Murtagh masters Johnston raider

Mastercraftsman just prevailed in a desperate struggle with Shaweel to give Aidan O’Brien a seventh Bank Of Scotland (Ireland) National Stakes at the Curragh.

The Ballydoyle colt, sent off the 9-4 second-favourite, remains unbeaten after four starts but Johnny Murtagh needed all his strength in the saddle to get the better of Mark Johnston’s Gimcrack winner.