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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

O'Brien in 'great form' after fall

Thu 20th Jul 2017, 14:17

Ana O'BrienAna O'Brien
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Joseph O'Brien has reported his sister Ana to be in 'great form' after her fall at Killarney on Tuesday.

He also was full of praise for the emergency services who attended to the young apprentice rider.

Speaking after the win of Le Richebourg in the opener at Killarney today, O'Brien said: "She's in great form thank God and has been very, very lucky.

"Everyone that helped her here, the Order Of Malta and the doctors you can't articulate your gratitude enough.

"My television was broken but I was listening to the race and knew fairly quick that it was a bad fall so jumped in the car and headed for Killarney as hard as I could, but obviously met them in Cork and she's just very lucky."

Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes

About Donal Murphy
Donal graduated from Maynooth University in 2010 with a BBS in Equine Business and since attained a diploma in Sports Journalism from Dublin Business School. He holds a variety of roles in the horse racing industry, reporting for the Press Association and p2p.ie, while also working for SIS and the Tote. From Wexford, he is a keen runner and has completed over 100 parkruns at various locations around the country.