Murray’s Purple Patch Rolls On
Talented young rider Callan Murray maintained his extraordinary run of feature successes when he produced the Mogok Filly Fortissimus late in proceedings
21st April 2017
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Talented young rider Callan Murray maintained his extraordinary run of feature successes when he produced the Mogok Filly Fortissimus late in proceedings
Callan Murray maintained his recent strike rate of a feature race win a week when he gave a confident display in the saddle at Fairview on Good Friday
Thrills for first-time owner as Callan Murray boots home another feature winner
There were no wild celebrations or all-night Classic Day after parties for South Africa’s newest Gr1 winning jockey this past weekend
Callan Murray gave trainer Mike de Kock the second leg of a Classic double when the Australian-bred Heavenly Blue ran out a smooth winner of the Gr1 SA Classic
An enterprising ride by Callan Murray gave Mike de Kock the honour of saddling the first stakes winner for a sire close to his heart
At a time when the sport needs new generation heroes, and the champions are nearing, or have hit 50, it is refreshing to see emerging talent of this standard
The multiple champion notched his 2998th career winner when the lightly raced Rafeef stayed on well to win the R400 000 Gr2 Hawaii Stakes
After his Australian stint with Lindsay Park Stables, Callan Murray returned to South Africa as a fully fledged jockey and has started as he means to go on
Avontuur-sponsored Callan Murray has matured as a rider with the benefit of his recent Australian expedition
“I had to clean out some of the boxes and then we were given horses to work. In South Africa you just get on to the horse and ride him…”
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