Sherwood Forest from the Aidan O’Brien stable justified his short price when taking the opening Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden at Leopardstown.
Johnny Murtagh who guided the 6/4 favourite to victory hit the front under a furlong out and kept on well to score by three parts of a length
Winning jockey Murtagh said afterwards: “He has improved from his first run, he’s still a bit green but he did it very well in the end.”
