The Cheltenham winners’ enclosure was a sea of red and white after The Real Whacker won a thrilling finish to the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase for larger than life owner David Mann
On New Year’s Day, Mann left his bar in Rathkeale, Limerick, at 3am, caught a 6.15am flight to Bristol where he hired a car to drive the rest of the way to Cheltenham, drinking a beer to keep himself awake, to see the horse win.
And he was dressed in the same bright red suit and jacket to witness the horse strike again and deliver a Cheltenham Festival success.
