• Pair finally record win after 14 Group one losses together
• Murphy: ‘What a horse and what a training performance’
Persistence finally received its reward here on Wednesday as Lightning Spear and Oisin Murphy, who had been beaten in all 14 of their previous starts together in Group One events, burst through a gap a furlong out and seized control of the Sussex Stakes. After so many failures and one agonising near-miss this year, this was, at last, a race that went entirely to plan for one of the most consistent horses in training.
It unfolded just as Murphy thought that it would and for Lightning Spear’s jockey this was a moment to savour after their short‑head defeat by Rhododendron in the Lockinge Stakes in May, when they traded at 1-9 in running on Betfair.
Written by Greg Wood at Goodwood
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/01/lightning-spear-oisin-murphy-sussex-stakes-goodwood under the title “Lightning Spear and Oisin Murphy take the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
