Plain sailing for Sydney Harbour in the end

RACING at the Curragh yesterday began with a dramatic incident in the Dubai Duty Free Full Of Surprises EBF Maiden, when Johnny Murtagh took a crashing fall from the favourite, Petronius Maximus.

Plain sailing for Sydney Harbour in the end
Mon, 28 Jun, 2010 - 01:00
Pat Keane

The son of Holy Roman Emperor tried to make all and was just about in front of eventual winner, Sydney Harbour, when literally collapsing to the ground with well over a furlong to go.

Murtagh took a horrible fall, but fortunately escaped with only a bad shaking and a cut to his nose. Petronius Maximus too was relatively unscathed.

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