Nick Townsend talks to a trainer fast heading for the top

Amy Murphy

It was somehow so timely that in July, the same month that trainers boycotted a race at Newbury, making an emphatic statement over poor prizemoney levels, one of their members, Amy Murphy, should return from a rewarding three-month sojourn to France.
Based at a rented yard in Chantilly, Murphy’s satellite operation yielded a total of £180,000 in prize money and owners premiums – 50 per cent more than she amassed in the whole of last year in Britain.
The 29-year-old may still be relatively new to the game, having f...