White Clover scores for Murphy & Carroll White Clover (6/1) bagged a second success today, landing Listowel’s Croom House Stud Handicap for trainer Joe Murphy, jockey Gary Carroll and owner James Purcell. The daughter of Starspangledbanner gained a maiden success last October and on her third start of the year today, raced with the pace and held on well to beat fast-finishing runner-up Never Shout Never by a half-length. Joe Murphy junior reported “it was her first time racing around a bend like here and while she had one maiden run in Leopardstown, today’s course is tighter. She had been well fancied a few times and hadn’t won but just needed another year under her belt. “She had been threatening to be a good filly for a while, so we’ll find out shortly if she is or not. “She is in Wednesday so we’ll see what the handicapper does, but the intention had been to run her a second time. “We’ll take a punt and put her in a valuable seven-furlong handicap at Cork later this month as she might have a squeak off bottom weight: she had to win today, and might have to win on Wednesday, to get into it though.”
