Sam O'Brien

Sam O’Brien grew up in Ireland surrounded by horses and has spent a working lifetime in thoroughbred racing and breeding.

At nineteen, Sam spent an almost malnourished year attempting to make it as an amateur jockey, before too much height and too little talent put an end to that dream.

Since then, Sam has worked on, or managed stud farms in Ireland, England, Turkey, America and Australia; trained racehorses in China; built a stud farm in Inner Mongolia and broken-in wild horses in the sweltering Aussie outback.

Over the years, Sam has written analytical articles for several racing publications and loves nothing better than watching magnificent thoroughbred horses grow up to become tough, successful athletes.

Sam grew up on a diet of Dick Francis and John Grisham and loves to read thrillers of all types. From crime like Liz Nugent, Stuart Neville and JP Delaney, to the political/historical novels of Robert Harris, the scientific thrillers of Michael Crichton and not forgetting the mafia classics of Mario Puzo.

Sam is also a fan of the political and social satire of Hunter. S. Thompson and Ben Elton.