The headline numbers are impressive enough, but what really sets Murphy apart is his record at the top end of the sport. He has won 73 Class 1 races — the biggest, most prestigious races in Britain — at some of the most famous venues in the country: York, Newmarket, and Ascot. The most recent came at Newmarket in October 2025. Winning one Class 1 race is a landmark moment for most jockeys. Winning 73 of them in four years tells you this is someone the big stables trust when it matters most.
His partnership with trainer Andrew Balding is one of the defining relationships of his career. From 311 rides together they have produced 73 wins — again, almost exactly one in four — and that consistency over such a large number of races suggests something more than luck. When a trainer keeps putting a jockey on their horses at that rate, and the results keep coming back, it means real trust has been built between the yard and the rider.
There is also a specific course worth highlighting: Salisbury. Seven winners from just 13 runners there is a remarkable record — more than half his rides at that track have ended in victory. In a sport where margins are tight and conditions vary constantly, dominating any single venue to that degree is unusual and speaks to some combination of local knowledge, timing, and a natural feel for the track.
Murphy rounded out 2025 with a winner at Lingfield Park on New Year's Eve and kicked off 2026 with another at Wolverhampton in March, suggesting no dip in form across the calendar. At 23% across nearly 900 rides in a single season, with 73 top-level wins already banked and a career barely four years old, the trajectory here is hard to argue with.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton Park | 124 | 32 | 25.8% |
| Newmarket | 88 | 14 | 15.9% |
| Windsor | 72 | 20 | 27.8% |
| Ascot | 62 | 9 | 14.5% |
| York | 45 | 9 | 20% |
| Newbury | 43 | 14 | 32.6% |
| Sandown Park | 43 | 7 | 16.3% |
| Goodwood | 41 | 9 | 22.0% |
| Lingfield Park | 36 | 11 | 30.6% |
| Doncaster | 34 | 9 | 26.5% |
| Southwell | 30 | 5 | 16.7% |
| Wolverhampton | 28 | 9 | 32.1% |
| Epsom Downs | 26 | 5 | 19.2% |
| Haydock Park | 19 | 5 | 26.3% |
| Great Yarmouth | 17 | 3 | 17.6% |
| chelmsford | 16 | 5 | 31.2% |
| Newcastle | 15 | 3 | 20% |
| Salisbury | 13 | 7 | 53.8% |
| Nottingham | 12 | 1 | 8.3% |
| Chester | 11 | 3 | 27.3% |
| The Curragh | 10 | 2 | 20% |
| Chepstow | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| Musselburgh | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| Leicester | 7 | 3 | 42.9% |
| meydan | 7 | 1 | 14.3% |
| Ayr | 6 | 2 | 33.3% |
| Bath | 6 | 2 | 33.3% |
| Ffos Las | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Listowel | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Hamilton Park | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| Thirsk | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| kenilworth | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| sha_tin | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Gowran Park | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% |