Million-winning stable lad to gamble on his US dream

The West Cork stable lad who scooped £1m (€1.24m) on a bet at Cheltenham in March has followed his childhood dream of setting up his own stable.

Conor Murphy is coming to terms with the “really, really tough” decision he took to leave Nicky Henderson’s yard in Lambourne outside London and set up in Louisville, Kentucky.

From Ballineen, Conor scooped the jackpot when he predicted five winners during one of the world’s best-loved racing festivals, but now he is set for an even bigger gamble — to try and establish himself in the ultra-competitive US flat-racing circuit.