Father-daughter combine for gambled winner

Tom Weekes

Published at Jul 25, 2014, 20:48

Fix It and Caroline Murtagh
© Photo Healy Racing

The Johnny Murtagh trained Fix It landed a gamble (11/2 to 3/1f) to score a third winner for the trainer's daughter Caroline Murtagh in the Now Is A Good Time Handicap at Down Royal today.

Jockey Murtagh kept the son of Excellent Art going in the closing stages and in the end the pair were all out for a head win over the fast finishing Right First

Afterwards Murtagh senior stated “he's only small but is thriving! All his winning has been in Dundalk, and I'd say he loves good fast ground.

“Fix It is great to have for Caroline to start off and she rides him out every day. I always said you need 20 rides to know what's going on and Caroline's starting to get the hang of things and get some good rides now.”

Quotes from Michael Graham

7.25

Now Is A Good Time H'cap €8,500.00 7f

1st

Fix It (IRE) (3)

3/1Fav

Tote €5.20 €2.40

2nd

Right First (GB) (2)

5/1

€2.30

3rd

2.25L

Anner Queen (IRE) (10)

20/1

€9.10

4th

Norville (IRE) (4)

8/1

Full Result

About Tom Weekes

A lifelong racing fan, Tom began writing point to point reports in 2002 and has reported for irishracing.com since 2003, when he joined Irish Racing Services - since taken over by the Press Association. Has ridden a point to point winner and won the 2018 Irish Field Naps Table.

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