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Oisin Murphy has enjoyed plenty of success in his career since starting out in 2013.Credit: Edward Whitaker

If you hear Oisin Murphy is opening up a Costa or Starbucks and you fancy a mug of something then don't bother going in.

"There's no tea or coffee," he says brightly as we walk into his Lambourn home. A Killarney man who doesn't keep tea in the house. It is like a pub that does not serve beer.

Murphy has enjoyed a landmark October having won Woodbine's Grade 1 EP Taylor Stakes on Blond Me for his in-form boss Andrew Balding, whose horses could only get hotter if you casseroled them.

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Published on 27 October 2017inFeatures

Last updated 15:02, 27 October 2017

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