Willy Carson suffered a horrible accident at Newbury when his intended mount, Meshhed, lashed out and kicked him across the paddock
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In 1996, aged 53, Carson landed the French 1000 Guineas on Ta Rib before landing the Irish version on Matiya only 13 days later.
And when he landed the Champagne Stakes on the exciting Bahhare, at Doncaster in September, it gave him hopes of yet more Classic glory the following season. It seemed his success story would go on and on.
However, just a week later, he suffered a horrible accident at Newbury when his intended mount, Meshhed, lashed out and kicked him across the paddock.
Carson was left with life-threatening liver injuries and reluctantly, after a six-month fight to regain full fitness, he announced his retirement in early March of the following year. Reflecting on his overall career at the time, he said with considerable understatement: “I’m happy how things turned out.”