Report: Cindy Murphy retires from racing, will ride in mornings

Cindy Murphy, one of the most accomplished women ever to ride racehorses, told Daily Racing Form on Thursday she has retired as an active jockey.

She will not be a stranger at the racetrack, though, saying she will continue to work horses for trainer Travis Murphy, her husband, mostly at their home base in Oklahoma. They plan to take horses to Oaklawn in early 2024.

After starting her career in 1987 in Argentina under her birth name Cindy Noll, she met her goal of 2,000 career victories when she rode Crypto Mo to a first-place finish five months ago in the Iowa Oaks (G3) for her only graded-stakes triumph.

Murphy, 61, rode 2,005 winners from 18,160 starts in the U.S. and Canada, earning $24,352,814 in purse money, according to Equibase. She rode her last race Oct. 14, finishing eighth on 3-year-old filly Luv Map in a claiming race at Remington. Her final victory came with 3-year-old gelding Gold Tapper in an allowance race at Prairie Meadows on Sept. 30.