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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Michael Jones

Touching reason why Cheltenham Festival’s opening race has been renamed after jockey’s shock death

The opening race of the Cheltenham Festival has been renamed in memory of Irish jockey Michael O’Sullivan who passed away in February due to injuries caused by a fall.

The 24-year-old O’Sullivan died on February 16, after coming off his horse, Wee Charlie, at Thurles racecourse when he was one of three fallers at the final fence of a two-mile handicap chase.

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