Ice-cool Murphy on a Hi

TIMMY MURPHY earned all the plaudits when giving Hi Cloy an ice-cool ride to take the Powers Gold Cup at Fairyhouse yesterday.

The Michael Hourigan-trained gelding was held up at the back of the six-runner Grade One contest, and Murphy was still taking a pull tracking the 9-4 favourite Kicking King, who had gone on four out, at the second-last.

Murphy waited until after the final fence before making a move, and sprinted to the front inside the final 50 yards to win cosily by half a length.