Report: Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado retires

Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado retired from racing after more than 30 years in the sport.

Prado's retirement was reported by BloodHorse and announced in a Twitter post from Gulfstream Park, where Prado had his only two starts this year, both in January.

Prado rode Barbaro to victory in the 2006 Kentucky Derby and had Belmont Stakes wins with Birdstone in 2004 and Sarava in 2002.

He also won five Breeders' Cup races, most recently the 2015 Sprint aboard Runhappy.

He has earnings of $272 million in his 30-year-plus career, ninth among North American jockeys, and his 7,119 wins from 39,725 starts rank him seventh.

Prado won an Eclipse award as outstanding jockey of 2006, and he was inducted into the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame in 2008.

According to his hall of fame bio, Prado was born into a racing family in Peru in 1967. He graduated from jockey school and was the leading rider in Peru before moving to the U.S in 1986.