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Charlotte Giles, girlfriend of Michael O'Sullivan, with his brother Alan O'Sullivan during a tribute to the late jockey at Cheltenham. Photo: PA

Charlotte Giles, girlfriend of Michael O'Sullivan, with his brother Alan O'Sullivan during a tribute to the late jockey at Cheltenham. Photo: PA

Cian Ó Broin

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There were tears of sadness in the winners’ enclosure in Prestbury Park yesterday, as the partner and family of Michael O’Sullivan paid tribute to the late jockey.

The opening Cheltenham fixture, the Grade 1 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, has been named after Mr O’Sullivan, and his family, including his girlfriend Charlotte Giles, said it “means the world” to them.

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