MICHAEL O'Sullivan was hailed a “superstar” by Barry Connell after the ice-cool Cork jockey partnered Marine Nationale (9/2) to win a sensational opening Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.
It was 23-year-old O’Sullivan’s first ever Festival winner on only his second ever ride.
And he admitted afterwards that on this day 12 months ago he was watching Cheltenham “probably on my laptop” while studying for a degree in agricultural science at UCD.