Oisin Murphy, Britain’s reigning champion jockey on the Flat, has been charged with one rely of driving a motorcar whereas over the prescribed stage of alcohol and one rely of failing to cooperate with a preliminary take a look at on the roadside after a collision within the early hours of Sunday 27 April this 12 months.
Thames Valley police mentioned in an announcement on Thursday that Murphy, 29, was charged by postal requisition on 19 June. That day, he rode a double at Royal Ascot, on Arabian Story within the Britannia Stakes and By no means So Courageous within the Buckingham Palace Stakes.
The collision on 27 April concerned a gray Mercedes A Class car that left the highway close to Hermitage, west Berkshire, and crashed right into a tree.
Murphy, the champion Flat jockey 4 occasions between 2019 and 2024, has ridden 49 winners within the present championship race, 17 away from his nearest rival.
Murphy rode a treble at Leicester on 26 April however missed 4 booked rides at Southwell the next day. The stewards’ report for the assembly at Southwell listed “journey points for Murphy” as the rationale.
He was again within the saddle at Windsor on 28 April, with two winners from 5 rides, and has subsequently received races together with the Group One Lockinge Stakes at Newbury in Could, on John & Thady Gosden’s Lead Artist, along with 5 winners at Royal Ascot final week.
Murphy has 5 booked rides at Doncaster on Friday and 6 on a invaluable card at York on Saturday.
The British Horseracing Authority, the game’s regulator, issued an announcement on Thursday that mentioned it “is conscious of an replace issued by Thames Valley police this afternoon relating to Mr Oisin Murphy”. The assertion continued: “We are actually looking for to collect as a lot info as doable with the intention to contemplate what, if any, implications there are because of this growth.”
Murphy is because of seem at Studying magistrates courtroom on 3 July.
