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Thursday 9 July 2009

Galway Race Ball Personality of the Year

Galway Race Ball Personality of the Year 2006
Nina Carberry

Nina Carberry, Galway Race Ball Personality of the Year 2006, about to leave the parade ring at Galway Races on the Dermot Weld trained Soneva Gili.

Daughter of Tommy Carberry and sister to Paul and Philip, Nina is currently the top female National Hunt rider in Great Britain and Ireland.

Nina Carberry was the winner of the Cheltenham Festival’s 2009 Award for ‘The Outstanding Contribution made by a Lady to Jump Racing’.

She is one of only two female jockeys ever to have won at the Cheltenham Festival.

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