Marconi makes it a special O’Brien family affair

Marchese Marconi provided Sarah O’Brien with her second success in the saddle when getting the better of odds-on favourite Pique Sous in the Gorey Race in Wexford last night.

The four-year-old’s battling success, beating the Patrick Mullins-ridden favourite by a head, provided the O’Brien’s with a memorable family triumph as Marchese Marconi is owned by the winning rider’s mother Ann Marie and trained by her father Aidam. And for good measure Aidan’s mother Stella was on hand to savour the success.

Aidan explained: “I was told (by Joseph and Sarah) that we were riding him wrong, that he needed to be held up more. He was travelling well and getting there too soon. But he won well tonight and will run in a few more of these races (including the Slan Abhaile at Listowel).”