Mixed fortunes for Murphy

After his usual steady start to the season Ferdy Murphy is now beginning to hit form and there was plenty to like about the performance of Elzahann in the Streetlam Mares’ “National Hunt” Novices’ Hurdle at Catterick.

The six-year-old was a winner of a bumper at this North Yorkshire venue back in March when in the care of Murphy’s son Paul, but showed little on her first start for Murphy senior at Kelso last month.