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Charlie Brooks

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‘Maybe I’m better when everyone hates me’: An interview with Oisin Murphy

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By Charlie Brooks
| The Spectator Australia Verified
‘I used to live with three jockeys in a small village called Dualla, near Cashel. They would watch the wrestling on television and then practise the moves on me. One day they stripped me off and tied me naked to a street lamppost and left me there for the night and the neighbours called the Gardai.’ Oisin Murphy pauses. ‘It was fun and I thought it was normal.’ Murphy is one of the most gifted jockeys in the world. But his life has been a rollercoaster – a ride which would have crushed most people.
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There is an existential threat to the era of the super horse

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By Charlie Brooks
| MSN Verified
The disappointment of three-year-old Bow Echo – who was so fantastic in the 2000 Guineas, the St James's Palace Stakes and the Sussex Stakes – retiring to stud because of a manageable injury is ruining my summer. That decision brings back into focus the ultimate question facing the horse racing industry: should thoroughbreds be raced to breed, or bred to race?
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Could a round of golf be the answer to racing’s problems?

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By Charlie Brooks
| The Spectator Australia Verified
I don’t want you getting the impression that I fritter away my life on a golf course, but when I was asked to join a Knights vs Commoners/Chairmen match at Sunningdale last week, I couldn’t resist, even though I’m injured. No better place to find out what’s going on in the racing world than shooting the breeze during 18 holes at ‘the dale’. The Knights were led by Sir A.P. McCoy, who looks a bit like Bryson DeChambeau when he lines up to hit the ball, but not so much afterwards.
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