Paul Carberry - master of timing

There have been many high points in Paul Carberry's long and illustrious career in the saddle. Keith Hamer selects five of his best rides.

BOBBYJO (1999 Martell Grand National, Aintree)

Bobbyjo may have been 14lb wrong at the weights, but confidence in the nine-year-old was sky high by the off time and a flood of late money saw his odds contract to 10-1. Winner of the Irish National the previous year, Bobbyjo completed the double with aplomb, bounding 10 lengths clear at the line. It was a proud day for Carberry, for not only did his father Tommy trainer Bobbyjo, but he too had won the National as a jockey.

FRENCHMAN'S CREEK (2002 William Hill Trophy Handicap Chase, Cheltenham)

Carberry had a habit of making the job look much easier than it really was and that was no better illustrated than in this race when he got the best out of Hughie Morrison's tricky performer who didn't always deliver. On this occasion though, Frenchman's Creek did in droves as he turned a competitive handicap into a procession, winning on the bit by three lengths with the horse hardly knowing he'd had a race.

BEEF OR SALMON (2004 Lexus Chase, Leopardstown)

Michael Hourigan's star chaser was always hard to beat on Irish soil and put up a tremendous performance in Carberry's tender hands to trounce Best Mate in Leopardstown's Christmas feature. Leading three fences from home, Beef Or Salmon defeated the three-time Cheltenham Gold Cup hero with consummate ease, and Carberry could afford to ease his mount down before the line.

HARCHIBALD (2007 Fighting Fifth Hurdle, Newcastle)

Noel Meade's mercurial hurdler was extremely talented but tested Carberry to the full. While his agonising defeat in the 2005 Champion Hurdle rankled for a long time, he did win five Grade Ones in his chequered career. Arguably the pick of those was his second victory in the 2007 Fighting Fifth where he toyed with a quality field that included Al Eile and Katchit before striding away from the opposition on the run-in to show just how good he was.

MONBEG DUDE (2013 Coral Welsh National, Chepstow)

Carberry was at his brilliant best as he denied the Tony McCoy-ridden Teaforthree to carve out a thrilling victory in the Welsh marathon. Even Carberry himself described this as one of his best ever rides. It was a beautifully executed waiting display despite Monbeg Dude's efforts to ruin it with a series of jumping errors. He even made a mistake at the last just as he took the lead, but Carberry kept him on an even keel to land the spoils.