Double leaves Murtagh three ahead
Murtagh completed a fine double at Dundalk last night, gaining a last gasp victory on Paul Flynn’s Mr Red Clubs in the two-year-old claimer and following-up when Reggae Rock, second leg of a double for Ger Lyons (successful earlier with promising two-year-old debutant Piri Wango), got the better of Acushladear in the Christmas Parties At Dundalk Handicap.
Trailing by four, Smullen responded when recording a rare success for Aidan O’Brien on Justification in the concluding maiden, foiling Murtagh’s mount Ariyfa.
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