Edward O'Grady: 'This isn't an obituary, pal - we're moving forward here'

You can still hear the engine of the car you've just alighted whirring to its rest when Edward O'Grady gently growls across at you from the threshold of his rustic Ballynonty home.

"Now, this ain't an obituary, pal," is the first volley he pitches in from 20 paces. "We're moving forward here – have no doubts about that!"

On Thursday at Gowran Park, O'Grady will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his first winner, Vibrax, who was ridden to victory in a handicap hurdle by his similarly esteemed cousin Timmy Hyde.