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
Tommy Carberry one and a half lengths from French Tan. In 1971 Carberry rode L'Escargot to victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup for the second year in a row, this time beating Leap by 10 lengths. In 1973 he rode Inkslinger to victory in the Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. In 1975 he rode the winner in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Aintree Grand National and Irish Grand National. He rode Ten Up to victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. It was Carberry's third win in the race. His Aintree Grand National win was on L'Escargot when he beat Red Rum who