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Article: INTERVIEW: Murphy's making a much better job of it second time round; Interview Rodney Masters talks to Timmy Murphy, first jockey to the powerful Paul Nicholls.(Sports)
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- The Racing Post (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 30, 2001
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Byline: RODNEY MASTERS
LOCALS at the Duke of Wellington in Faringdon should stand by for another performance of Timmy Murphy's acclaimed impersonation of the late Les Dawson at the piano tomorrow night. That's the jockey's popular party piece after a big-race win.
When Murphy states that Montifault is superior in every respect to his 1999 Hennessy Gold Cup winner Ever Blessed, he stresses he isn't being derogatory about the latter's talent, or downgrading his fine Newbury victory. It is simply that he regards Montifault as extra special.
"This ...