Leaving on a jet plane!

Bohermeen jockey Johnny Murtagh will be jetting across the skies this weekend. Murtagh will be in action in the USA today (9th August) when he partners Mount Nelson and Plan in Chicago for Aidan O'Brien. Then he will be back in Europe tomorrow (10th August) where he will be riding at Deauville (France) in the Prix Maurice de Gheest. Another man who likes travelling is Trim-based trainer Gordon Elliott and he sent salford City to the USA this month where the former Epsom Derby contender finished third in a chase at Saratoga