Oisin Murphy can continue riding while under charges for drink-driving

Four-time champion jockey has six rides at York on Saturday

Oisin Murphy at Royal Ascot last week. Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse
Oisin Murphy at Royal Ascot last week. Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse

Oisin Murphy will be able to continue riding until at least his court appearance on drink-driving charges next week.

The four-time champion jockey was in action at Doncaster on Friday and has six booked rides at York on Saturday, the most high-profile meeting since he was charged while at Royal Ascot last week.

Murphy (29) has been charged with one count of driving a motor vehicle while over the prescribed level of alcohol and one count of failing to co-operate with a preliminary test at the roadside after a collision in the early hours of Sunday, April 27th this year.

He is due to appear at Reading magistrates court next Thursday.

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It is understood the racing authorities, while monitoring developments, feel that nothing prevents Murphy from riding at present and the judicial process should be allowed to play out in the appropriate way. – Guardian

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