Carson pays tribute to retiring ‘master trainer’ Dunlop

Willie Carson saluted John Dunlop as “one of the true legends of the sport” after the veteran trainer announced he is to retire at the end of the current British Flat season, the end of a career that saw him send out over 3,500 winners.

Carson rode hundreds of Dunlop horses to victory, including Erhaab in the Epsom Derby among many others.

The filly Salsabil, successful in the 1000 Guineas, Oaks and Irish Derby, was another top-class animal the pair teamed up with, as was the great sprinter Habibti.