Plan comes good for Murphy The market spoke in favour of Touted Plan in the opening auction maiden at Bellewstown and the Joe Murphy-trained filly did the business under Colin Keane. She was produced to lead passing the two pole in the race, over just shy of a mile, and soon settled matters. Keane kept the Advertise filly going in the closing stages to post a cosy two-and-three-quarter length victory over fellow 10/3 joint favourite Snapretend. The 64-rated winner had been as big as 11/1 this morning. She had been placed in handicap company on her last two outings. It was a first winner at the venue for the yard and assistant trainer Joe Murphy junior said: "It’s nice to get a winner here. "She's a filly we quite liked last year and she has been a bit disappointing. She has probably been getting her act together the last couple of times in handicaps. "I think so (experience told) - just coming back into a maiden from a handicap, they can find a couple of lengths in this type of a race. It can come a little bit easier to them. "She was a good third on the day (in Killarney), she has run two solid enough races the last days. Maybe she is improving a little bit. "She stayed going and got to the line well - might get a little bit further. She was good on the day and hopefully there is another day in her. We'll see what the handicapper does. "Nice for the lads, they have stuck by us and it is nice they are rewarded."  (Quotes by Michael Graham)
