Top Irish handler Aidan O’Brien equals legendary Lester Piggott’s nine renewal victories
That Ryan Moore’s mount started a 9-2 shot reflected the significance placed in O’Brien’s bullish faith, and the consequent credibility invested, rather than actual racecourse evidence this season.
A day later however and O’Brien’s sense of overall perspective on the significance of a Derby that means he equals Lester Piggott’s nine as a rider was intact.An industry that in half a century has grown from a comparative backwater to becoming a model towards which racing’s traditional powers look enviously has become a power player to rank with any other jurisdiction.
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