan Moore supply Aidan O’Brien with 16th Irish Derby success
Coolmore boss John Magnier backs €1.25 million Curragh Classic staying at a mile and a half
Adare bypass tenders must commit to completion before 2027 Ryder Cup
Bypass of Limerick village critical to traffic flows at high profile golf tournament and an intrinisic element of larger N69 Foynes to Limerick TEN-T project
Billionaire JP McManus endorses Independent candidate Helen O’Donnell in Limerick mayor race
Former rugby star Jerry Flannery backs ex-Department of Finance secretary general John Moran ahead of ballot
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