FIVE-TIMES champion jockey and BBC [...].FIVE-TIMES champion jockey and BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. pundit An expert or knowledgeable person. From "pandit" in Hindi. See guru. Willie Carson This article is about the Scottish jockey. For the Irish photo-journalist, see Willie Carson (photo-journalist). William Fisher Hunter Carson OBE (born November 16, 1942 in Stirling, Scotland) is a retired jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. book-ended the card as an owner on his first visit to Ludlow yesterday with a first-and-last race double courtesy of Moghaayer and Wallace Monument. The latter is named after Carson's childhood playground in Stirling and carried his purple and white silks to success in the Vyrnwy Intermediate Open National Hunt Flat Race to complete a 13-1 treble for trainer Nicky Henderson and Barry Geraghty. After greeting his 11-4 winner, Carson commented: "I have had these colours for about 10 years and I used to play underneath the Wallace Monument when I was younger. "I have seen Ludlow on the TV before but I have not been here before and it is nice to have a winner." |
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