Top Cheltenham Festival Jockeys: Paul Carberry

The Carberry family are renowned in racing and in addition to his training feats, Paul’s father Tommy has ridden 16 Cheltenham Festival winners. Paul’s sister Nina is probably the best ever lady rider over jumps. Nina has ridden multiple winners at the National Hunt meeting. Paul’s younger brother Philip won the Champion Hurdle on Sublimity and rides mainly in France. 

Paul Carberry’s 14 Cheltenham Festival wins have been supplied by 11 different trainers.

Here is the complete list :

•             Stayers’ Hurdle – (1) Solwhit (2013)

•             RSA Insurance Novices’ Chase – (1) Looks Like Trouble (1999)

•             Baring Bingham Novices’ Hurdle – (1) Nicanor (2006)

•             Spa Novices’ Hurdle – (1) Very Wood (2014)

•             Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (2) Sausilito Bay (2000), Go Native (2009)

•             Champion Bumper – (2) – Rhythm Section (1993), Hairy Molly (2006)

•             Pertemps Final – (1) Oulart (2005)

•             Festival Trophy Handicap Chase (2) Unguided Missile (1998), Frenchmans Creek (2002)

•             Grand Annual Handicap Chase – (2) Fota Island (2005), Bellvano (2012)

•             Fred Winter Juvenile Novices’ Handicap Hurdle – Crack Away Jack (2008)

One of Paul’s most celebrated Cheltenham Festival rides was on Frenchmans Creek in 2002:

Trainer Noel Meade did supply Paul with the horses for four of his Cheltenham wins. Here is the first:

but the pairing have had more success at other tracks. Noel supplied the mounts for the bulk of Carberry’s 50+ grade one winning rides.