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Aidan O'Brien's Nephew, Dream Horse Jockey Tom O'Brien, Dies Aged 39
Louise Rea at Chepstow Racecourse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Tom O'Brien, the jockey who rode Dream Alliance to a fairytale Welsh Grand National win later turned into the film Dream Horse, has died aged 39 after a battle with cancer. A nephew of trainer Aidan O'Brien, he rode more than 1,000 winners, including two at the Cheltenham Festival, before retiring from the saddle in 2023. He leaves his wife Hayley and two young sons.
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