• 20-year-old to engage ‘huge majority’ of rides in Britain
• No second jockey appointed but others may be usedOisin Murphy will be the only jockey retained by Qatar Racing next year,providing the 20-year-old with an enviable opportunity to further his career. The news comes less than a fortnight after Andrea Atzeni decided to give up his position as Qatar’s first jockey in favour of a retainer with Sheikh Mohammed Obaid.
Atzeni had himself succeeded Jamie Spencer in the Qatar role, which has had a turbulant early history. Murphy is not to be seen as a direct replacement for those men, and as other jockeys might now be used from time to time.
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Source: theguardian.com