Ken Condon: ‘To have a horse like Laws Of Indices so close after Romanised is very important’

Trainer Ken Condon and jockey Olivier Peslier at Deauville with Laws of Indices after he won the Prix Jean Prat (Group 1). His top-level victory is all the more remarkable considering he cost just €8,000.

Ballyhea is more hurling than horse racing and though Ken Condon could hold his own on the pitch and remains a fervent follower of club and Rebel county, it is in the latter pursuit he has flourished.

The love of horse was fostered at home, from his mother’s hunting background. He represented Ireland as a junior eventer and still gets back to the Duhallow Hunt when he can but it was racing that got the pulse flowing. Not everyone turns their dream into a reality but Condon took out a licence at 27 and put in the hard yards. The Group 1 Prix Jean Prat at Deauville by the Osborne Lodge conditioner’s Laws Of Indices eight days ago was just another reminder of his ability to hold his own in rarefied atmosphere given the raw material.