{"id":695551,"date":"2026-01-14T14:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/695551\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:27:13","slug":"the-greatest-horses-owned-by-jp-mcmanus-in-british-irish-national-hunt-racing-sports-news-blitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/695551\/","title":{"rendered":"The greatest horses owned by JP McManus in British &#038; Irish National Hunt racing \u2014 Sports News Blitz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sqsrte-large\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><strong>7. Synchronised<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">For all McManus\u2019 success, Cheltenham Gold Cup victories have been rare, so Synchronised\u2019s 2012 triumph was even more significant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Already a proven stayer with wins in the Welsh National, Midlands National and Lexus Chase, Synchronised delivered a career-defining performance to land jumping\u2019s ultimate prize at Prestbury Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Tragically, his story ended just weeks later when he suffered fatal injuries in the Grand National, a loss that deeply affected the McManus team and the wider racing community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">After his death, McCoy said: \u201cI cried for days afterwards. That affected me more than any other horse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sqsrte-large\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><strong>8. Spot Thedifference<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">While not the highest-rated horse on paper, Spot Thedifference became a Cheltenham Festival legend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Trained by Enda Bolger, he was a master of the cross-country course, winning seven races at Cheltenham, including the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">He also secured two La Touche Cups at Punchestown, cementing his status as one of the finest specialist chasers ever seen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><strong>YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesportsnewsblitz.com\/news\/horse-racing-news-rivals-renew-feud-as-galopin-bids-for-history-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Horse racing news: Rivals renew feud as Galopin bids for history again<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"7. Synchronised For all McManus\u2019 success, Cheltenham Gold Cup victories have been rare, so Synchronised\u2019s 2012 triumph was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[288,1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-695551","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-horse-racing","9":"tag-racing","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115893924176077347","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}