Precocious Cooper was no couch potato

Bryan Cooper’s parents recall he was a precocious talent from an early age. MURT MURPHY reports

For Tommy and Geraldine Cooper, the past ten days have been hectic as they found their son Bryan, 21, in the glare of the world’s racing media after he succeeded Davy Russell as number one jockey at the powerful Gigginstown empire of Michael O’Leary.

But, such was Bryan’s precociousness from an early age they knew that particular day would come sooner rather than later.