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Titanium on course for Good Friday target

Titanium and Rory Mulligan won at the Curragh in November. Titanium and Rory Mulligan won at the Curragh in November.
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The Ciaran Murphy trained Titanium has a race at the Curragh on Good Friday as his next target, following a promising reappearance when an honourable sixth in the Irish Lincoln.

A four-time winner in his native France, the seven-year-old has added two further wins since joining current connections.

Murphy said: "He ran a cracker and is entered over a mile and a-quarter at the Curragh on Good Friday (€100,000 handicap). That would be on the cards.

"He actually passed the line and he (Rory Mulligan) couldn't pull him up afterwards.

"He got 10lb for winning a nice handicap at the end of last year, which was probably fair, so that stopped him a bit the other day. I think there is more to come from this horse and on that heavy ground he another leg on him.

"The Good Friday race would be ground dependent. There's an '80' before that over a mile in the Curragh as well and we could go there and maybe on (to Good Friday).

"He's a horse that will take plenty of running and we are not afraid to run him."

Additional reporting by Michael Graham.

About John O'Riordan
John has worked for the Press Association since 2022. He also writes a weekly column for The Irish Field and is a regular contributor to the Irish Racing Yearbook. He has previously written for the Racing Post, Irish Examiner and Irish Daily Mirror. He has been involved in racing for over three decades; having experience as a syndicate member, sole owner and breeder.