Murtagh moves four clear Johnny Murtagh has one hand on the prize for the Jockeys’ Championship having moved four winners clear of Pat Smullen (78-74) with just 24 races for the left in the season, when steering Katherine Lee (9/2f) to win the bookings@dundalkstadium.com Handicap at Dundalk this evening. Katherine Lee needed all of Murtagh’s strength inside the final furlong to eventually hold Tarsille and winning trainer Mick Halford later said “Johnny gave her a brilliant ride. She has been caught on the inside rail before and got a bit intimidated and that’s why Johnny came out into the centre of the track in the straight - she likes to get a bit of room. “She battled well and likes it around here.”
