Vincent OBrien

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Vincent OBrien is a horse-racing legend. Recently voted horse racings greatest of all time ahead of familiar names like Lester Piggott the Queen Mother & Sheikh Mohammed OBrien won every race that matters in Britain & Ireland over his fifty-year career & is without doubt the best & most versatile racehorse trainer the sport has ever known. OBrien is the only man to have trained three consecutive Grand National winners. He won three consecutive Gold Cups & three consecutive Champion Hurdles. He has had extraordinary success in flat racing too
- six Derby winners three winners of the Prix de l Arc de Triomphe three King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners & twenty-five races at Royal Ascot. He trained some of the best-known racehorses in the history of the sport
- including Nijinsky winner of the Triple Crown in 1970. His life has been a fascinating one. From humble beginnings in County Cork he chose to train racehorses as his career
- much to the benefit of the sport
- & went on to create the legendary Ballydoyle Stables. Here his extraordinary story is told by his wife Jacqueline & distinguished racing writer Ivor Herbert. Lavishly illustrated with her personal & public photographs that span his amazing life this book is a must for anyone with an interest in horses or racing.