HORSE RACING
Youngster Murray back from Hong Kong high jinks
Amid mounting evidence that sportspeople are peaking early in their careers, 20-year-old jockey Callan Murray will try to take a leaf out of the book of 23-year-old British Open winner Jordan Spieth this week. Murray, last season’s leading apprentice and a month away from his 21st birthday, arrives back in SA on Tuesday after a stint in Hong Kong. The Kensington-born youngster — a motocross fanatic — quickly made an impact in Hong Kong winning the grade3 Sha Tin Vase at the end of May on Lucky Year. That winner was appropriately named as the last 12 months have seen Murray ride his luck — not only competing against some of the best jockeys in the world in Hong Kong, but also spending four weeks in January with leading Australian trainer David Hayes. Murray’s big objective this week is to win Sunday’s eLan Gold Cup on Mike de Kock’s well-bred stayer Kinaan. The son of the world’s greatest stallion, Galileo, ran a great trial for the Greyville marathon in finishing third behind Hermos...
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