He was the youngest of seven sons born in Churchtown, County Cork to Dan O'Brien, and brother of racehorse trainer Vincent O'Brien.[2] He had a riding career in the 1940s which he followed by taking a licence to train horse in 1956. He was based in stables at South Lodge, Carrick-on-Suir and later at Cashel. He trained the winner of the Galway Plate four times in succession from 1962 to 1965 and was credited with Chamour's victory in the 1960 Irish Derby. Vincent O'Brien had trained Chamour but was suspended from training after the horse failed a drugs test. Phonsie O'Brien took over the training licence while his brother was suspended.[3]
O'Brien's daughter, Mary Ann O'Brien, is a businesswoman who founded the Lily O'Brien's chocolate company.[4]
O'Brien died at his home near Kilsheelan on 5 July 2016.
ReferencesEdit
^"Tributes paid following death of Phonsie O'Brien". RTE.ie. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
^"Phonsie O'Brien, brother of Vincent, dies aged 86". Irish Examiner. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
^. www.theirishfield.ie. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
^Smith, Andrea (12 June 2013). "'I'd pretend it was all fine at work, then go home and start sobbing with stress'". Herald.ie.
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phonsie, brien, alphonse, septimus, phonsie, brien, 1929, july, 2016, irish, jockey, racehorse, trainer, occupationhorse, trainerborn1929churchtown, county, cork, irelanddied5, july, 2016, aged, kilsheelan, irelandnationalityirishhe, youngest, seven, sons, bor. Alphonse Septimus Phonsie O Brien 1929 5 July 2016 was an Irish jockey and racehorse trainer 1 Phonsie O BrienOccupationHorse trainerBorn1929Churchtown County Cork IrelandDied5 July 2016 aged 86 87 Kilsheelan IrelandNationalityIrishHe was the youngest of seven sons born in Churchtown County Cork to Dan O Brien and brother of racehorse trainer Vincent O Brien 2 He had a riding career in the 1940s which he followed by taking a licence to train horse in 1956 He was based in stables at South Lodge Carrick on Suir and later at Cashel He trained the winner of the Galway Plate four times in succession from 1962 to 1965 and was credited with Chamour s victory in the 1960 Irish Derby Vincent O Brien had trained Chamour but was suspended from training after the horse failed a drugs test Phonsie O Brien took over the training licence while his brother was suspended 3 O Brien s daughter Mary Ann O Brien is a businesswoman who founded the Lily O Brien s chocolate company 4 O Brien died at his home near Kilsheelan on 5 July 2016 References Edit Tributes paid following death of Phonsie O Brien RTE ie 6 July 2016 Retrieved 9 July 2017 Phonsie O Brien brother of Vincent dies aged 86 Irish Examiner 6 July 2016 Retrieved 9 July 2017 Phonsie O Brien dies peacefully at home www theirishfield ie Archived from the original on 8 July 2016 Retrieved 5 July 2016 Smith Andrea 12 June 2013 I d pretend it was all fine at work then go home and start sobbing with stress Herald ie nbsp This Irish horse racing biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Phonsie O 27Brien amp oldid 1158634920, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
