{"id":297345,"date":"2023-12-06T19:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T19:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=297345"},"modified":"2023-12-06T19:25:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T19:25:00","slug":"murphy-switch-from-flat-racing-to-hurdles-showing-an-incredible-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/horse-racing\/murphy-switch-from-flat-racing-to-hurdles-showing-an-incredible-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Murphy switch from Flat racing to hurdles showing an incredible talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Oisin Murphy is set to jump into a whole new ball game, with the jockey&#8217;s switch from Flat racing to hurdles showing an incredible talent<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Oisin Murphy is a hugely decorated Flat jockey with race wins all over the world<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>He is preparing for his first ride over hurdles at Wincanton on Thursday<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Mail Sport takes a look at how the move came about and what Murphy must do\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oisin Murphy is the three-time Champion Flat Jockey who has won Group One races in eight different countries.<\/p>\n<p>All that speed and glamour will be a world away tomorrow, though, when Murphy has his first ride over hurdles at Wincanton. It has long been the 27-year-old\u2019s ambition to test himself in the winter game, so it seems fitting the horse he will partner in a three-mile novice hurdle is called Let\u2019s Do This.<\/p>\n<p>Many will assume that no great adjustments will be needed, that all racing is basically the same but nothing could be further from the truth: Murphy, to make an analogy, is effectively the cyclist in the Tour De France who is now hurtling through a forest on a mountain bike.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This isn\u2019t a gimmick,\u2019 Cian Collins, the young Irish trainer who will give Murphy the leg up on Let\u2019s Do This, tells<span> Mail Sport<\/span>. \u2018You have to be unbelievably talented to be able to switch from the flat to riding over jumps; it\u2019s two completely different disciplines in what has always been a tough sport.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Here, <span>Mail Sport<\/span> look at how this all came about and what adjustments Murphy will have to make as he switches codes in the West Country.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/06\/17\/78656049-0-image-a-16_1701885497757.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Oisin Murphy is the three-time Champion Flat Jockey who has won Group One races in eight different countries, but he is set for his first race over hurdles at\u00a0Wincanton on Thursday<\/p>\n<p><span>BACKGROUND<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Horses have been Murphy\u2019s life from childhood. His uncle is Jim Culloty, who rode Best Mate to win three Cheltenham Gold Cups (2002-2004) and also landed that race as a trainer with Lord Windermere in 2014. For good measure, Culloty won the 2002 Grand National on Bindaree.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve known Oisin since we were show-jumping together as kids and we are both from Kerry,\u2019 Collins says. \u2018We all know he is a little bit mad but I\u2019m not surprised that he has taken this on \u2013 he loves a challenge and always has done.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Murphy had to serve a 14-month ban for breaking Covid rules and alcohol breaches in 2022; during his suspension, he spent time showjumping and thought there might have been a chance he could have ridden in their year\u2019s Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival.<\/p>\n<p>At the start of 2023, he applied to the British Horseracing Authority to gain a jump licence and he\u2019s been waiting for the right moment. Collins wanted to give him his debut over obstacles at Leicester last Sunday but the weather intervened.<\/p>\n<p><span>DIFFERENCES\/RISKS<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Flat jockeys spend the year constantly battling with the scales. Murphy\u2019s riding weight through the summer is 8st 7lbs but at Wincanton, Let\u2019s Do This will have 12st on his back \u2013 it means his saddlecloth will be filled with led to make up the shortfall.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of his kit, he will wear the same body protector as he does when riding on the flat: produced by a company called Racesafe, it is a garment that weighs between 650-700 grams and has been designed to be thin, soft and flexible. The main area it shields is a riders ribs.<\/p>\n<p>There is a rough ratio of National Hunt jockeys falling or unseating once every 14 races and Murphy\u2019s boss Sheikh Fahad Al-Thani of Qatar Racing will be watching with bated breath at 2.05 but Collins, who will travel over from Ireland tomorrow morning, is confident in the jumping of Let\u2019s Do This.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/06\/17\/78656051-0-image-a-18_1701885508027.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Murphy will wear the same body protector as he does when riding on the flat, but won&#8217;t have to constantly battle with the scales<\/p>\n<p><span>RIDING FEES\/PRIZE MONEY<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Murphy has enjoyed a lucrative career, winning 28 Group One races, so whatever happens today won\u2019t make a significant impact on his bank balance. There are differences, though, in remuneration \u2013 flat jockeys receive \u00a3157.90 for each ride, over jumps it is \u00a3214.63.<\/p>\n<p>Jump jockeys also receive a bigger percentage of win and placed prized money compared to their counterparts. Roughly they will get 11.03 per cent of prize fund if they win (compared to 8.5 per cent) and 3.44 per cent if they place.<\/p>\n<p>To give that a little more perspective, should Let\u2019s Do This win Wincanton\u2019s 2.05, he will pocket \u00a34,225. When Murphy partnered Mawj to win the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket in May, the cheque for first place was \u00a3283,550.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/06\/17\/78656045-0-image-a-17_1701885503294.jpg\" height=\"411\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He has been well-remunerated in his career but as a jump jockey, he will receive a bigger percentage of prize money<\/p>\n<p><span>CHANCE OF SUCCESS<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Murphy has made it clear that he simply doesn\u2019t want to embarrass himself against honest pros such as Jonjo O\u2019Neill Jr, Richard Patrick, Tom Bellamy and James Best but he has a habit of making big impacts \u2013 he won on his first ride back from suspension at Chelmsford in February, for instance.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Hopefully this horse will suit Oisin,\u2019 says Collins, whose stables are based in County Meath. \u2018He\u2019s been in Wincanton since Tuesday and I think he has a very good chance. Let\u2019s put it this way, we are not coming over for the fun of it! We\u2019ll certainly give Oisin more chances in the future.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/racing\/article-12833683\/Oisin-Murphy-jockey-Flat-racing-hurdles.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Oisin Murphy is set to jump into a whole new ball game, with the jockey&#8217;s switch from Flat racing to hurdles showing an incredible talent <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/horse-racing\/murphy-switch-from-flat-racing-to-hurdles-showing-an-incredible-talent\/\" title=\"Murphy switch from Flat racing to hurdles showing an incredible talent\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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