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Festival plans fluid for O'Connor

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Published at Feb 25, 2017, 9:35

Minella Rocco and Derek O'Connor
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Leading amateur Derek O'Connor is happy to sit tight until the right opportunities arise at the Cheltenham Festival.

O'Connor is often the go-to guy for many trainers at the Festival and secured a noteworthy victory last season when Minella Rocco won the four-miler.

The jockey said: "Nothing's been confirmed for Cheltenham yet, but there's no real rush.

"Edwulf was going for the four-miler but I fell from him in Navan at the weekend so I'm not sure what's going to happen there.

"I'm sure plans will become clearer for me at the start of next month, so hopefully I won't be short of a ride or two."

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