THE racing community turned out in large numbers for the funeral Mass of Edward O’Grady on Friday. Champion trainer four times and forever associated with success at the Cheltenham Festival, O’Grady passed away last weekend following a short illness. He was in his 76th year and had been going racing and training winners up to very recently.

During Friday’s service Jonathan O’Grady told the congregation that his father had been diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer as far back as 2017, prior to the death of his wife, Maria.