New kid on the block Michael O’Callaghan keeps up relentless gallop

Growing up in a housing estate in Tralee, Michael O’Callaghan would not have been a likely candidate to be a racehorse trainer for Dubai and Qatari royalty. As the Flat season kicks into gear following the conclusion of the jumps season, the 28-year-old reflects on his journey to here and looks ahead to the future.

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”

— Muhammad Ali