O'Brien's historic 100th Royal Ascot winner has golden glow (opens in new tab)

The 56-year-old Irishman also claimed a record-extending 10th Gold Cup as his winner just got the better of last year's champion Trawlerman in an epic duel. O'Brien's first winner came in 1997 with Harbour Master and just as he was then he was equally modest reeling off a whole host of the Ballydoyle Stables employees. His century was marked at the presentation ceremony by a saddlecloth with 100 on it. "It is incredible really," said O'Brien, who kissed his wife Anne-Marie after Scandinavia h...