Carberry to take up assistant role with Meade

Noel Meade has described Nina Carberry as a “valuable cog in the wheel” after appointing Ireland’s leading female jockey as his racing assistant.

Sister to Meade’s long-time stable jockey Paul Carberry, Nina herself has been riding for the Tu Va handler as an amateur for over a decade.

Carberry took out a licence to train in her own right earlier in the year, but for the time being at least will focus on riding and her new role with Meade.