Michael Hourigan: 'The Beef Or Salmon and Dorans Pride days passed me by'

The trainer, 73, on life at the top and the horses who defined his career

Michael Hourigan on the coronavirus pandemic: 'It is a World War without any planes or bombs.'

Michael Hourigan: started training in 1973Credit: Patrick McCann

What are you most looking forward to at the moment?

All I want is for us all to get away from this disease we're battling with. It's a silent war that we're fighting, you don't know where it is and hopefully we'll get to the other side before long.

What was your big break?

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Mark BoylanReporter

Published on 16 January 2021inInterviews

Last updated 23:18, 15 January 2021

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