JOSEPH Murphy rode four horses in three classes last Saturday at Punchestown, winning and placing fifth in the EI115 (Open), winning the EI115 for seven- and eight-year-olds for the second year running but being denied a treble by two costly time penalties in the EI100 for five-year-olds.

With the only double clear inside the time, Murphy landed the 13-runner EI115 (Open) on Devenish Nutrition’s 16-year-old Hermes de Reve mare Gorsehill Pearl (27.9 penalties) with Heidi Brabazon placing second on Red Ace (30.1), having finished two seconds over the time across the country.