The secrets behind Ger Lyons' success

Brendan O'Brien delves inside the mind and processes of this year's dual Classic-winning trainer, Ger Lyons

Ger Lyons has 90 stables at Glenburnie and can cater for 150 horses a season but has no desire to go to 300. ‘How much is enough?’ he asks. ‘I don’t want to be running just dross.’

We live in a time and a culture that demands everything and anything and expects it now. Sooner, if possible. So many whims, so many wants and it seems like everyone has to aim for the stars because the moon just isn’t ambitious enough. Ger Lyons was all that long before it became the norm in our faster, more fickle world.

Thing is, though, he was prepared to play the long game.