"The filly loves soft ground and although she's not the biggest she's got a massive heart. "Beforehand if you'd said I would finish second I'd have been happy, but when you're beaten a short head in a photo-finish it's hard to take," said Atzeni. "Frankie is a genius from the front, as he always tells us, and luckily today he was able to show us."Ītzeni was understandably disappointed to be edged out close home but hugely proud of the way Believe In Love put a poor performance at Goodwood behind her. "She's enjoyed getting her toe in a bit more here. "She may not have been 100 per cent at York and she never got into that rhythm she usually does in her races and wasn't able to put her best foot forward then," said Thady Gosden, joint-trainer of the winner. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for the content of external websites.Loving Dream showed determination to battle back and nab Believe In Love in a nail-biting conclusion to the Group 1 Prix de Royallieu.Īndrea Atzeni looked to have timed his challenge just right on Believe In Love after Frankie Dettori, rider of Loving Dream, had cut out the pace for most of the 1m6f trip, but Lordship Stud's homebred fought back in the final strides to add to her Royal Ascot success earlier in the season. Users are reminded that they are fully responsible for their own created content and their own posts, comments and submissions and fully and effectively warrant and indemnify Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, posts, comments and submissions available. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for user created content, posts, comments, submissions or preferences. Wire service provided by Associated Press. Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography unless otherwise stated. News images provided by Press Association and Photocall Ireland unless otherwise stated. For more information on cookies please refer to our cookies policy. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at PH: (01) 6489130, Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or email: note that TheJournal.ie uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising.
TheJournal.ie supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice. “We swapped houses, one of the many things we did together. “We stayed close friends for all of his life, I miss him already. “When I was an apprentice I rode a couple of winners for Barney, then, when my claim was slashed, I wasn’t much use to him! To be here and get a picture with the telephone box is remarkable. When the time came, as so often, Dettori kept it simple, sitting second on Trueba (4-1) and in the final 50 yards he forged in front and held on to beat Meishar.ĭettori said: “We managed to dedicate today to the great man. Supporting DAFA Handicap would be run to raise money for Direct Aid For Africa, a charity Curley set up to support the underprivileged people of Zambia.ĭettori has gone on record saying he will be forever in debt to Curley, who took him under his wing during the Italian’s early days in Newmarket.Īt a time in his career when Dettori needed a father figure, Curley stepped in and they remained great friends until his death earlier this year.ĭettori, riding at Bellewstown for the first time, was totally immersed in the day, signing autographs and having his picture taken hours before the race. FRANKIE DETTORI PUNCHED the air with delight and produced his trademark flying dismount after teaming up with his old friend Johnny Murtagh to win Barney Curley’s memorial race on Trueba at Bellewstown.Ĭurley is famed in racing folklore for some of the gambles he managed to pull off – the most famous of all being the Yellow Sam coup which took place at Bellewstown in 1975, which involved blocking the only public telephone box at the track.Īs a result it was arranged the Gannons City Recovery And Recycling Services Ltd.