Willie carson where is he from

It's not the best land in the world - it's stony - but it's limestone and it's fantastic for breeding horses. The minerals are very good for horses; seem to make them strong. And I have my own bore hole where they drink the water. I never breed a horse lacking in bone. He speaks quietly, with assurance; as if he's been used to these sorts of surroundings all his life.

But I'm intrigued enough to push the point: never mind his grandfather, what would Willie Carson's own year-old self have thought if someone had told him that, one day, all this would be his? He muses, full of curiosity himself. If I was shown this house, I would imagine I'd come to see the Laird; the top man. But it's no lottery win that's got him here. In a year riding career, five-time champion jockey Willie Carson won 17 British and 11 Irish Classics.

But for a youngster on the bleak streets of Stirling in the s, it would have been hard to imagine how on earth you could forge such a successful life through your own endeavours. In those post-war years, this was a town where people didn't always have enough to eat.

I've been into houses where they didn't have doors: they'd been put on the fire to keep the family warm But that's a long time ago. Indeed, he has none of the characteristics of the nouveau riche. No brashness or conceit. For someone who's had to be tough to make it, he comes across as surprisingly gentle and patient. And the famous Carson chuckle's still there, too. So how did it all begin, this rise to fame and riches?

Unlike his races round the track, the course of his life has been slow and steady. That journey really began at the age of The young Willie Carson, who was no academic, nor great sportsman either, was already bunking off school to earn coppers at the local cattle market. But his world turned upside down with a simple visit to the cinema to see The Rainbow Jacket. It's the story of a middle-aged jockey, banned from racing, whose hopes rest on a young lad he's training to become the next champion.

To your average movie-goer, it was a sentimental weepy from the Ealing stable. To young Willie, it was a life-changing couple of hours. Up until that moment, the only horse he'd ever even sat upon had been an old nag at his grandfather's. He jumped on it and, if memory serves him correctly, "It went flat out I can remember saying, 'I ain't going to do that again'.

But suddenly, he wanted to ride race horses. In all probability, it wasn't just the riding in the film that impressed him. It was the fact that jockeys had to be mere slips of things. I was a weakling - a tiny little kid. Basically, I had a bit of a chip on my shoulder because being small made me into a slight loner. I had to make decisions for myself. He is known to be one of a handful of jockeys that managed 6 winners in a single meeting.

In , Willie became an Order of British Empire attainee, a lucratively loyal recognition given only to the best of the brood in what they do. For most of his career, Carson has had a very close relationship with Dick Hern, who helped him keep winning even when the odds were stacked against. He has always been a gifted individual, which put him in high demand, until he decided to quit the day job in Hide Show Self 16 credits.

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