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Vincent O’Brien is a horse-racing legend.  Recently voted horse racing’s ‘greatest of all time’, O’Brien won every race that matters in Britain and Ireland over his fifty-year career.  He is without doubt the best and most versatile racehorse trainer the sport has ever known.

O’Brien is the only man to have trained three consecutive Grand National winners. He won three consecutive Gold Cups and 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 winners of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and twenty-five winners 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.

O’Brien’s extraordinary life story, told by his wife Jacqueline and distinguished racing writer Ivor Herbert, is a must for anyone with an interest in horses or racing.

Paperback.