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"Murdock: One Man's Equestrian Dream" Midwest Thoroughbred Magazine, January/February 2010 issue. LINK TO FULL STORY

"Black people don't ride horses", Chicago Tribune, March 20, 2009, Entertainment, left on the dial. LINK TO FULL STORY

"Chicago cowboy works to establish an equestrian center in the city"
Chicago Tribune, September 21, 2008 LINK TO FULL STORY

"Cover your head: Hats are a top accessory"
Chicago Tribune, August 10, 2008 LINK TO FULL STORY

"Horseback riders to return to S. Side parks"
Chicago Sun-Times, July 31, 2006 (Click here for complete article--archives not free)
Excerpt: In 1869, when Frederick Law Olmsted was designing the bridle paths that wind through Jackson Park, the Midway Plaisance and Washington Park on the South Side, he envisioned park patrons riding through what would become the 1893 World Colombian Exposition's "White City" on horseback. On Saturday, Chicago Park District Supt. Timothy Mitchell joined the Broken Arrow Horseback Riding Club in bringing the Park District back to its equestrian roots. They announced...

"Black cowboy brings rodeo to the inner city"
Jet magazine, July 24, 2006 LINK TO FULL STORY

"Mystery man brings rodeo to South Shore: Murdock--no 1st name, please--wants city to be more horse-friendly"
Chicago Sun-Times, June 4, 2006 (Click here for complete article--archives not free)
Excerpt: Once a year, South Shore echoes with the sounds of a rodeo. Just outside the South Shore Cultural Center, horses gallop furiously, dirt flying from their hooves. Men, women and children flash their cowboy skills in events like goat-tying, pole bending and the "plug race." Presiding over it all is an unlikely cowboy who grew up in public housing. To him, riding represents all that city life could be. "I had always hoped to bring horseback riding back...