Oisin Murphy lined up for £330,000 winner the day after court appearance on drink-drive charge
The reigning champion jockey will appear at Reading Magistrates' Court on Thursday after he was involved in a
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Oisin Murphy is set to ride in the US the day after his appearance in court on a drink-drive charge... before flying back in time for several rides at Sandown on Saturday
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Murphy, 29, was also charged with failing to provide a sample at the roadside on April 27.
The four-time champion jockey is
He will then make the 238-mile, five-hour journey from the North Yorkshire track to Reading for his court appearance.
But that trek is minuscule compared to what he has in store over the next few days.
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Murphy is set to be at New York racecourse Saratoga, US, on Friday for a money-spinning ride on the Qatar Racing-owned New Century in the Group 1 Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes at 10.45pm British time.
Victory on the Brendan Walsh-trained three-year-old colt is worth £330,000 in all.
From there Murphy will make the seven-hour transatlantic flight back to Britain in time for 1.50pm at Sandown on Saturday, Coral-Eclipse day at the Surrey track.
He is booked for 10-1 change Shagraan there ahead of the eagerly anticipated ride on 12-1 Almaqam in the £1million Eclipse itself at 3.35pm.
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