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Ocean Murphy: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Ocean Murphy is a 4-year-old gelding by Crystal Ocean, trained by P J Rothwell. He has won 2 of 9 starts and placed in 1 more, for £21,599 in prize money. He has won 2 of 5 on good ground, which is the surface to note. He runs next in the 4:50 at Gowran Park on 2 October. His best performance rating is 102, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 9
  • Wins 2
  • Placed 3
  • Strike rate 22%
  • Prize money £21,599
  • Best rating 102
  • Official rating 98

Where Ocean Murphy runs next

Time Course Race Best price
4:50 Gowran Park Paddy Monaghan 90th Birthday Handicap Hurdle —

Ocean Murphy form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
24 Aug 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Hollymount Nursing Home Handicap Hurdle 2m 2.5f Good 1 — 5/2 Darragh O'Keeffe 98
8 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Shamrock Farm Enterprises Handicap Hurdle 2m 4f Good 2 3 13/8F Darragh O'Keeffe 98
23 Jul 26 Wexford (IRE) Wexford Racecourse Ladies Handicap Hurdle 2m 4f Good 1 — 9/1 Miss J Walton 92
2 Jul 26 Limerick Munster Suite At Limerick Races Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1) 2m 6.5f Good 9 26 14/1 Darragh O'Keeffe 94
29 Mar 26 Downpatrick Hood McGowan Kirk Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m 6f Yielding To Soft 4 11.5 25/1 Simon Torrens 95
14 Feb 26 Gowran Park Sea Moon & Silverwave At Burgage Stud Maiden Hurdle 2m Heavy 7 38.75 125/1 Tiernan Power Roche –
23 Nov 25 Cork Irish Stallion Farms EBF Academy Hurdle 2m 1.5f Yielding To Soft 5 26.75 150/1 Tiernan Power Roche –
4 Nov 25 Fairyhouse Irish Stallion Farms EBF Academy Hurdle 2m 1f Soft To Heavy F - 125/1 Simon Torrens –
12 Oct 25 Cork Irish Stallion Farms EBF Academy Hurdle 2m 1.5f Good 11 46.75 40/1 Tiernan Power Roche –

Last time out

Finished 1 in the Hollymount Nursing Home Handicap Hurdle at Ballinrobe (IRE) on 24 August 2026. Set the pace from the start - challenged twice through the middle stages but held the advantage before the last - driven clear approaching the final fence - stayed on strongly to the line for the win.

Ocean Murphy by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
20f 2 1 50% —
17.5f 2 0 0% —
18.5f 1 1 100% —
22.5f 1 0 0% —
22f 1 0 0% —
16f 1 0 0% —
17f 1 0 0% —

Ocean Murphy by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good 5 2 40% —
Yielding To Soft 2 0 0% —
Heavy 1 0 0% —
Soft To Heavy 1 0 0% —

Ocean Murphy by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Wexford (IRE) 2 1 50% —
Cork 2 0 0% —
Ballinrobe (IRE) 1 1 100% —
Limerick 1 0 0% —
Downpatrick 1 0 0% —
Gowran Park 1 0 0% —
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% —

Ocean Murphy breeding

  • Sire Crystal Ocean (GB)
  • Dam Early Morning Rain (FR)
  • Damsire Martaline (GB)
  • Breeder Julie Thomas
  • Foaled 7 May 2022

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