THERE was some ultra-competitive fare at last Sunday’s Waterford Foxhounds meeting at Curraghmore and James Murphy will certainly treasure fond memories of the Portlaw fixture as he recorded an initial career double.

The 23-year-old instigated his brace aboard the Philip Fenton-trained Park The Giant (2/1 - 5/2) in the five-year-old geldings’ maiden, the race that attracted the biggest field of the afternoon in 16 runners.