Murtagh rules out Melbourne Cup run for Sonnyboyliston
Irish St Leger victor set for a break.
Johnny Murtagh has confirmed his Ebor and Irish St Leger hero Sonnyboyliston will not travel to Australia for this year’s Melbourne Cup. Just three weeks on from his lucrative success at York, the four-year-old provided the legendary jockey with his first Classic success as a trainer when getting the better of Twilight Payment in a thrilling finish at the Curragh on Sunday. Murtagh admits the Melbourne Cup is a big draw, but feels his stable star has done enough for this season. He told www.racing.com: “I spoke to the owners the other day and the horse has come out of the race really, really well.The Johnny Murtagh-trained Sonnyboyliston follows up on his Ebor victory to take the Irish St Leger at odds of 4-1 with Ben Coen in the plate #RTERacing #IrishChampionsWeekend @curraghrace
Irish St Leger result: 1 Sonnyboyliston 4-12 Twilight Payment 9-23 Baron Samedi 6-1 pic.twitter.com/jOnQmpUhiV— RTÉ Racing (@RTEracing) September 12, 2021
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