FOR the second successive year, the Bord Na Mona Apprentice Derby at the Curragh last Friday evening was won by a Co Donegal-born jockey, on this occasion Rathmullan native Luke McAteer, who partnered the 4/1 shot Beyond Happy to a near all-the-way success.
The four-year-old Fastnet Rock gelding is trained by McAteer’s boss, and the horse’s breeder, Jim Bolger, who has a great record in this race saddling the first of five winners in 12 years when another Co Donegal-born jockey, Martin Harley scored on Spelterini back in 2010.
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