Jockey O'Sullivan's Death Accidental, Inquest Finds

Tragic jockey O’Sullivan was ‘deeply comatose’ after fall and would not have ‘known anything’

A Cheltenham Festival-winning jockey was heading ‘towards the pinnacle of his career’ when his life was cut prematurely short after he fell from a horse during a handicap chase in Tipperary last year, an inquest has heard. Michael O’Sullivan of Currabower, Lombardstown, Co. Cork died at Cork University Hospital on February 16, 2025. He had suffered a serious last fence fall at Thurles Racecourse ten days earlier. Michael died just days short of …

Cork jockey's life cut prematurely short after fall from horse, inquest told

Jury records verdict of accidental death at inquest of Michael O'Sullivan who passed away after fall at last fence of Thurles Racecourse in February 2025

Cheltenham winning jockey who died after fall was reaching 'pinnacle of his career', inquest hears

Cheltenham winner Michael O’Sullivan died after a fence fall in February 2025

Michael O'Sullivan inquest issues 'accidental death' verdict on tragic jockey

Michael O'Sullivan, who won at Cheltenham Festival in 2023, died at Cork University Hospital on February 16, 2025, just days short of his 25th birthday, following a last-fence fall at Thurles racecourse

Michael O'Sullivan inquest hears eyewitness account of jockey's tragic race fall

A FIRST responder has revealed how he thought "there will be trouble" moment before the tragic fall that caused Cheltenham Festival-winning jockey...

Medic foresaw fall that cost Cheltenham winning jockey his life

Cork jockey Michael O'Sullivan was nearing 'the pinnacle of his career' when his life was cut short