With Aidan O’Brien just about anything is possible

Recently, in the Racing Post, Tom Segal described Aidan O’Brien as "the best flat trainer in my lifetime.’’

Now, whether that lifetime includes Vincent O’Brien I’m not sure, but, in any case, Segal’s observation is not one with which I would overly quibble.

I was lucky enough to be around for most of Vincent’s big race victories, at least on the flat, and one of the great joys, as a relatively young man, was visiting Ballydoyle when he was in charge.