THE Walshtown, Co Cork-located Murphy family bookended a memorable week when sending out L’Evangeliste (5/1 - 3/1) to claim the spoils in the opening division of the four-year-old maiden at last Sunday’s Co Clare Hunt meeting held at Quakerstown.

Successful on the impressive Supreme Malinas at Ballyknock the previous Wednesday, James Murphy was in the saddle aboard the son of Pastorius whom his mother Geraldine shares with former Cork All-Ireland winning hurling captain Mark Landers.