THANKS, in no small part, to the influx of a number of talented horses from Ballygallon Stud, Johnny Murtagh has enjoyed a fine campaign to date and with 20 winners already on the board, he could be a man to follow as we head into the final nine weeks of the season.

“We had our first runners at Dundalk in January and the horses have been running well enough all year, but the last few weeks we got a few very nice horses from France and things have improved since. You need good horses in the yard and we have a nice bunch of horses at the minute,” explained Murtagh.