This might be a big year at Badminton for Joseph Murphy and Electric Cruise. Photo by Nico Morgan.
Joseph Murphy brings his Olympic and WEG partner, the hugely impressive Electric Cruise, by Cruising, back to Badminton this year, and kindly took a few moments to talk about him, his sire and the bond they share:
“I think Cruising horses have a special temperament, and you can take that in a good or a bad way but they need managing, and the people who learn how to ride them and work with them get the best out of them. I spent a long time working out how to ride [Electric Cruise]; he’s fourteen now and suddenly I’m just getting the feeling that something good is starting to happen so I’m very excited about this weekend with him. I don’t have any other horses by Cruising, it’s very difficult to get nice ones, there are a lot of nice ones but equally a lot of Cruising offspring haven’t been a success just for some reason or another. This horse has always been special to me.”
Look out for this combination to do their test at 2:40 this afternoon GB time. Go Cruising and Go Eventing!
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