Fifteen years back, a sixteen-year-old Irish lad, son of a jeweller-turned-trainer was about to enroll himself in the University to become a school teacher. But destiny had ordained his place in the saddle. Two weeks prior to the final exam his father told him to ride a horse named Rose of Carlow which eventually turned out to be winner. Thus began the odyssey of Niall McCullagh, the jockey who, for the last couple of years, has been ruling over the hearts of every lover of horse racing in Mumbai and other racing centres in India as well.

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