THE late, great Dr Vincent O’Brien was born on April 9th, 1917 so to celebrate the centenary and remember the legendary trainer and his career, this season’s Duhallow Foxhounds’ meeting at Liscarroll on Sunday, March 26th is being run in his memory.

The Co Cork track, which has been in continuous use for racing since 1954, is just four miles from Clashganiff where Vincent’s nephew Noel O’Brien, a dairy farmer who bred the brilliant chaser Merry Gale among other winners, resides in the original homestead.