Johnny Murtagh might have taken time to get motoring as a trainer but he crowned a superlative season with a breakthrough success at group 1 level Sept. 12 when Champers Elysees swooped to run out a ...

Johnny Murtagh will join Dermot Weld and Michael Halford on the Irish training roster for the Aga Khan and will be sent his first batch of yearlings from the leading owner this year. He has been ...

CUP FIELD: IRISH trainer Johnny Murtagh is a one-time amateur boxer who knows how to roll with the punches. So he won’t mind if his two Melbourne Cup jockeys toss his riding plan in the garbage bin.

JOHNNY Murtagh and Damien Oliver competed against each other at the highest level, now the pair team up as trainer and jockey chasing Cup glory with Mutual Regard. On Tuesday, Murtagh will rely on ...