AN excellent week for Co Wicklow rider Linda Murphy began on Wednesday morning when she partnered Gortfree Lakeside Lad to a repeat victory in the performance Irish Draught championship.

Eligible to compete again as a combination this season as they won the class for four and five-year-olds here last August, Murphy and the 2012 Gortfree Hero stallion qualified at Forth Mountain where they won by three points from Ballytrim Molly.