OBITUARY: Tommy Carberry - Celebrated Irish jockey and trainer

Colm Greaves remembers Tommy Carberry. the who’s "belief that the candle could be burned at both ends never interfered with his sense of duty to a commitment"
OBITUARY: Tommy Carberry - Celebrated Irish  jockey and trainer

Time has a sneaky way of bending memory, and one of its more effective tools is the use of colour and light. Recall the 1960s for instance and its odds on that the sky is blue and the days are bright and shiny.

Now let your mind’s eye wander forward a decade to the 70s and everything seems just a little bit grey and grim.

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