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JOHNNY MURTAGH RIDES ALAMSHAR

Vincent Finegan

Vincent Finegan

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This morning Johnny Murtagh was given the all-clear to ride Irish Derby winner Alamshar in Saturday?s feature at Leopardstown.

Murtagh who returned to race-riding with a winner at Limerick yesterday will partner six horses for John Oxx on Saturday including the favourite, Alamshar, in the Ireland The Food Island Champion Stakes.

About Vincent Finegan

Vincent, who lives on the Curragh in Co. Kildare, is the editor of irishracing.com and has almost 40 years experience in the horse racing industry. He writes a weekly blog on this website covering all aspects of the sport and presents our Irish Angle video show on Mondays. He is a dual winner of The Irish Field naps table.

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