Oisin Murphy Fears Alcohol May End His Career
The horseracing Champion, Oisin Murphy claims he drinks too much and he is scared his career might end abruptly.
Murphy broke the COVID-19 rules and two alcohol breaches, he was ultimately banned for 14 months and fined £31,111 after admitting all five charges.
The suspension was backdated to 8 December, when Murphy had given up his licence, meaning he cannot reapply for it until 16 February 2023
Murphy said that he was “filled with embarrassment” when he failed an alcohol test for the second time in October 2021, though it was that embarrassment that drove him to finally seek help.
While speaking to BBC Sports he said, “when I was happy I would drink, when I was sad I would drink”.
He also said that he put a lot of pressure on himself to achieve results, but he dealt with that pressure in an the entirely wrong way.
The Irishman said that he was drinking every day at one stage and, although he tried a lot of times to give up on alcohol he failed, this prompted him to consider quitting the sport.
He faced five charges, two relating to failed tests for alcohol in May and October and separate counts of misleading or attempting to mislead the BHA over his location from 9-12 September 2020, as well as accessing a racecourse in breach of Covid protocols and acting in a way that prejudiced the reputation of horse racing.
The Irishman had gone on holiday in September 2020 to the Greek island of Mykonos, which was on the Covid red list at the time, but he had attempted to convince officials he had been at Lake Como in Italy.
Murphy voluntarily gave up his licence to seek support when he was charged by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) in December.
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