Joseph O'Brien has reported his sister Ana to be in 'great form' after her fall at Killarney on Tuesday.

He also was full of praise for the emergency services who attended to the young apprentice rider.

Speaking after the win of Le Richebourg in the opener at Killarney today, O'Brien said: "She's in great form thank God and has been very, very lucky.

"Everyone that helped her here, the Order Of Malta and the doctors you can't articulate your gratitude enough.

"My television was broken but I was listening to the race and knew fairly quick that it was a bad fall so jumped in the car and headed for Killarney as hard as I could, but obviously met them in Cork and she's just very lucky."

Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes