Donnacha O'Brien rules out catching big brother but set to continue next year

If last Saturday is any guide, when two Group 1s were tucked away at Newmarket in 35 minutes, anything is possible for Donnacha O'Brien, although the 20-year-old riding sensation believes beating his brother Joseph's record of 126 wins in a season will be impossible – at least this year.

That is not to say he won't be trying again in 2019, as O'Brien revealed he will definitely be riding next year, and is taking it one year at a time as regards his long-term future.

Joseph O'Brien broke Mick Kinane's 20-year record of 116 winners in an Irish Flat season in 2013, a figure his younger brother does not think he has any chance of eclipsing this year. Paddy Power have more belief by making him 9-2 to rewrite the record books.