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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Treble for O'Brien as Tigris gets the job done

Sun 30th Aug 2015, 15:24

Tigris River (right) jumps the last alongside Moonmeister Tigris River (right) jumps the last alongside Moonmeister
© Photo Healy Racing

After winning the first two at the Curragh Tigris River provided his trainer Aidan O'Brien with an across the card treble as he took the Online Ticket Sales at corkracecourse.ie Hurdle.

A convincing winner on his second start over flights at Galway earlier this month, the son of Montjeu was sent off the 2/5 favourite under Barry Geraghty in the colours of his boss JP McManus.

Settled in third he came through to dispute the lead three out and was pushed out on the run-in to see off Moonmeister by a length and a quarter.

Moonmeister was returned a 6/1 chance under Jack Kennedy for Gordon Elliott.

Barry Geraghty said afterwards: "He jumped well and had a lot of speed up the straight. It can be a bit tricky here up the straight in a tactical race but he did it well.

"He might improve over further."

Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes

About Donal Murphy
Donal graduated from Maynooth University in 2010 with a BBS in Equine Business and since attained a diploma in Sports Journalism from Dublin Business School. He holds a variety of roles in the horse racing industry, reporting for the Press Association and p2p.ie, while also working for SIS and the Tote. From Wexford, he is a keen runner and has completed over 100 parkruns at various locations around the country.