Frankie Dettori beats Willie Mullins to Barney Curley Cup at Bellewstown

Frankie Dettori beat Willie Mullins as he scooped the inaugural Barney Curley Cup.

The inaugural Cup took place at Bellewstown with two teams of seven assembled as Dettori took on Willie Mullins.

The Cup was split into two races with points awarded down to eight and the highest scoring team declared the winner.

The first race, the one-mile Barney Curley Charity Cup Handicap, was won by Fastman for John McConnell and Declan McDonogh, a 3-1 chance that put points on the board for team Mullins.

The second leg of the contest was run over a mile and a half and went the way of Bring Us Paradise for Luke Comer and young rider Dylan Browne McMonagle, a 9-1 victory that saw team Mullins successful again and also gather points from the runner-up, McConnell’s Wild Shot.

However, once the total points for placed horses had been calculated, it was Dettori’s away team that lifted the trophy on the 26th anniversary of his Magnificent Seven at Ascot.

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