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As a jockey he won many of the major flat races in Europe, including all the Irish Classics, all the Group 1 Races at Royal Ascot, The Derby, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes[1][2][3] and Europe’s biggest race the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. He was also Irish flat racing Champion Jockey five times.[4] As a trainer, based at stables near Kildare, he has saddled a winner at Royal Ascot and an Irish Classic winner.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsBackground[edit]Career as jockey[edit]Career as trainer[edit]Personal life[edit]Major wins as a jockey[edit]Major wins as a trainer[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Background[edit]Murtagh was born in Navan, County Meath.[5] He was a keen amateur boxer as a young boy and was once Irish boy’s under-14 boxing champion.[4] He also came close to joining Blackburn Rovers’ youth football team.[4]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4At a boxing fight one evening in his native County Meath, a spectator advised his mother that Murtagh had the attributes to make a good jockey, balance, poise, weight, strength, courage. His mother wrote to the Racing Academy and Centre of Education (RACE) in County Kildare, a school for apprentice jockeys, and got a two-week trial for her son. He was one of 26 successful candidates who progressed onto the RACE 10-month course. At the end of the course, he was apprenticed to John Oxx, one of Ireland’s leading trainers.[6]Career as jockey[edit]Murtagh rode his first winner, Chicago Style, at Limerick in 1987.[4]He became stable jockey to Oxx in 1992, and from then until his departure in 2003, rode 18 Group 1 winners for Oxx’s leading owner, the Aga Khan.[1][2][3][7][8]For Oxx, Murtagh rode Sinndar to win The Derby and Irish Derby, as well as the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in 2000.[9][10] He won the Derby again on the Michael Bell trained Motivator.[11] Murtagh was also the regular jockey for talented filly Soviet Song. In 2004, the partnership won two Group 1 races, including the Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood. Here she beat a strong field of colts, including the 2,000 Guineas winner Haafhd.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4From 2008 to 2010, he was stable jockey for Coolmore, taking over from the drug-banned Kieren Fallon. He had been riding for them on an ad-hoc basis since 2002, most notably winning the Derby on High Chaparral in 2002.[12] In 2008, he rode 19 Group 1 winners in a single season for O’Brien (21 in total for Coolmore), and followed it up in 2009 with another 10, including the Irish Derby, Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Sussex Stakes, Ascot Gold Cup, St. James’s Palace Stakes and an Irish 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas double.He resigned his post as stable jockey to Coolmore in November 2010, issuing a statement via his agent to say he had informed Coolmore he wouldn’t be renewing his contract.[12] No reason was given but there was speculation that O’Brien was looking for another jockey, and on his recent return from the Breeders Cup at Churchill Downs, where he had ridden four losers for O’Brien, one bookmaker had been offering odds on his replacement.[12] His last Group 1 winner for the team was Roderic O’Connor in the Criterium International at Saint-Cloud on 31 October 2010.This meant he was back riding for Oxx who trained 90 of the Aga Khan’s horses, and additionally for Mick Halford who trained 30.“I am thrilled to be renewing my association with His Highness’ horses in Ireland,” Murtagh said in a statement, “We have shared some fantastic moments over the years and I have always enjoyed riding in the green and red colours. This will also give me an opportunity to ride for John Oxx again. I started off riding for Mr Oxx and it has always been a pleasure to be part of his Currabeg team”.[13]In February 2014, Murtagh announced that he would retire from riding to concentrate on his training career.[14]Career as trainer[edit]Murtagh obtained his trainer’s licence in 2013. In his first season he achieved a Group 2 and two Group 3 wins, including the Blandford Stakes with Belle de Crecy and the British Champions Long Distance Cup with Royal Diamond, riding the horses himself.[15] His first Group 1 winner as a trainer was Champers Elysees in the Matron Stakes at Leopardstown Racecourse in September 2020.[15] His first win at Royal Ascot as a trainer came in 2021, when Create Belief, ridden by stable jockey Ben Coen, won the Sandringham Stakes.[16] Later that season, Sonnyboyliston provided the trainer with his first Irish Classic win when Coen rode him to victory in the Irish St. Leger.[17]Personal life[edit]He is married to Orla, daughter of famous Tipperary hurler Michael “Babs” Keating, and has five children, Caroline, Charles, Lauren, Grace and Tom.Major wins as a jockey[edit] IrelandIrish 1,000 Guineas \u2013 (1) \u2013 Again (2009)Irish 2,000 Guineas \u2013 (3) \u2013 Black Minnaloushe (2001), Henrythenavigator (2008), Mastercraftsman (2009)Irish Champion Stakes \u2013 (1) \u2013 Timarida (1996)Irish Derby \u2013 (4) \u2013 Sinndar (2000), Alamshar (2003), Fame and Glory (2009), Cape Blanco (2010)Irish Oaks \u2013 (6) \u2013 Ebadiyla (1997), Winona (1998), Petrushka (2000), Peeping Fawn (2007), Moonstone (2008), Chicquita (2013)Irish St. Leger \u2013 (1) \u2013 Jukebox Jury (2011)Matron Stakes \u2013 (3) \u2013 Timarida (1995), Soviet Song (2004), Lillie Langtry (2010)Moyglare Stud Stakes \u2013 (1) \u2013 Edabiya (1998)National Stakes \u2013 (3) \u2013 Manntari (1993), Sinndar (1999), Mastercraftsman (2008)Phoenix Stakes \u2013 (3) \u2013 Mastercraftsman (2008), Alfred Nobel (2009), Zoffany (2010)Pretty Polly Stakes \u2013 (2) \u2013 Takarouna (1993), Ambivalent (2013)Tattersalls Gold Cup \u2013 (3) \u2013 Notnowcato (2007), Duke of Marmalade (2008), Fame and Glory (2010) Canada France Germany Great Britain2,000 Guineas \u2013 (2) \u2013 Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Henrythenavigator (2008)Ascot Gold Cup \u2013 (5) \u2013 Enzeli (1999), Royal Rebel (2001, 2002), Yeats (2008, 2009)Champion Stakes \u2013 (1) \u2013 Kalanisi (2000)Cheveley Park Stakes \u2013 (2) \u2013 Lightening Pearl (2011), Rhosdu Queen (2012)Coronation Cup \u2013 (2) \u2013 Soldier of Fortune (2008), Fame and Glory (2010)Coronation Stakes \u2013 (2) \u2013 Ridgewood Pearl (1995), Lillie Langtry (2010)Derby \u2013 (3) \u2013 Sinndar (2000), High Chaparral (2002), Motivator (2005)Eclipse Stakes \u2013 (1) \u2013 Mount Nelson (2008)Falmouth Stakes \u2013 (3) \u2013 Soviet Song (2004, 2005), Simply Perfect (2007)Fillies’ Mile \u2013 (1) \u2013 Listen (2007)Golden Jubilee Stakes \u2013 (4) \u2013 Superior Premium (2000), Choisir (2003), Soldier’s Tale (2007), Starspangledbanner (2010)Haydock Sprint Cup \u2013 (1) \u2013 Gordon Lord Byron (2013)International Stakes \u2013 (2) \u2013 Duke of Marmalade (2008), Rip Van Winkle (2010)July Cup \u2013 (2) \u2013 Frizzante (2004), Starspangledbanner (2010)King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes \u2013 (4) \u2013 Alamshar (2003), Dylan Thomas (2007), Duke of Marmalade (2008), Novellist (2013)King’s Stand Stakes \u2013 (2) \u2013 Choisir (2003), Sole Power (2013)Middle Park Stakes \u2013 (1) \u2013 Bushranger (2008)Nassau Stakes \u2013 (2) \u2013 Peeping Fawn (2007), Halfway to Heaven (2008)Oaks \u2013 (1) \u2013 Dancing Rain (2011) Prince of Wales’s Stakes \u2013 (1) \u2013 Duke of Marmalade (2008)Queen Anne Stakes \u2013 (2) \u2013 No Excuse Needed (2002), Haradasun (2008)Queen Elizabeth II Stakes \u2013 (1) \u2013 Rip Van Winkle (2009)Racing Post Trophy \u2013 (2) \u2013 Dilshaan (2000), St Nicholas Abbey (2009)St. James’s Palace Stakes \u2013 (3) \u2013 Black Minnaloushe (2001), Henrythenavigator (2008), Mastercraftsman (2009)Sussex Stakes \u2013 (3) \u2013 Soviet Song (2004), Henrythenavigator (2008), Rip Van Winkle (2009)Yorkshire Oaks \u2013 (3) \u2013 Key Change (1996), Petrushka (2000), Peeping Fawn (2007) Hong Kong United Arab Emirates United StatesMajor wins as a trainer[edit] IrelandReferences[edit]External links[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/johnny-murtagh-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Johnny Murtagh – Wikipedia"}}]}]