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Joseph O'Brien is living life at a gallop and before reaching his 30th birthday he can be hailed as the first man to both ride and train a Group One winner at Royal Ascot after State Of Rest swept to victory in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes.
Dual Derby winner O’Brien won six races as a jockey at Royal Ascot, three of them Group Ones, including So You Think in the 2012 Prince of Wales’s Stakes.
Given his global exploits since he began training in 2016, with wins in the Irish Derby, St Leger and Melbourne Cup (twice), it was perhaps surprising that it took Joseph until his 44th runner to break his Royal Ascot duck.
State Of Rest held off Bay Bridge to win the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot
But after State Of Rest’s length win under Shane Crosse from 10-11 favourite Bay Bridge, on hand to pat O’Brien on the back were mum Annemarie and dad Aidan, the trainer of 77 royal meeting winners.
O’Brien said: ‘It
