THE Murphy family in Ballycurragh Stud had plenty to be happy about last Sunday. The three-year-old Nayef (Gulch) colt Ice Breeze continued his upward progression when he added the Group 1 Prix Royal Oak (French St Leger) to his victory on Arc weekend in the Group 2 Prix Chaudenay.

Unraced at two, the Khalid Abdullah-owned colt is the winner of half of his eight starts this year, including the Group 2 Prix Hocquart, and his winnings now amount to some €466,150.