John Murtagh has picked up the ride on the Michael Stoute-trained Greek Dance in a valuable German Group One race on Sunday.

The Derby-winning rider is now also scheduled to ride the top two-year-old Stoute filly, Enthused, in the Group Three Princess Margaret Stakes at Ascot on Saturday, in addition to the King George mount on Daliapour.

Greek Dance is scheduled to run in the Dallmayr Preis Bayerisches Zuchtrennen in Munich, and Murtagh will ride due to Stoute's stable rider Kieren Fallon's continued injury and Pat Eddery's lengthy suspension.

Fallon and Eddery's misfortune has already paid off for Murtagh, courtesy of Petrushka in the Irish Oaks, and his connection with Sinndar's owner, the Aga Khan, has helped him into the prime ride on Daliapour.

Enthused was regarded as an unlucky loser of Newmarket's Cherry Hinton Stakes when edged out by Dora Carrington, and had earlier won on her debut at the July course.

Murtagh takes over in the plate from Michael Hills and Enthused is likely to start favourite, although the David Loder-trained Godolphin filly Shamo also holds an entry in the race.

Murtagh, however, will be at Tipperary this evening and can make the journey from the Curragh worthwhile aboard Quest For Peace in the 12-furlong maiden.

The Rainbow Quest colt has a decent first run to his credit behind Chimes At Midnight at Leopardstown and should improve enough from that to take care of Jim Bolger's Light And Flower, who was also placed on her debut, behind Pillars Of Society at the Curragh.

The seven-furlong handicap and the two-year-old maiden over the same trip hold the joint distinction of being the most valuable races of the evening, and there will be plenty ready to hold a strong opinion on both races.

The Sadler's Wells filly Sequoyah ran a fine third to stable companion, Honours List, on her Curragh debut and is very hard to oppose in the maiden; and Casas catches the eye in the handicap.

Casas won over the course distance before being hiked up to a mile and six at Killarney last week when third to Soviet Blues. Willie Mullins is dropping him back to the tried and trusted tonight and it can pay off.

Another placed horse at Killarney for Mullins was Celtic Dawn, second to Berengarius, and that one can go one better in the maiden hurdle; and Cruiser can add to a Tramore victory, now that he reverts to hurdles in the handicap.