JOHNNY Murtagh’s horses are in top form these days, as exemplified in the first treble of his training career at Leopardstown on Thursday evening: Parkers Hill in the two-year-old maiden, Circling Moon in the one-mile, seven-furlong handicap, who is now two for two since joining Murtagh, and True Valour in the feature race, the Group 3 Ballycorus Stakes.

The Kodiac colt was building on his excellent third in a competitive handicap at Epsom on Derby day and, racing in first-time cheekpieces, he probably put up a career-best.