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With Johne Murphy

First job in the Thoroughbred industry?

I worked at a local stud farm called Mount Prospect Stud doing general stable staff stuff. A steep learning curve!

Biggest influence on your career?

My father, John. I was always in the front seat when he was going racing! He gave me the bug.

Favourite racehorse of all time, and why?

Galileo. I was 15 and I was there at Leopardstown when he won his maiden. I followed him the whole way through his racing career and beyond.

Who will be champion first-season sire in 2023?

Ten Sovereigns. I have seen a lot of his stock and they are great physicals. Unfortunately I didn't get any knocked down to me!

Greatest race in the world?

The Arc, it's on the bucket list!

If you could be someone else in the industry for a day who would it be, and why?

Paul Townend getting the leg up on Energumene in the Queen Mother Champion Chase. It's one of if not the best race over jumps, the pace they go and they can't put a hoof wrong for two miles. I'd say it's some buzz!

Emerging talent in the industry (human)?

Dylan Browne McMonagle. He's a future champion jockey.

Name a horse TDN should have made a Rising Star, and didn't?

Blackbeard. Not sure how that one was missed!

Under-the-radar stallion?

Holy Roman Emperor. He offers a lot of value for younger mares in my opinion.

Friday night treat?

Original Food Junkie Pizza and a Diet Coke.

Guilty pleasure outside racing?

A Sunday session having a turbo shandy!

Race I wish I'd been there for…

Hewick's American National win. I'd say the party was good old craic!

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Stride, a new syndicate platform for buying and selling shares in elite-level racehorses, was launched on Tuesday. Stride will purchase unraced yearlings and 2-year-old breeze-up horses in a price bracket from €25,000-€150,000 and will sell shares in syndicates of between two and six horses. The intention is to sell within 12 months of purchase and profits returned to owners.

Cillian Barry and Eugene Cosgrove, founders of SportCaller, are the Chairman and Head of Product, respectively, while veteran COO Donal Browne will handle the day-to-day business operations for a venture whose horses will initially be placed with trainer Joseph O'Brien. Stride's CEO is former Munster and Leicester rugby star Johne Murphy, who has operated Rugby & Racing and Thoroughbred Racing Syndicates, the latter also attached to the O'Brien yard.

Murphy said, “Stride is more than a responsive platform for buying and selling shares in elite-level racehorses. It's also a way for racing to reconnect, engage and retain its most vital stakeholders: passionate owners who support the sport through times good and bad. Our fractional ownership model readily articulates the merits over micro-ownership and its associated cautionary tales, and enables our members to choose a portfolio of racehorses that elevates enjoyment and mitigates downside at a challenging economic time across most sectors. Investors can now research, buy, manage, and watch their stable of syndicated Thoroughbreds at a fraction traditional ownership spends, with zero hidden costs or clawbacks. The price you pay for your share in the syndicate is the sole fee you'll ever be asked for.”

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