Vincent O'Brien - Accolades

Accolades

Vincent O'Brien was voted the greatest national hunt trainer of the 20th century, and was then voted the greatest flat trainer of the 20th century. In the vote for the greatest figure in the history of horseracing hosted by the Racing Post newspaper, Vincent O'Brien came first with 28% of the total vote, with his long-time stable jockey Lester Piggott placed second out of a pool of 100 contenders who had been carefully selected by a panel of racing experts. He received the honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws (LLD honoris causa) from the National University of Ireland and Doctor of Science (DSc honoris causa) from the University of Ulster.