murphy at windsor

straight to the front again,  straight out the back at the business end again.

Wore hood to post, led, ridden over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, weakened final 110yds
Fly jumped start, led, ridden and pressed for lead 2f out, headed and dropped to fourth entering final furlong, kept on same pace

also led that last race

same again in the 8pm. went to the front, nothing left last furlong

Fly jumped start, led, ridden and pressed for lead 2f out, headed and dropped to fourth entering final furlong, kept on same pace

Wore hood to post, led, ridden over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, weakened final 110yds

Wore hood to post, prominent, ridden 3f out, lost position 2f out, soon weakened

Wore hood to post, took keen hold, led, ridden and joined 3f out, headed over 1f out, soon lost position, rallied for third post

Mounted in chute and went to post early in hood, took keen hold, prominent, ridden over 2f out, soon led, pressed for lead entering final 110yds, soon headed

was like groundhog day ....

you'd also have to say getting beaten on Tropbien by Frank Stamper, which with all due respect is a very ordinary 2 mile hurdler (16/1 SP was 38/1 here), in receipt of almost a stone.  caught the eye.


a very strange evening for Murphy.