Murtagh: Duke meant so much

Johnny Murtagh reflected today on just how much the victory of Duke Of Marmalade in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot meant to him.

In his first season as retained rider at Ballydoyle, Murtagh bagged three Group Ones over the first two days of the big meeting, with Henrythenavigator obliging in the St James’s Palace while Hardasun was also on the mark in the Queen Anne.