Jospeh O'Brien ready to walk the walk with Talk The Talk

The flat may be the yard's nine to five but Joseph O'Brien is as aware as anyone that Cheltenham is the Olympic of National Hunt - and he has a live contender for a first Grade One win this week.  

Exciting five-year-old Talk The Talk goes for Joseph O'Brien in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle. Pic: Healy Racing

Joseph O’Brien has packed an awful lot into his 32 years but this week's Cheltenham Festival provides an opportunity to break new ground by saddling a first Festival Grade One winner.

O’Brien’s five Festival wins have come from two races, three in the Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle, two in the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle.