Jockey Pádraig Beggy pulled off another long-priced Classic coup at the Curragh on Saturday by guiding the 33-1 outsider Sovereign to a shock Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby success. Hopes that Madhmoon might give veteran local trainer Kevin Prendergast a first ever Irish Derby never looked like coming through, the 5-2 joint-second favourite just staying on into fourth. None of that mattered to Beggy, who has taken an unlikely route to Classic fame but can now boast wins in European racing’s two major Derby prizes. Jockey Pádraig Beggy celebrates winning the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby on Sovereign. “I’m just very, very lucky I’ve won the English and Irish Derby.

Source: The Irish Times June 29, 2019 18:00 UTC