Champion jockey Oisin Murphy jokes he gets his rivals pumped up with strange song choice in the weighing room

OISIN MURPHY claimed he was pumping things up in the weighing room at Lingfield with some James Blunt.

Champion jockey Murphy, 25, picked up a win on Inchicore in the 1.40 at Lingfield on Saturday.

And when asked by ITV Racing what tunes he was playing he gave the surprise answer – with a touch of humour.

The interviewer said: “I asked Ben Curtis because you were in the weighing room and he was outside, I said could you go and grab Oisin out of the weighing room and he said ‘he’s currently on the decks playing the sort of pump up music for the jockeys’.

"You were the DJ today so what were you playing for the jockeys to get them in the zone?

And Murphy replied: “James Blunt, three wise men.”

Chris Hughes responded on Instagram saying: “Fair choice.”

Murphy is looking to become champion jockey for a third year in a row but faces competition from the likes of Tom Marquand, Hollie Doyle, William Buick and Ben Curtis.

Discussing the battle for this season he said: “It’s a very competitive weighing room in Britain, as we all know, and there are stars and big-name jockeys everywhere you look.

“William Buick and Tom Marquand in particular are very eager to be champion jockey and they deserve a lot of respect.

“On a personal level it would be very special to me if I could win the championship for a third time.”

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