Murphy Himself was a horse that excelled in the sport of eventing, primarily under rider Ian Stark.
[1] Born in 1978, Murphy Himself was first ridden by Virginia "Ginny" Leng.
[2] Stark and Murphy experienced great success together, completing Badminton several times, receiving the silver medal at the 1990 FEI World Equestrian Games in Stockholm representing the British Team, [3] and competing in the Barcelona Olympics.
After the ground jury did not pass Murphy in the final horse inspection at Barcelona,[4] the gelding was retired.
He was fox hunted a few times, before he was put down due to a shattered hock from an injury in the pasture.