Tommy Carberry Tommy Carberry Tommy Carberry (15 September 1941 – 12 July 2017) was a National Hunt jockey who was twice overall champion Irish jockey and five times champion national hunt jockey. He rode in his first race in 1958, and was crowned champion apprentice in 1959. He retired in 1982, after which he began training. He won the Grand National as a jockey on L'Escargot in 1975 and as a trainer with Bobbyjo in 1999. Carberry also rode L'Escargot to successive Cheltenham Gold Cups in 1970 and 1971. In 1970 Carberry rode L'Escargot to victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup by
Tom O'Brien (jockey) professional race meeting. In 2005, O'Brien had his first big race win on Captain Corelli in the Tommy Whittle Chase at Haydock Park. In 2007 and 2008, O'Brien rode McKelvey in the Grand National, coming second to Silver Birch in 2007. At the 2009 Cheltenham Festival, O'Brien rode Silk Affair to a win in the Fred Winter Juvenile Novices' Handicap Hurdle. O'Brien is a regular jockey for Philip Hobbs and Peter Bowen and is based in the South West of England. Great Britain Tom O'Brien (jockey) Tom O'Brien (born 1986) is an Irish jockey who competes in National Hunt racing.