OISIN MURPHY will split from a top owner after ten years together at the end of the Flat season.
Sheikh Fahad Al Thani and his Qatar Racing operation are reducing the number of horses they have in Britain.
Former champion jockey Murphy was appointed No1 to the major operation in 2016 and has ridden nine Group 1 winners for them.
He first winner for them came in 2014 and a highlight was Kameko’s awesome 2,000 Guineas victory in 2020.
Roaring Lion was crowned World’s Best Racehorse in 2018 after four straight Group 1s including the Juddmonte.
Murphy will continue to ride Qatar horses when they are in action.
But the retainer will cease to exist with the number of runners going down.
Qatar Racing’s Bloodstock and Racing Manager David Redvers admitted there had been ‘a few bumps along the road’.
But he said Oisin will ‘always be family and a close friend to us all.”
Qatar Racing chairman Sheikh Fahad said they were parting ways ‘only because of a change in focus’.
Murphy said: “I was privileged to fulfil many of my dreams in Qatar Racing colours on truly world class horses.
“I would like to wish everyone at Qatar Racing the very best going forward.”
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