EDWARD O’Grady must be one of the best-known names in Irish National Hunt racing. Having taken out a licence around 1972 on the sudden and unexpected death of his father, the legendary WT O’Grady, he has won almost everything worth winning in a lifetime in the jumping game.

At that time young Edward was a fourth-year veterinary student, just recently married, and not far away from qualification when, by force majeure, he gave up his studies and returned home to take up the reins.