Murtagh gets classic switch to Saturn

JOHNNY MURTAGH has been snapped up to ride Saturn in the Entenmann’s Irish 2000 Guineas tomorrow as he bids to win the Curragh Classic for a second time.

Murtagh gets classic switch to Saturn
Fri, 23 May, 2003 - 01:00
Keith Hamer

The Irishman, successful on Black Minnaloushe for Aidan O’Brien two years ago, was to have partnered Kalaman for the Aga Khan.

But the Michael Stoute-trained colt misses the race because of soft ground, leaving Murtagh free to team up with Saturn for owners Highclere Thoroughbred Racing.

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CourtsRacinghorse racingPlace: DewhurstPlace: SagittaPlace: TomahawkPlace: FrancePlace: Great PyramidPlace: Salt Lake CityPlace: SolskjaerPerson: MurtaghPerson: SaturnPerson: Johnny MurtaghPerson: Aidan O’BrienPerson: Michael StoutePerson: Michael BellPerson: JohnnyPerson: AgaPerson: Tim JonesPerson: KevinPerson: DarleyPerson: PetrushkaPerson: MichaelPerson: JonesPerson: Paddy PowerPerson: O’BrienPerson: GodolphinPerson: Paul d’ArcyPerson: Fulke Johnson HoughtonPerson: Barry HillsPerson: Dermot WeldPerson: EntenmannPerson: CashmansPerson: WalayefPerson: DimitrovePerson: DamaskayaPerson: LuminataEvent: Irish 2000 GuineasEvent: Curragh classicEvent: Darley Dewhurst StakesEvent: 2000 GuineasEvent: French 2000 GuineasOrganisation: Highclere Thoroughbred RacingOrganisation: HighclereOrganisation: ZafeenOrganisation: Indian HavenOrganisation: SaturnOrganisation: Makhlab
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