A horse owned by millionaire businessman JP McManus won the Kildare Post Flat Race at the Punchestown Racing Festival yesterday evening.
Dead Right romped home to a famous victory victory at the home of Irish National Hunt racing for jockey John Joe O'Neill and UK trainer Neil Mulholland.
The 7.45pm race on Day 3 of the Festival had generous overall prizemoney of €17,500 provided by the Kildare Post and it's owners, River Media.
Mr Mc Manus and his wife Noreen were in the Winner's Enclosure after the race and they thanked the Kildare Post for sponsoring the race.
Mr McManus' son Ciaran and his wife Anne-Marie accepted the winning owner's trophy from Kildare Post and KildareNow Commercial Manager Anna Fortune.
Winning trainer Neil Mulholland accepted his trophy from Kildare Post News Editor Rose Barrett O'Donoghue.
Winning jockey John Joe O'Neill accepted his winner's trophy from Kildare Post and KildareNow Content Manager Senan Hogan.
Earlier Commercial Manager of the Kildare Post and KildareNow, Anna Fortune said the media titles were proud to sponsor the race at the Punchestown Festival and support the racing industry in general.
Ms Fortune said that the Kildare Post is the biggest circulation newspaper in Co Kildare with 10,000 copies distributed across the county every Thursday morning.
She thanked the newspaper's loyal local advertisers for contributing to the success of the newspaper and breaking news site KildareNow.
KildareNow has enjoyed phenomenal success since its launch just 18 months ago and is currently the country's fastest growing regional breaking news site.
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Winning horse Dead Right
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Dead Right in the Winners Enclosure
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Dead Right with its winning connections
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