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- Duke on the mark back on Irish soil
Duke on the mark back on Irish soil
Brendan Duke enjoyed his first success since relocating to Ireland when Roicead short-headed Murura in the Yas Handicap at the Curragh under Willie Supple.
Duke said: "It's an absolute thrill to have a winner here again. I've come back to Ireland to train pedigree horses which I couldn't do in England.
"I'm finding it difficult to settle in again. John Oxx and Martin Brassil have been very good to me.
"I really fancied Roicead today. He's been working like an aeroplane but like the rest of us he's had difficulties in his life.
"I'd been thinking about coming home since October, principally due to the better prize-money over here.
"I have another runner today, Penthesilea Eile in the 3.40 and I fancy her to go well too."
A gamble on Good Authority came unstuck here.