They say that master horse race trainer Aidan O'Brien is so successful that every day must feel like Christmas.
So it felt somewhat appropriate on Saturday that the horse that brought him his 12th triumph in the Derby, Britain's most celebrated flat race, should be called Christmas Day.
The three-year-old stormed to victory in the 247th running of the Epsom race as Irish trainer O'Brien continued his extraordinary dominance with a fourth consecutive success, extending his all-time record of wins to a dozen.
