What was Declan Murphy's first win after a bad injury?

jibereen

Wasn't it some sort of pro/am flat race?

Given much the same "after you sir!" as Scu's last ride at Ascot.

Chepstow Result
10 Oct 1995
« 3:15 » Annual Flat V Jump Jockeys Challenge Handicap (Class G)

    * (Class 6) (0-70, 3yo+) (7f16y) 7f Good To Soft
    * £2,468.00, £698.00, £344.00

    * RESULT
    * RATE RACE

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                  HORSE/SP     AGE     WGT     TRAINER/JOCKEY     OR     TS     RPR     

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1
10         Jibereen 3/1F     3     11-5      G Lewis     69     *     *     »
b g Lugana Beach - Fashion Lover (Shiny Tenth)     D Murphy5
     
Made all, soon 3 lengths clear, quickened 2f out, driven out
    

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2
9     ¾     Cee-Jay-Ay 14/1     8     10-12      J Berry     59     *     *     »
gr g Free State - Raffinrula (Raffingora)     Carl Llewellyn5
     
Started slowly, held up, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, ran on well to go 2nd inside final furlong, not quicken near finish
    

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3
8     2½     Shepherd Market (IRE) 10/1     4     11-3      D A Wilson     59     *     *     »
b g Common Grounds - Dame Solitaire (CAN) (Halo)     R Cochrane
     
Pulled hard, chased winner, ridden 2f out, no extra entering final furlong
    

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4
2     1¼     Chili Heights 11/2     5     10-12 v     G B Balding     54     *     *     »
gr g Chilibang - Highest Tender (Prince Tenderfoot)     K Darley
     
Hampered start, held up and behind, driven 3f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
    

«    
5
7     nk     First Gold 13/2     6     11-3 b     J Wharton     59     *     *     »
gr g Absalom - Cindys Gold (Sonnen Gold)     J Reid
     
Pulled hard, held up behind leaders, driven 2f out, not quicken over 1f out
    

«    
6
5     2½     Warning Shot 25/1     3     10-10      M Meade     60     *     *     »
b g Dowsing (USA) - Warning Bell (Bustino)     J Osborne5
     
Raced keenly, chased leaders, driven over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
    

«    
7
12     nk     Kelly Mac 50/1     5     11-0      D C O'Brien     61     *     *     »
b g Precocious - Ridalia (Ridan)     G McCourt5
     
Reared start, pulled hard, soon chasing leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon outpaced
    

«    
8
6     ½     Great Hall 14/1     6     10-8      P D Cundell     55     *     *     »
gr g Hallgate - Lily Of France (Monsanto)     G Bradley5
     
Held up and behind, switched to outside 3f out, soon driven and no impression
    

«    
9
11     nk     Birchwood Sun 5/1     5     11-10 b     M Dods     66     *     *     »
b g Bluebird (USA) - Shapely Test (USA) (Elocutionist)     J Williams
     
Held up, pushed along and well behind halfway, headway 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
    

«    
10
3     shd     Astral Invader (IRE) 14/1     3     10-13      M S Saunders     58     *     *     »
ch g Astronef - Numidia (Sallust)     W Ryan
     
Went left start, soon chasing leaders on outside, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
    

«    
11
1     4     Comeonup 8/1     4     11-0      J M Bradley     61     *     *     »
b g Most Welcome - Scarlet Veil (Tyrnavos)     B Powell5
     
Dwelt, held up on inside, ridden halfway, soon weakened
    

«    
12
4     3½     Try-Haitai (IRE) 16/1     4     10-11      R Akehurst     53     *     *     »
ch g Colmore Row - Grain Of Sand (Sandford Lad)     T Williams
     
Held up in touch, driven 3f out, weakened quickly 2f out
    

12 ran TIME 1m 27.90s (slow by 6.50s) Total SP 122%
1st OWNER: Peter Skelton BRED: Mrs J Everitt TRAINER: G Lewis
2nd OWNER: Richard Jinks
3rd OWNER: T S M S Riley-Smith

....MY BIGGEST TOUCH PRE B/FAIR..........if steven little or pals ever read this you know who i am ....the kite for 270k ...although it came to haunt us later in the milkmans trial,,,,,2 weeks before jibereen   won we spoof backed it at newmarket 25/1 into around 8/1   so if asked improvment we could say it was expected the time before ....we were at the hole in the wall outside newmarket when declan got his present ......a pair of wing mirrors  as he looked round so many times ,,,,,,,,priceless memorys

What's your other account forum name Sleeper?

Thanks for sticking the full result up.

Osborne, Bradley, Cochrane...!

Wasn't Carl a good friend of Declan?

I know he had strong connections in the west country. Sure a certain long time telephone tipster had a payday that day.

I was there that day - never seen so many strangled horses in all my life.

i remember this ,D Murphy was backed the week before.
What a con job.it was handed to him on a plate cos it was his comeback from serious injury.

That's right Erhaab. There was supposed to be a draw for the jockey's mounts in this race but Murphy had already been to the yard to school Jibreen.

Yes sawyer , who the #### bets ante post in an amatuer race on class G horses !!!!

sleeper
I am afraid you are very much wrong !!! its also a fact he was the best horse in the race look at how many winners came out of the race bar him i think 1 !!
The race at chepstow was planned on a sunday morning fact not the hole in the wall

wicked the party and the party involved was at the hole in the wall .a week after the event  you may be right when it was planned ....there was once a formite on hear who was dm s agent    he thought it was funny declan drew first lot

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article26081.ece

Always liked him as a jockey, what is he up to nowadays?

tipping line last time I heard

Declan was a class jockey but shocking as a TV pundit. Thank god ATR has moved on since then

Fixed, and supported by the boys in Portman Square,confirmed by his brother as cash changed hands!!! Ali Campbell couldnt have organised such PR!!

wouldnt happen now due to exchanges.

for all u people that think the race was fixed tell me how many races the others won compared to jibereen ?
jockey bookings aside !!

sleeper u the man

go freddie tell me more did u not notice the back track

"think the race was fixed"

ROFPMSL

Why was Jibereen backed the week before , before any draw was made.

Why did D Murphy ride out the horse previously when oficially no one knew who was riding what ?

there was no betting before u muppets no betfair unless the milkman was a paki bowler !!!!

I distinctly recall reading in the racing post the horse was bet on a week before.Shame the racing post archives don't go that far back.

It stuck in my mind because they fixed it so D Murphy would have a fairytale winner after near death.

keep reading dick francis me old son !!!

I'm sure somebody somewhere can confirm that it was reported in the racing post that a rails bookmaker had taken a hugh bet a week before.

I'm not saying there was antepost betting available on the class g race for jumps vs flat jockies with Ladbrokes or Hills , but i recall one rails bookmaker saying he took a bet the week before.

Why would i make that up , my only grievance is that he didn't win the '94 Gold Cup on Bradbury Star.

Erhaab, this race was partially responsible for Stephen Little effectively giving the game up.

thanks for confirmation.

Out of interest why did you start this thread?

I recently was talking about this to some racing ebnthusiasts but couldn't recall the name too.

Because someone else had started some "notorious races of the past" threads.

I could recall the name and all the sordid details btw!

The person in question will always be looked upon as an undesirable individual as far as the fodder are concerned tbh….

I remember the horse that caused his injury. ARCOT. A racehorse owner i knew had a tip the first time it ran in bumper, hosed up at 14s.Next run was at our local track. Bookies were offering5/2-3. Seemed like everyone was on. Scooted up again. Trouble was it couldnt jump. I think Murphy was thrown on its first run over jumps and again at haydock?