Kerry jockey Oisin Murphy to return from drugs ban on Friday

Having always strenuously denied he had taken any drugs, France Galop held a hearing where the rider’s defence of environmental contamination was accepted

Oisin Murphy admitted he thought about quitting racing altogether while serving a drugs ban. File photo

Champion jockey Oisin Murphy will return to action following his drugs ban with three rides at Lingfield on Friday.

The champion jockey was banned for three months after a racecourse test, taken at Chantilly in July, found traces of cocaine in his system.