O’Neill following in family tradition

All meetings at their local Cheltenham track are significant in the household and yard of leading trainer Jonjo O'Neill, and the Jackdaws Castle maestro is certainly no stranger to emotional success at the biggest stage national hunt racing has to offer.

But this afternoon, when the main branch of the day's racing is over and terrestrial TV has moved on, there will still be much to play for for the tight-knit O'Neill clan.

Tom O'Neill jnr, son of the Castletownroche greyhound trainer of the same name and nephew of Jonjo, has been selected to ride in the St Patrick's Derby and will be on board his uncle's Church Field in the charity race, which will be run after the final race on the card.