Two runners for Joseph O’ Brien in Sunday’s big race at Fairyhouse

24-year-old Tipperary trainer Joseph O’Brien has had a year he will never forget with the undoubted highlight his victory in the Melbourne Cup with Rekindling and with 55 winners already this season.

O’Brien currently lies third in the National Hunt Trainers Championship behind Gordon Elliott and Willie Mullins.

O’Brien’s principal focus this weekend will be on the Fairyhouse Winter Festival where he will have two runners in Sunday’s Grade 1 Bar One Racing Royal Bond Novice Hurdle…