Joseph O’Brien relishing prospect of training career

Joseph O’Brien’s string will be split 50-50 between Flat horses and jumpers when he starts his training career hopefully in a couple of months’ time.

O’Brien, twice champion Flat jockey in Ireland, has quit the saddle to concentrate on his new role.

The 22-year-old has been playing a key role in helping his father, trainer Aidan O’Brien, with a large string of horses recently, including JCB Triumph Hurdle favourite Ivanovich Gorbatov, from a base at Piltown, County Kilkenny, where the great Istabraq’s triumphs were originally masterminded.