AT a track where his runners boast a formidable record, John Murphy bagged one of the major prizes of the August Festival as Brazos turned out in the form of his life to claim the K.W.D. Kingdom Gold Cup.

The lightly-raced four-year-old, who was running for just the seventh time, faced an appreciably tougher task than when winning a one-and-three-quarter-mile conditions race here in May.