Gabriel ‘Squibbs’ Curran
(1949-2008) jockey

Apprenticed to Kevin Prendergast and nicknamed ‘Squibbs’, Gabriel Curran rode his first winner in June 1967 on Hard Case in an apprentice race at Naas. He rode the 100/1 chance Miss Therese to victory in the Blandford Stkes in 1973 for Pat Lally and two years later succeeded Paul Jarman as Kevin Prendergast’s first jockey, a position he held until 1988.