Flower Garland

Donnacha O'Brien has made the transition from jockey to trainer a successful one after notching his first winner at Dundalk on Friday evening, the 3-year-old filly Flower Garland (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) winning a one-mile maiden in the colours of his mother, Annemarie O'Brien. Flower Garland was O'Brien's fourth runner, and he has had two placed. "It's nice to get it [the first winner] out of the way," he said. "She did it well. She was entitled to probably win off her mark, but I didn't think she'd win that well....