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As yet another sidebar, Connected steeplechase horseman-turns-champion flat trainer, O’Brien played a big hand in introducing English native Patrick Byrne to the racing game. “I was one of Sports Reporter’s riders for Leo when he was training back at home,” said Byrne, 41, from his Churchill Downs base in Kentucky.
When asked why he thought jump jockeys made such successful trainers, Byrne surmised: “Jump jocks hang around the yard all day. Its not a job for the lazy. It teaches you that there are rewards for those who work hard.”
After his short steeplechase riding career, Byrne served as
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