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Cheltenham Festival-winning jockey O'Brien dies

Headline via Sky Sports · first report 11 Nov, 16:01 IST, latest 11 Nov, 19:50 IST

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3 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from Sky Sports at 11 Nov, 16:01 IST; the latest is from The Guardian at 11 Nov, 19:50 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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First report11 Nov, 16:01 IST
Latest report11 Nov, 19:50 IST
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Multiple Grade One-winning jockey Tom O’Brien has died at the age of 39.
Tom O'Brien, the nephew of trainer Aidan, rode more than 1,000 winners and won the Welsh Grand National twice.
O’Brien rode more than 1,000 winners over jumps‘Tom meant so much to so many people across our sport’Tom O’Brien, who rode more than 1,000 winners over jumps including five Grade Ones and two at the Cheltenham festival, has died at the age of 39 after being…

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