'I didn't want to go home' - Fern O'Brien finally leaves Willie Mullins after extending two-month summer stint
Fern O'Brien has returned home to ride as a conditional jockey for her father Fergal O'Brien after an extended spell with Ireland's champion trainer Willie Mullins.
The 18-year-old former amateur was supposed to spend only a couple of months at Closutton last summer, but ended up staying for the entire season.
"After the two months there, I didn't want to go home and I spoke to Dad about it and he felt it was best to stay as I'd be protecting my claim for when I eventually turned conditional," O'Brien tells the Grapevine.
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