Music Box extends O'Brien family stranglehold on festivals far and wide

Donnacha and Joseph O'Brien had a day they will never forget at GalwayCredit: Patrick McCann

Imagine being Aidan O'Brien for a day, let's say Thursday. It must have been some thrill.

First your son trains the winner of the opener at Galway, then you win another Group 1 with Winter at Goodwood. Next you watch your other son guide Music Box, whom you train, to glory in the Listed Corrib Stakes at Galway.

But surely the biggest buzz of all arrived over an hour later when Joseph sent out the winner of Europe's richest hurdle race. Now that's what you call a thrilling Thursday, even for Aidan O'Brien.

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David JenningsDeputy Ireland editor

Published on 3 August 2017inReports

Last updated 20:03, 3 August 2017

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