Willie Carson - Legend of Horse Racing

[@jockgnu9026]

Very enjoyable interview with Willie as charismatic as ever

[@RG-5834]

Living Legend, absolutely love Willie Carson, small in stature , but on a horse he was a GIANT & a GENIUS!!! God Bless you Willie!! I would love to meet you!!!

[@michelletimmins9983]

You would not want to meet him trust me he’s my great uncle my Grandmas brother he hates kids and he wasn’t the nicest person at my aunties wedding absolutely hate him

[@alanberkeley7282]

@@michelletimmins9983 Read about his treatment of his lovechild

[@UXB-p5u]

​@@alanberkeley7282 Here comes the TROLL!! again! Wow you must be either incredibly sad and lonely... Or just a miserable nasty bitter gobshite who gets off on trolling other's people you know nothing whatsoever about so wind it in Alan do yourself a favour.

[@davidrollinson8328]

Will always remember his comment when when asked if he had any advice to give the wonder kid, Steve Cauthen, when he arrived to ride in England for Barry Hills; "tell him to follow me" cheeky little devil. Thanks for the thrills Willie.

[@decoratedhero3525]

One of the greatest: Champion Jockey 5 times 100+ winners 23 times 3,828 4th in the all time list

[@ChrisDWXX]

Sir Gordon number one. If pat had have ridden a bit longer. Lester third. Willie fourth

[@WillC-wy5oy]

Crook

[@UXB-p5u]

The absolutely brilliant photo at 23:17 is truly something very very special indeed, just to see 2 of the greatest Jockey's in our lifetime is wonderful sadly the ' Long Fellow ' has gone to weighing room in the clouds smoking the finest Cuban whilst 'nicking' the best handicapped runner in the Big Race! But William Hunter 'Willie' Carson is thankfully still with us. 🐎🐎🐎🙏❤️

[@DomenicoG1953]

One of the greatest jockey of the second half of the last century . He, Lester Piggott, Pat Eddery, Enrico Camici, Gianfranco Dettori (Frankie's dad) ... Lot of time I could enjoy their class in Milan or in Rome, or by television

[@stephenholmes1036]

Listen to Willie talk about balance and horsemanship.. He knows what's right and what's wrong boucing jockeys

[@adammcewan7207]

Fantastic jockey was our stable jockey at John Dunlop

[@sparkle935]

My fav jockeys were always Willie Carson and pat eddery, the golden years 🙏🙏🙏

[@michelletimmins9983]

HAHAHHA LMAO

[@chrisfbklhhjc]

@@michelletimmins9983 which 4 jockeys won the most races ever

[@christophedallaporta8836]

A naturel communicator. He could make everybody laugh. He could have been a comedian had he chosen to. He decided to be a jockey and did crack a few jokes here and there.

[@ChrisDWXX]

Pat was above Willie but you can not take anything away from Carson

[@ChrisDWXX]

​@@chrisfbklhhjc 1 sir Gordon Richards 2 pat eddery 3 Lester 4 Willie Carson

[@tonygarforth539]

what a jockey the memories of shouting troy home for my dad willie was one of the greatest jockeys of all time go on willie miss shouting him home the wee champ

[@UXB-p5u]

From such better times Willie Carson an absolute legend of the turf great character and a hugely talented and popular Jockey .

[@johnkneelad]

I really enjoyed that interview. Thanks ATR.

[@stevenfinch9026]

Great interview great man

[@pauljones5066]

there is no greater legend than Willie Carson (except maybe Lester Piggott) Willie is one chilled out guy and Mike is a really great interviewer

[@michelletimmins9983]

LMAO NOO

[@waynebennett5924]

Could listen to him all day. Brought back some great memories.

[@bartonbank2531]

Never forget his ride on Bahri in 1995 . Brilliant jockey

[@stevehorner9004]

I remember leading Willie up when I worked for trainer Denys Smith at Doncaster, he won on my horse Sunshine Lie, the first winner I led up

[@smilodontiger5675]

What an absolute gentleman. Very modest and one of the greatest ever jockeys.

[@ianclarke3627]

I wanted to be a jockey when I was 12 , I'm 56 and still haven't been on a horse .

[@davidrobinson2776]

I always felt Willie had a Lester Piggott shaped chip on his shoulder throughout his career but now the dust has settled and time has passed, he has come to terms with the fact he was up against a unique genius.

[@timkeene27]

Piggott really did not get on with effervescent people. So he would have been very awkward or worse with Willie. Hence Willie's dislike of Piggott. However Piggott also admired dedication enormously and for Willie to come from a totally non racing background to become a great jockey must have taken great dedication. So I suspect Piggott disliked Carson but admired him.

[@UXB-p5u]

Yeah is that what you ' always felt' David ?

[@davidrobinson2776]

@@UXB-p5u That's a lot of punctuation marks.

[@charlescollins6440]

I liked him at one time even was told to back him on a 8/1 shot at Royal Ascot 1981 by Sir Peter O Sullivan but to see him on video siding with Crook Graham bradley made me feel sick..

[@aidenoleary7406]

Definitely. Birds of a feather as they say

[@Kevjohno]

@@aidenoleary7406 don't think he was siding with him think it was just the awkward situation. A.P lived with Brad and went on paid holidays with him .was he on the take .

[@mrtiabrown]

So true fiddler willie

[@charlescollins6440]

if the truth came out there all on the fiddle not one is sqeeky clean i believe

[@manirali6552]

All jockeys all trainer's are bent basterd Brad Carson fallon and a lit more dirty basterds

[@gordongrant894]

Mike Cattermole = class act

[@nightowl7459]

A great jockey for a great trainer riding against many great jockeys for great trainers.

[@rarecockneyguvnor4945]

He tried to protect Graham Bradley who was banned from racing on a TV documentry

[@abbyanderson4171]

I spotted that and it wasn't good

[@chrisfbklhhjc]

True but he's still one of the top jockeys ever

[@darrenremington6422]

@@abbyanderson4171 Carson bent as fuck

[@garrybraddish1778]

Dirty snake 🐍

[@UXB-p5u]

​@@abbyanderson4171 ' it wasn't good ' why because he was looking after his mate? Amazing how many people attacked Willie for trying to protect his friend I wonder what those gobbing off at Willie for this would have done if their mate was being hounded in this fashion no matter what accusations were being thrown at them? I would have done the exact same thing so would everyone trolling Willie....you're total Hipocrites nasty bitter losers.

[@andreaneilcmc]

Willie told Lord Weinstock- Graham Bradley told Brian Wright.

[@mikevolante7663]

Willie is a great guy

[@frankschlanker]

To think that the Hern stable didn't have a winner from Nashwans Guineas until his Derby victory!! What a horse!! Quite honest guys for a racing channel to get 2 horses wrong OMG thats Sun Princess not Troy and that's certainly not Salsabil.

[@stephenord3403]

Just a lovely bloke, not a bad jockey too

[@darrenc9172]

Ask him about Bashayer at Chester

[@taintedtroll7051]

Willie Carson looks like my man

[@nigelpeers5631]

Willie is so right about pivot and balance.As an apprentice it was drummed into us about bumping on the horses back,Iwatch the likes of Adam Kirby now and cringe.Maybe things are different now but 54 years ago it was not on.P.s/ I have no doubt about Kirby,s talent.

[@studiokazuyo]

He seems a very good rider. Go forward and pivoted and go with the horse.

[@MEECHIO]

It would've been nice when mentioning Troy winning the 1979 Derby had they put his picture up rather than a picture of Sun Princess..Poor from ATR!!

[@CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

they also show High Top in the winners enclosure when they talking about Known Fact. Poor.

[@CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

Oh dear, just noticed another at 8:27 - they show a b&w photo of the 1980 Derby when talking about The Minstrel in 1977. They are showing it at the moment on Ch415 and none of these mistakes have been fixed. VERY POOR indeed - not as if we havent given them a heads up

[@Kevjohno]

He's talking about Adam Kirkby I Reckon .bump bump

[@markperryman1797]

Great piece, I started betting in the early 90s but love watching all the historical races on KZbin, I remember watching Dayjur with my grandad, he backed it for the breeders Cup sprint losing to Safely Kept when he jumped the shadow, couldn't believe it....

[@fieldsofomagh]

Backed Dayjur that day. Still can't believe that he lost.

[@markperryman1797]

@@fieldsofomagh He should have been trained for the Champion Hurdle after that display lol, my Grandad also backed Devon Loch for the Grand National in the early 50s when it sprawled 50: yards before the line, I called him Jinxy lol....

[@seeker5738]

Dayjur was the greatest sprinter ever. If he hadn't jumped those shadows he would have won pretty easily.

[@manirali6552]

Best jockey was sreave cauthen legend

[@Trendy-lf6ig]

Great jockey in his day was the little Scotsman

[@fieldsofomagh]

I could be wrong but I think Willie had a ride in the Galway festival many moons ago.

[@chrisfbklhhjc]

4th in all time winners behind only Gordon, pat then lester

[@HBAMedia]

If you’re going to make a film for KZbin on Willie Carson and you’re going to put up a shot of one of his greatest horses, Troy, at least find a picture of Troy. Troy did not have a white blaze. Sloppy at best. Otherwise, good stuff for the racing bore community to which I so obviously belong...

[@nightowl7459]

HBA Media: That's true, they have used a picture of Sun Princess winning the Epsom Oaks for some reason? Stupid really.

[@alanbrewer501]

The Allan Park is now a Bingo hall wee man

[@shadwellsteve4535]

Greatest jockey ever, wish he were still riding now

[@iancarpenter6298]

thats the best joke ever.you obviousley dont have much racing knowledge.

[@natalliaf6387]

this bloke looks like me mum

[@johne5727]

Happy days

[@allandickman774]

He was very good for a time but in the later years he had lost his bottle

[@michelletimmins9983]

LMAO YES

[@200degrees.]

Crooks the lot of them!!!!!

[@noahclark1807]

🔥 🏁🏁🏁it's a real pleasure to watch🏎️🏎️🏎️ 1:34 💓💜 👇 👇💜

[@Kevjohno]

Great jockey .jockeys are like sheep now .under the trees at Goodwood will forever known as the Bahri route ..I still watch these great races everyday..the Queen should have had a lot more good horses winning classics if it wasn't for th£t buffoon lord carnarvon her Racing Manager

[@peteb954]

Under the trees at Ascot I think you will find.

[@Kevjohno]

@@peteb954 I stand corrected ..

[@nightowl7459]

@@Kevjohno True, terrible advice has deprived the queen of more classics, she should have sacked Carnarvon.

[@jimmymalone9139]

and defender of graham bradley the cheat

[@philipperry7946]

A Ledge with a CAPITAL L 👍

[@johnnymcgregor199]

More like a wanker with a capital W

[@michelletimmins9983]

Johnny McGregor HAHHAHAHA YES THE BIGGEST ONE

[@johnobrien8398]

One of the few jockeys I won money on. Come back willie

[@michelletimmins9983]

HAHAHHA NO

[@JonJonJonJonJonJonJonJon]

A Natural. Best jock after piggot. Certainly the best Hamdan Jock ever... that wouldnt be hard though

[@alanwilliams1592]

pat edderry went bump bump bump and was miles better than carson

[@michelletimmins9983]

100!

[@darrenremington6422]

Totally agree 👍 Carson couldn't lace Pat's boot's up

[@Nijinsky26]

Pat was a much better Jockey, when he didn’t go bump bump. The more pronounced the bumps got, the less he won, through the 90‘s and in the 90‘s, Jockeys where already loosing the Art of Race Riding

[@chrisgilbody2573]

What a load of rubbish

[@ChrisDWXX]

Very very True but he did very well in his own right.

[@singha85]

What a stupid comment pat eddery was not miles better than Carson when Carson has more classics then eddery

[@michelletimmins9983]

EWW CARSON FANS

[@darwin-zn9gt]

Also no way carson looses the derby on el gran senor which eddery made a complete mess of,both good jocks not much between them

[@stephenholmes1036]

Both great

[@bassman1ism]

Don’t make them like that anymore,most jockeys are are at best average some of the girls are better.

[@nightowl7459]

True, jockeys now are just plain average and bland for some reason? I would say with the exception of Dettori.

[@janineshaw6303]

Y

[@gerrymcguire7382]

Good jockey not great.not a very nice wee man. Bit of an Uncle Tom.

[@frankschlanker]

Too reach the top of your sport all top sportsman are ruthless, look at Piggot for example, brutal, done anything and everything to win.

[@Kevjohno]

Great jockey .and being nice has nothing to do with his ability to ride .I don't see why it should matter .Piggot charged a old lady 50 notes for his autograph once then said I should of asked for a 100 ..

[@frankschlanker]

true @@Kevjohno

Willie is a good man but in the racing world if you are not tough you disappear. Willie is a nice man but being a jockey his guard always had to be up.

[@darrenremington6422]

@@Kevjohno she sold it on Dickinsons real deal, and drew £200 for it! That's a real deal

[@davidjohnston77]

onlyscots man who came to newmarket who the newmarket people couldnt stand that s why he doest live thre