Aidan O’Brien (photo: Coolmore)
In the first of their excellent two-part series, the TDN‘s Chris McGrath goes behind the scenes at Ballydoyle.
Fathers and sons, stallions and foals: the cycles as perennial as the mystery. “People or horses, it’s the same,” says Aidan O’Brien. “All those little things that go into it. Is it nature or nurture? The whole thing’s mad, really, if you think about it long enough.”
But that’s just what he is doing, sipping a coffee as the quiet of afternoon settles with the drizzle upon the yard outside. The horses are at rest, absorbing those increased mental and physical challenges by which–with the onset of another spring, however sluggish this year–O’Brien annually begins to unravel their innate potential.
click here to read the rest of part one.
