Whatever Next another potential star for Murphy

WHATEVER NEXT (6/1) lit up yesterday's Knockanard point-to-point by registering a hugely-impressive debut success in the first division of the five-year-old geldings' maiden.

Ridden by Martin Hickey and trained by John Murphy, who sent out Newmill to win the Grade 2 Red Mills Trial Hurdle at Gowran Park on Saturday, Whatever Next stormed to the front on the ascent from two out. There was only going to be one outcome from the final fence with Whatever Next beating Rocklyn by three lengths in the familiar Gigginstown House silks.

“This is a nice horse that was bought from Denis Cummins in Wexford as a three-year-old. He will go for a winners’ race next,” reported Murphy of Whatever Next, who traces back to Sonny Somers.