Danaghers best as O'Donovan hoodoo strikes for a sixth time

MICHAEL O’DONOVAN’S Derby hoodoo struck again yesterday when the Tipperary trainer’s Judicial Castelu was turner over by Danaghers Best in the Boylesports Derby final in Clonmel.

Danaghers best as O'Donovan hoodoo strikes for a sixth time
Thu, 06 Feb, 2003 - 00:00
Tom Higgins

It was the sixth time that O’Donovan has got a dog to the final of the Derby only to see it beaten.

Things had gone more or less as expected up to the decider in the Derby.

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