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Paul Carberry, a master of timing
- Updated: August 9, 2016
To say Paul Carberry has had a colourful career is a massive understatement.
Supremely talented, he won just about every jump race worth winning in Ireland plus a host in the UK, including 14 at the Cheltenham Festival and the Grand National.
He celebrated winning the world’s greatest steeplechase on Bobbyjo for his father Tommy in 1999 in his own inimitable style by swinging off a beam to dismount in the old winner’s enclosure.
It was followed by a party to end all parties in Liverpool’s Adelphi Hotel that went well into the small hours.
Occasionally his antics got him into trouble though, with two prime examples. In 2006, he was sentenced to two months in jail for allegedly setting fire to a newspaper on a flight from Malaga to Dublin.
Three years later, Carberry was suspended for 30 days by the Referrals Committee of the Turf Club after he failed an alcohol breath test.
On the track, he had no peers. His often employed waiting tactics which were invariably supremely executed, much to the dismay of fellow riders.
They nicknamed him ‘Alice’ as he used to warn his rivals he was about to pounce by singing ‘Living Next Door To Alice’ as he crept up to the leaders before cruising past on the way to another victory.
Carberry was born to be a jockey, hailing from a legendary racing family. His father was a former top jockey and leading trainer while his sister Nina and brother Phillip are both successful jockeys.
Carberry was a product of the Jim Bolger academy, responsible for many other top riders including Tony McCoy. He opened his account on Petronelli in 1990 while his first of 14 victories at the Cheltenham Festival came on Rhythm Section in the Champion Bumper in 1993.
He was called on by the best trainers in the business on both sides of the Irish Sea, including Willie Mullins, Dermot Weld, Dessie Hughes, Charles Byrnes, Gordon Elliott, Philip Hobbs, Paul Nicholls and Nicky Henderson.
But of all the trainers Carberry has ridden for, it will be his partnership with Noel Meade that will be best remembered.
When they teamed up to win the …
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