Takeover Bid gets O’Callaghan off the mark

NIALL O’CALLAGHAN, who trained at Louisville, Kentucky for 28 years, enjoyed a first success in his native country when Takeover Bid landed the Newmarket Handicap at Cork yesterday.

Takeover Bid gets O’Callaghan off the mark
Mon, 23 Aug, 2010 - 01:00
Pat Keane

O’Callaghan is now based at Kilmichael, Co Cork, has been training in Ireland for about a year and has 20 horses in his care.

The impressive Ben Curtis was in the plate and gave the four-year-old a tremendous drive.

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