Bellewstown to stage charity race in Barney Curley’s memory

Barney Curley at the Galway Races in 2002. Picture: Kieran Clancy

Bellewstown will stage a special race next month in memory of trainer Barney Curley, who died aged in May at the age of 81.

Curley was not only a successful trainer but also masterminded some of racing’s most famous betting coups, not least that involving Yellow Sam at Bellewstown in June 1975.