Longfellow lands Aidan O'Brien his 4,000 career winner
Henry Longfellow with jockey Ryan Moore (centre) and Owner Michael Tabor in the winners enclosure after winning the Goffs Vincent O’Brien National Stakes at Curragh Racecourse, County Kildare. Photo: Damien Eagers/PA Wire.
4,000 and counting. How fitting that Aidan O’Brien’s 4000th winner was in the same race, the Group 1 Goffs Vincent O’Brien National Stakes, that gave him the breakthrough at the top level all the way back in 1996. And this winner, the unbeaten Henry Longfellow, is out of a mare, Minding, which he describes as the best mare he ever trained.
Wandering Thoughts, ridden by Pat Gilson on June 7, 1993, in the Ballybeggan Racegoers Club Handicap at Tralee, set the ball rolling for the thousands that have followed, and the quality has improved exponentially since.
