Al Riffa had very special visitors on Owning Hill this morning as his part owner Mr Masaaki Matsushima and legendary Japanese jockey Yutake Take came to see him. Yutake will ride Al Riffa in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on October 6th and it was great to get them acquainted.

In part one of this series, Harry Clark, winner of The Traitors UK, takes @kevinblake2011's lead as they go behind-the-scenes with Group 1 winning trainer @JosephOBrien2 🏇 Watch here 🎬 youtube.com/watch?v=lQ0ptMMs…

Like mother, like daughter ❤️ Thundering Nights - Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes 🥇 Thundering On - Group 1 Betfred Oaks 🥇

Thundering On 🏆 G1 Betfred Oaks @EpsomRacecourse "You couldn't have expected her to cruise up the straight like that and I'm looking forward to watching the replay," said trainer @JosephOBrien2. Sweeping from last to first with Dylan Browne McMonagle ice-cool careering towards his first Classic success, the well-backed 5-1 shot Thundering On - a Shapoor Mistry homebred - brushed aside Legacy Link to win by 3 3/4 lengths. "It was effortless, she's so, so talented." Joseph O'Brien, who has the live prospect of a Derby-Oaks double with the leading contender James J Braddock (Zarak) on Saturday, was enjoying a first Epsom Classic as a trainer and a first Oaks as a trainer and rider. O'Brien also trained the filly’s Group 1-winning dam, Thundering Nights. This was also a fourth Oaks for @JuddmonteFarms stallion Frankel, who accounts for 50 percent of the winners since 2019. Read more: thoroughbreddailynews.com/it…

LIMESTONE 🏆😮‍💨 @JosephOBrien2 | @DylanBrowneMcM | @IrishEBF_

Race 5 : The Athlone Handicap (DIV II). 'Substance' and Dylan Browne McMonagle (@DylanBrowneMcM) win for trainer Joseph O'Brien (@JosephOBrien2) and owners Stonestreet Stables LLC, making it a double on the night for trainer Joseph O'Brien. 👏 📸 - Healy Racing

Three and easy for @DylanBrowneMcM and @JosephOBrien2 🥇🥇🥇 The on-song duo secure a THIRD winner on the @LeopardstownRC card with 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐡, who looked the real deal in the oft-informative 1m2f fillies' maiden 💨

Sindria makes it two from two this season - both here at Gowran Park - with victory on her first try at Listed level in the €50,000 Victor McCalmont Memorial Stakes @DylanBrowneMcM | @JosephOBrien2

Derby and Irish Derby entry Limestone (New Bay) strikes on three-year-old debut and looks a nice prospect for the season for @JosephOBrien2

Go Just Do It readily lands the Gowran Park Golf Club Maiden for @JosephOBrien2

Marathon for MND. On May 16th I’ll run to raise funds and awareness for those affected by Motor Neurone Disease. For those we’ve lost, those still fighting, and the families beside them every day. Please share and click the link to donate. donate.giveasyoulive.com/fun…

Wins with ease! 😮 Zeus Power sees them off in the Oddschecker Sefton Novices' Hurdle 🥇 #ITVRacing | @JosephOBrien2

💪 It's Grade 1 glory for Zeus Power who gives the Turners form a huge boost in the Sefton. @JosephOBrien2 | @oddschecker | @AintreeRaces

Joseph O'Brien only has 25 or so jumps horses on the go at any one time. Zeus Power was his fourth individual Grade 1 winner of the season. Only Willie Mullins (14), Gordon Elliott (7) and Nicky Henderson (6) have had more.

Multiple Group 1 winner Al Riffa aims to get his 2026 started with a bang in Saturday's $1,000,000 G2 Dubai Gold Cup on the Dubai World Cup undercard at Meydan. He was last seen running fourth in the G1 Hong Kong Vase. G2 Red Sea Turf Handicap winner Sons And Lovers, a fellow @JosephOBrien2 trainee, is stretching out another furlong here. Read the TDN Europe's Black-Type Analysis: thoroughbreddailynews.com/bl…

Tough and talented. What a lot of fun this filly is giving us - brilliant job @JosephOBrien2 @declanmcdonogh @kevinblake2011

A good day for the O'Briens at @NaasRacecourse. A treble for Aidan and @JosephOBrien2 lands the finale with Hardy Warrior in a double for the stable

“It’s very exciting preparing for Cheltenham with a live contender in one of the Gr1 Novice Hurdles, that’s what this game is all about” @JosephOBrien2 chats to us about Gr1 winner TALK THE TALK ahead of the Cheltenham Festival. #SpringLoaded

Listowel Harvest Festival 1986 Day 4 @ListowelRaces #40yearsago #archives #fromthearchive #memories #HorseRacing #HealyRacing #ReelingInTheYears Skomal and Philip Fenton win for owner and trainer Joe Crowley. (c)healyracing.ie

🏆 SONS AND LOVERS, a 5-year-old gelding by Study Of Man, wins the $2.5-million G2 Red Sea Turf Handicap at King Abdulaziz Racecourse. O: H O S Syndicate B: Miss K Rausing T: Joseph O'Brien J: Dylan Browne McMonagle Read more: thoroughbreddailynews.com/st…

A brilliant winner for Joseph O'Brien and Dylan Brown McMonagle in Saudi Arabia 💪 Sons and Lovers takes the victory in the Red Sea Turf Handicap 👏 #GreenTeam 💚