JP McManus

I hope Frank Berry is better at buying rounds than horses.

Frank looks like he has the cushiest job going imo

da fallon,i thought with his money he would have bought his own drink rather than sharing yours.....

Sounds like a great day dff

Great day SOF

i hear we got beat today sof....

was it just me, but did anyone else see sunnyhillboys rider coming around the home turn , have a look and saw mc coy , let him have FIRST run, then when he could'nt go on(mc coy) got sunnyhillboy going again....[smiley:crazy]

Think Sunnyhillboy got 4 out very wrong and lost a lot of ground and thats wat cost it imo


Know it was one of JPs but no replay up on ATR site yet to be sure

Had a terrible 10/11 season, Kempes probably in the Irish Hennessy his biggest win. No Aintree winners or even Cheltenham winners. Lets hope he has a few at Punchestown.

Had a terrible 10/11 season, Kempes probably in the Irish Hennessy his biggest win. No Aintree winners or even Cheltenham winners. Lets hope he has a few at Punchestown.

Poor 2010/11 season but da fallon factor will have put him straight while he was drinking his half of the pint.

Binocular coming over to Punchestown.....got a nice blowout in Aintree...

watch out for his horse that came 2nd yday,princeton plains at Punchestown[;)]

The Great Man????? Tax evading cnut in my book. It is people like him who have this country in the sh1t.

I think if you check the facts the people who fecked up the country are not tax exiles........builders who did a runner don't count as tax exiles.

dff very interested about your comments on PP, was Sunday just a pipe opener for P'Town??? are you in the know or just your opinion????? have been following this horse since his flat days ! i thought he'd be lined up for a flat handicap derby weekend at the curraqh last yr

Princeton Plains always flatters to deceive looks a bridle horse to me,not to be trusted.

JP McMANUS'S prospects of regaining the crown of champion jumps owner in Ireland have been boosted by the purchase of unbeaten bumper horse Waaheb and leading novice chaser Thegreatjohnbrowne.

Waaheb has barely come off the bridle in three wins under the care of Dermot Weld and in the colours of his son Kris. Although he didn't run at Cheltenham, he is likely be a warm order in the Betchronicle.com Champion Bumper at Punchestown next Wednesday.

Weld expects big things from the four-year-old, who is the same age as Hidden Universe was when he won  the  Punchestown  race for the yard last year.

"That race is definitely the plan for Waaheb," said Weld. "I think he is pretty adaptable ground-wise and will handle the conditions at Punchestown.

"He's very big, but still weak and immature, so Cheltenham was off the agenda. He's  still very backward but has lots of potential and I see considerable improvement in him later in the year when he'll likely go hurdling.  He'll go on his summer holiday after Punchestown win, lose or draw."

McManus leads Gigginstown House Stud, the reigning champion owner, by more than €170,000 and is 4-9 with ****  to win the title, with his other new purchase Thegreatjohnbrowne holding entries in the Grade 1 Growise Champion Novice Chase at Punchestown also on Wednesday and in a novice handicap chase on Friday. They quote 13-8 about another

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