Stars align for De Bromhead after Potts loss but he is master of his own destiny

Depending on your philosophical or spiritual bent, you might be inclined to cite the role that either timing or fate plays in the sequence of events that lead to a specific significant outcome in life.

For the less momentous occasions, we tend to credit plain old timing.

Sitting in the passenger seat of Henry de Bromhead’s 4x4 as it bounces towards the gallops on the western side of his expansive base in the townland of Knockeen, County Waterford, you enquire as to his state of mind in the aftermath of the loss of all 13 of the horses who were owned by his long-standing patrons, Alan and Ann Potts.