Donn McClean catches up with Johnny Murtagh as the trainers guides us through his team for the 2025 Flat season.
Last year was another top season for Johnny Murtagh.
Hanalia won the Listed Naas Oaks Trial and followed up by landing the Group 2 Blandford Stakes at The Curragh on Irish Champions Weekend, and Take Heart won a big handicap at Glorious Goodwood, while Oujda finished off her season with momentum, winning a listed race at The Curragh in early October before going to France three weeks later and winning a Group 3 race at Chantilly.
Those wins took the trainer through the half-century mark for the season, and saw him finish in the top five in the 2024 Irish trainers’ championship.
This season has already started well for Johnny Murtagh, with several of last year’s juveniles already stepping forward and winning three-year-old maidens, and there is lots to look forward to for the season ahead.
