Murray grew up in Vermont South on Burwood Highway, where his parents were orchardists. The family property had plenty of paddocks for the cows and horses, which were also ideal for other uses – like tearing around on motorbikes. From the age of 12, Murray would spend every available moment doing just that, honing his skill, and it was inevitable that the pastime would lead to racing. This began at age 16 with Hartwell Club scrambles events.
His first-ever meeting was at Pakenham and Murray was actually leading the race when he caught up to a lapped rider over a jump and thought he was going to land on top of him – he bailed out and broke his wrist. It wasn’t a dream start to a racing career and he didn’t
