Career
He gained many high-profile successes during his two seasons in England, winning the Peter Marsh Chase on Truckers Tavern in 2003 and also finishing second on the same horse in that year"s Cheltenham Gold Cup. Other valuable wins on Murphy’s horses came on Tribal Venture, Ballinclay King and Historg. He has an impressive tally of wins since 2006 on the Irish National Hunt trail (2006 - 82 wins, 2007 - 107 wins, 2008 - 89 wins, 2009 - 91 wins)
In 2013 he appeared on documentary The Irish Road To Cheltenham which was shown on Raidió Teilifís Éireann 1 television in Ireland.
On Friday 14 March 2014, he rode Lord Windermere – trained by Jim Culloty – to victory in the Betfred Gold Cup at Cheltenham.