Michael O’Callaghan very much on upward trajectory

Amongst those in attendance at yesterday morning’s launch of the 2016 flat season at the Curragh were the legendary figures of Jim Bolger, Dermot Weld and Johnny Murtagh who, true to form, entertained as they spoke of past, present and future, often throwing and receiving good-humoured jibes. 

One figure present who has the potential to scale the same heights is the upwardly mobile Michael O’Callaghan, who trains out of the Crotanstown Stud yard on the plains.

There’s nothing unusual about the best part of 25 years separating trainer and jockey, except, perhaps, when it’s the rider with the quarter of a century more experience than the handler.