Duke Of Leggagh brings up Bellewstown double for Mulvany Admirable dual purpose performer Duke Of Leggagh brought up a double on the card for trainer Michael Mulvany when easily winning the Barney Curley Apprentice Series Final Apprentice Handicap at Bellewstown. Prominent throughout under Terry Casey, the grey went second over three-furlongs out, before coming through to head Capital Theory early in the straight. Soon clear, the five-year-old galloped on strongly inside the final furlong to provide his young rider with the second win of his career. Maxwell Smart stayed on to take second, with long time leader Capital Theory a place further behind in third. Michael Mulvany said: "You'd nearly think it was easy! "He's a great honest horse and he loved the ground. "Terry gave him a great ride and he had him in the right place all the way. The instructions he got were when he got to the top bend, take it up. Away he went. "He's very adaptable and a good honest horse. He wants to win, that's the main thing. He probably will (get more hurdle opportunities). "Hopefully, the handicapper doesn't go mad now. When he gets those conditions in those types of races, he's an honest horse. "Terry deserves it, a hard worker." Jockey Patrick McGettigan won the overall Barney Curley Apprentice Series. Additional reporting by Michael Graham.
