Murphy savours special moment

TIMMY Murphy, who is still on cloud nine after winning the John Smith’s Grand National aboard Comply Or Die, says the famous triumph gave him an “unbelievable feeling”.

Murphy, winning in the colours of his boss David Johnson for second-season trainer David Pipe, can now take his name off the list of great jockeys who have never won the National.

The Kildare jockey was coolness personified on the nine-year-old and admitted that like many riders, it was the one race he wanted to win more than any other.