Things looking up for O’Regan

Declan Colley meets a young jockey with the talent and ambition to become a household name in the racing game.

Forty-one winners last term and 40 more already clocked up this season. Those are the naked facts of Denis O’Regan’s emergence as one of our top national hunt jockeys, not bad for a lad who claims he’s still learning his trade.

Some might argue that as part of Noel Meade’s all-conquering champion stable, he should be posting big numbers, but the truth is he would not be at the yard in the first place if the trainer did not have the belief in him. That’s something O’Regan is very grateful for, but his aim now is to maximise the opportunities that comes his way.