Fortune favours the brave

BARRY GERAGHTY must have allowed himself a wry smile on Monday, as he flicked through the morning papers.

There it was in front of him, criticism from Michael O’Brien, despite the fact he had won the previous afternoon’s Pierse Hurdle at Leopardstown for the trainer on Essex.

People who claim to know O’Brien will say he isn’t easily satisfied. What we can conclude with a fair degree of certainty is that he calls it as he sees it and is willing to express his opinion, irrespective of who is listening.