Cream of the Crop Ready to Battle It Out to the Very End ; Three Into One Won't Go As the Race to Be Ireland's Very Best Apprentice Reaches a Climax This Week [Eire Region]

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Johnny Murtagh, Jamie Spencer, Pat Smullen... the list of Ireland's champion apprentice jockeys is an illustrious one. Last year, Kildareman Gary Carroll was the runaway winner of the title, with 12 winners to spare.

This year, it's an altogether tighter affair. Carroll, with 38 winners after a win yesterday aboard Sabrina harty's Kalann at Dundalk, is one ahead of Ben Curtis on 37, with Joseph o'Brien a further two behind on 35 for the season. yesterday's meeting at Dundalk marked the fourth last day of the season for the apprentices, with this year's crop declared by many to be the golden generation.

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Cream of the Crop Ready to Battle It Out to the Very End ; Three Into One Won't Go As the Race to Be Ireland's Very Best Apprentice Reaches a Climax This Week [Eire Region]

The lead in the title race has changed hands between the three all season, with Curtis initially blazing a trail out in front. Carroll's consistency kept him in touch, though, with young pretender o'Brien making a late charge fo...

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