{"id":145753,"date":"2025-09-18T17:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/145753\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T17:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:21:12","slug":"kerry-jockey-oisin-murphy-to-ride-at-listowel-harvest-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/145753\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerry jockey Ois\u00edn Murphy to ride at Listowel Harvest Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ois\u00edn Murphy.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6dc38c1d-c093-408f-a5d8-7099c6776b74.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Ois\u00edn Murphy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">There was welcome news for racing enthusiasts with just days to go before the start of the 2025 Listowel Harvest Festival following the announcement that four-time UK champion flat jockey Ois\u00edn Murphy is to ride at next week\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Murphy is in scintillating form at present as he closes in on a fifth jockeys\u2019 championship title in the UK. Murphy currently leads by 38 wins over nearest challenger, Billy Loughnane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The Killarney native last rode at the Harvest Festival in 2023 when teaming up with trainer Pat O\u2019Donnell to win The Kelleher Feeds &amp; Agri Suppliers Ballymullen Tralee Handicap with Dragon Of Malta (100\/30).<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The date for Murphy\u2019s Listowel reappearance has yet to be finalised. The seven-day Listowel Harvest Festival starts this Sunday, September 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Murphy has so far ridden 24 winners in September including a four timer on two occasions at Kempton and Doncaster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listowelraces.ie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.listowelraces.ie<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ois\u00edn Murphy. 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