WHEN Impervious scooted clear to win a Grade 3 mares’ novice hurdle at Down Royal at the beginning of last season, Colm Murphy was in a buoyant mood.

Not far into his second stint training, the five-year-old mare give her trainer that beautiful winning feeling again, the specific type that only comes from a promising young horse, the feeling of anticipation for more, the one that makes it all worthwhile.