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Article: Murtagh's redemption.(Sports)
- Article from:
- The Racing Post (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 10, 2009
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Byline: Graham Dench
IT HAS been a week to forget, make no mistake, but when Age Of Aquarius offered Johnny Murtagh an opportunity for some redemption in the Totesport.com Derby Trial, he took it with both hands.
Murtagh had been widely lambasted for his performance on Frozen Fire, a remote last of three in Chester's Betchronicle.com Ormonde Stakes 24 hours earlier, and his come-from-behind second on Masterofthehorse in the Virgin Money Chester Vase the day before. His unlucky-in-running third on Drumbeat in the Addleshaw Goddard Dee Stakes was not above ...