The 22-year-old enjoyed his first success as a conditional rider at Ballinrobe on Tuesday just hours after completing his college exams

A Cheltenham Festival-winning jockey was heading ‘towards the pinnacle of his career’ when his life was cut prematurely short after he fell from a horse during a handicap chase in Tipperary last year, an inquest has heard. Michael O’Sullivan of Currabower, Lombardstown, Co. Cork died at Cork University Hospital on February 16, 2025. He had […]

Michael O'Sullivan, who won at Cheltenham Festival in 2023, died at Cork University Hospital on February 16, 2025, just days short of his 25th birthday, following a last-fence fall at Thurles racecourse

O'Sullivan, 22, has become one of the leading point-to-point riders in recent seasons and has enjoyed plenty of success on the track as an amateur jockey.

A year after Cheltenham Festival-winning jockey Michael O'Sullivan's tragic death, his brother Alan has spoken of the emotion of life without his sibling and how honouring his memory inspires his own journey in the saddle