O'Brien's royal century reward for sacrificing all for racing (opens in new tab)

The 56-year-old Irishman's efforts have been rewarded with a whole host of landmarks including a record 12 Epsom Derbies and in 2017 the most Group/Grade One wins in a season. On Thursday, the remarkably humble O'Brien, who did not even have a honeymoon, achieved another landmark -- the first trainer to bring up the century mark at Royal Ascot. Appropriately for such a feat it came in the meeting's most historic race the Ascot Gold Cup, Scandinavia winning a thriller. One of six children he c...