SIR ALEX FERGUSON is celebrating a £296,000 windfall after his horse triumphed in the Punchestown Gold Cup today.
Fergie’s Clan Des Obeaux – tipped by Templegate – landed the big race in Ireland, seeing off Cheltenham Gold Cup dual winner Al Boum Photo.
Victory there gave the Manchester United icon and the horse’s two other owners a tasty £127,000 prize.
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That comes on the back of a magical day at Aintree earlier this month when Fergie cheered home the first three winners.
The former Old Trafford gaffer co-owns Protektorat, Monmiral and Clan Des Obeaux.
All three were victorious on the first day of the Grand National Festival, scooping the owners a huge £169,000.
Victory in Ireland is a rarity for British horses.
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In fact, victory for British horses in Britain is a rarity this year, given the total Irish domination at the Cheltenham Festival.
And in the Grand National the first five horses home were all trained in Ireland.
But Clan’s trainer Paul Nicholls knew the course was set up perfectly for the British raider.
He said: “I wanted to tick all the boxes first, make sure the horse is right and talk with Ged Mason, Sir Alex Ferguson and Paul Barber [owners] to make sure everything was right.
“We made a unanimous decision to go which is exciting.”
Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Minella Indo was dramatically ruled out of the big race with a bruised foot on Monday.
Al Boum Photo went off favourite at 6-4, with Clan Des Obeaux second-favourite at 3-1.
But Sam Twiston-Davies put in a brilliant performance from the front, with Al Boum Photo fading away after the last.
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