JP McManus made the short journey from his home in Limerick to Listowel to take in the Kerry National on Wednesday.
The businessman and one of the world's biggest horse racing owners flew into the Co Kerry racecourse on his helicopter just in time to see his runner Perceval Legallois.
The five-year-old ran in the Devon Inn Hotel Handicap Hurdle and looked like the winner coming down to the last, but he wasn't fluent and was headed by 25/1 shot Macgiloney.
