Jockey Nina Carberry announced her retirement from racing after victory at the Punchestown Festival, the Irish Mirror report.
The 33-year-old was victorious on board favourite Josies Orders in the opening race of the day.
Josies Orders was narrowly beaten in the La Touche Cup recently, but had no problems after comfortably coming out on top in the Dooley Insurances Cross Country Chase.
Fellow jockey and sister-in-law Katie Walsh has also revealed that she too was retiring after the festival.
Her final victory came for trainer Enda Bolger and owner JP MacManus, a fitting ending considering numerous winners during her career were for the pair.
Carberry has had plenty of success during her glittering career, after winning the Juvenile Handicap Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in 2005.
Other notable highlights were six further Cheltenham Festival winners, plus coming out on top in the 2011 Irish Grand National aboard Organisedconfusion.
Talking after her announcement, an emotional Carberry said:
I think either way I would have stopped today. Today was the day and it was just nice to have Josies to bring me home in front. I’m sad and I’m happy! I’m sad that it is all finished and I’ll miss the banter in the room, but happy there is a new career in front of me.
