“It will be quite a moment,” Oisin Murphy says as he looks forward to this Saturday afternoon at Ascot when he will be crowned champion jockey. The 24-year-old from Killarney in Ireland is eloquent and assured and, apart from being able to speak four languages, carries the same addiction to winning as all the great champions.
Murphy has also overcome resentment in the weighing room and taken punches from older jockeys who did not like the speed of his rise after he left Ireland for England six years ago. He is now a model champion and could become the jockey that racing will rely on most to fill the giant hole that Frankie Dettori will leave when, eventually, the little master retires.
Written by Donald McRae
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/17/champion-jockey-oisin-murphy-frankie-dettori under the title “Oisin Murphy: ‘Now I’m champion jockey, I want to do it again’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
