JOHN OXX and Johhny Murtagh can combine for a short-priced double with Sharesha and Parshawar at Clonmel today.

Dane O’Neill took Johhny Murtagh’s place on the Richard Hannon-trained Tacitus and nearly made it a dream spare ride as the colt finished strongly to go down by just half a length to stable companion Mister Links in the TNT July Stakes at Newmarket.