Tony Murray (18 February 1950 – 6 January 1992) was a Classic-winning jockey, who rode over 1,000 winners in an 18-year career during which he was based in England, Ireland and France.
[1] After leaving school, he was apprenticed to trainer Frenchie Nicholson, a friend of his father's and his first winner was Guardian Oak at Windsor on 23 May 1966.
For Price, he won the 1972 Oaks on Ginevra, a filly whose temperament had led fellow jockey Lester Piggott to comment that she would one day kill someone.
[2] He went unbeaten throughout the 1973 season on Giacometti, a horse that is one of only five to have been placed in three Triple Crown races since the Second World War, although he lost the ride in the last of these to Piggott.
In 1982, he returned to Newmarket to ride for Michael Albina, but struggling with his weight, he took what proved to be a short-lived retirement, intending to take up training.
[1] Instead, in 1984, he became stable jockey to Harry Thomson Jones and narrowly missed out on a 1,000 Guineas double on Al Bahathri in 1985 - being beaten a short head in the Newmarket race before winning the Irish version.