Murphy eyeing Champions target Mike Murphy could be represented on Irish Champions Weekend by Discussiontofollow in the Irish.Stallion .Farms EBF 'Bold Lad' Sprint Handicap at the Curragh on Sunday week. The classy sprinter has shot up the weights this season and was well fancied for the Stewards' Cup, in which he finished sixth. He also has the option of the Portland Handicap at Doncaster's St Leger meeting and will run wherever the ground is fastest. "There's a Premier Handicap at the Curragh next weekend he could run in or there's the Portland at Doncaster," said Murphy. "It's very ground dependent as wherever it's quickest he will go. "If it's good ground next weekend he'll run in one of those, if not it will be the Ayr Gold Cup. "It's unlikely he'll get his ground there, but you never know." Murphy also had news of his other stable star, American Hope, who endured a luckless passage last time out at Gooodwood but had previously run well in some red-hot handicaps "We've just drawn a line through his last run," said Murphy. "He was drawn out wide, it was a rough race and when his chance had gone, Shane (Kelly) wasn't hard on him. "There's a Listed race at Newbury on September 19 he could run in or another option is a handicap at Ascot on October 4. "We've given him a little bit of a break as he'd been fairly busy."
