The riches of Mrs O'Reilly

Tony O'Reilly's once-massive fortune may have slipped through his fingers, but his wife Chryss still has the safety net of her huge and lucrative bloodstock empire.

This weekend, one of the horseracing outings of the year, the Irish Derby, has been taking place at the Curragh in Co Kildare.

As is customary, Chryss Goulandris O’Reilly, the wife of former billionaire Tony O’Reilly, had several of her horses entered to race over the festival: the Dermot Weld-trained filly Chinese Light, the well regarded three-year-old Red Raven, and Champs-Elysée winner Avenue Gabriel.

Her husband, the former Independent News & Media and ...