Yorkshire-born Bradley's career in the saddle included victory in the 1983 Cheltenham Gold Cup on Bregawn.
And a second partnership, with Paul Nicholls, brought him Cheltenham Gold Cup glory in 1999 aboard See More Business.
He also confirmed the three-day Grand National Festival had benefited from the cancellation of the Cheltenham Gold Cup due to the foot-and-mouth crisis.
Former Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kauto Star will be in action in Saturday's JNwine.com Champion Chase - the big race in the two-day festival.
In Ireland, 2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kicking King finished a disappointing third behind shock winner Ballistraw in the Red Mills Chase at Gowran Park.
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It was the ultimate low in a turbulent career that began with Murphy working weekends for Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning trainer Noel Chance while still a schoolboy.
And the mental anguish included losing the booking on Looks Like Trouble just weeks before the horse went on to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2000.
Turpin Green, who was third in the 2007 Cheltenham Gold Cup, has been out through injury since finishing alone in the Edward Hanmer Chase at Haydock last December.
The 2012 race got off to an inauspicious start after the Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Synchronised was spooked on his way down to the start and unseated his jockey, AP McCoy.
At Fairyhouse, Mikael D'Haguenet, considered a potential future Cheltenham Gold Cup contender, was sent off hot favourite despite making his first start in almost 600 days and his first outing over fences in Ireland.
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Going into 2010, McCoy had won every major horse race, including the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle and Champion Chase, but the world's most famous race - the Grand National - had eluded him.
Even the horses got in on the act, with Best Mate retaining his Cheltenham Gold Cup crown, High Chaparral winning the Breeders' Cup Turf again - and Persian Punch continuing to duck retirement and keep on winning.
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It was a brave run by Azertyuiop, who was running over three miles for the first time while Kingscliff's trainer Robert Alner will be encouraged by his charge's run after he missed this year's Cheltenham Gold Cup.
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They will be trained to turn up at Cheltenham on Gold Cup day at their very best.
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Hopefully, win, lose or draw, all the above will be at Cheltenham in March for the Gold Cup, where they will be joined, among others, by Beef or Salmon who I expect to further enhance his reputation in the Ericsson.
He said that after she also spurned his offer to take her to the Gold Cup race meeting at Cheltenham, Mr Fraser had felt "disgruntled".
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McCoy had wanted a big return at Cheltenham along the lines of his 1997 Champion Hurdle-Gold Cup double on Make A Stand and Mr Mulligan.
His first big win came in the 1994 Hennessy Gold Cup on One Man before a victory on his first outing at the Cheltenham Festival on Dizzy in the County Hurdle.
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