Daredevil can defy big rise in weights
Joe Murphy’s charge, stepping up in trip, after three previous outings over seven furlongs, struck with a vengeance at Sligo nine days ago.
Tackling ten furlongs for the first time, he made a mockery of his mark in beating Kabjoy by two and a half lengths. That was no real indication of the superiority of the son of Holy Roman Emperor and it certainly wasn’t lost on the handicapper.