#Colm Murphy

The Cheltenham Festival doesn't exactly have a rich musical heritage. True, the Irish folk duo who played the nearby Prince Of Wales pub every evening for seemingly 30 years did perform a wonderful rendition of The Ballad Of Dawn Run twice-a-night. And twice-a-night ratings experts took exception to the line "And Wayward Lad, he knew he'd met the…

BILLIONAIRE racing genius JP McManus has secretly bought a huge Cheltenham Festival fancy - after she beat his horse. McManus privately negotiated a deal for six-year-old mare Impervious. The owner, whose gold and green hoops are synonymous with Festival winners, splashed out after she beat Dinoblue, another horse he owns, at Cork on December…

Racing Post stable tours are a valuable source of information for punters and Nicky Henderson's remarks about a horse who is only rated 119 over hurdles caught the eye. If Wiseguys's future truly is "bright, extremely bright", the rest are likely playing for places in this handicap hurdle. The problem with Wiseguy is a scarcity of form. However, on…