When Noel Furlong, the highly successful businessman, gambler, and poker player, died in June 2021, one of the many prominent figures to pay tribute to him was Dermot Weld, one of the best-known figures in Irish horse racing. “Noel enjoyed his racing immensely and was a very good neighbour of mine, a good friend. I trained a couple of good winners for him, and he was extremely knowledgeable. A great character,” Weld, who has won all five Irish classics as a trainer and enjoyed considerable success abroad, said at the time. Now, however, Furlong Investments, the main holding company behind…

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