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Frankie Dettori and Willie Mullins to face off for new Barney Curley Charity Cup | Horse Racing News

Bellewstown to honour Barney Curley with race at the scene of Yellow Sam coup | Horse Racing News

Bellewstown to honour Barney Curley with race at the scene of Yellow Sam coup | Horse Racing News
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Curley, Legendary Punter and Former Trainer, Dies at 81

Curley, Legendary Punter and Former Trainer, Dies at 81
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Barney Curley, betting mastermind and charity pioneer, dies aged 81

In an extraordinary life both on and off the turf, Curley won millions of pounds from the bookies over many decades and raised millions more to fund his work in Zambia with the charity Direct Aid For Africa (Dafa), which he set up following the death of his 18-year-old son, Charlie, in 1995. Curley always considered himself fortunate to have survived a severe case of tuberculosis as a teenager, which confined him to a bed in a sanatorium for nine months. Having planned to train for the priesthood at a Jesuit seminary, he chose instead to pursue a career as a trainer and gambler, and landed his first – and still perhaps his most famous – coup at Bellewstown in June 1975, when a horse called Yellow Sam won in a canter at 20-1.

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