Carl Llewellyn
| Carl Llewellyn | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Jockey (retired) and assistant racehorse trainer |
| Born |
29 July 1965 Pembrokeshire, Wales |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Major racing wins | |
| Grand National (1992, 1998), Welsh Grand National, Scottish Grand National, Whitbread Gold Cup, Aintree Hurdle, Sefton Novices' Hurdle, Long Walk Hurdle, Feltham Novices' Chase, Charlie Hall Chase, Mackeson Gold Cup Handicap Chase, Triumph Hurdle, Bristol Novices' Hurdle, Challow Novices' Hurdle, Rising Stars Novices' Chase | |
| Significant horses | |
| Earth Summit, Party Politics, Barton Bank, Bindaree, Martha's Son, Beau, Run For Paddy. | |
Carl Llewellyn (born 29 July 1965) is an assistant racehorse trainer to Nigel Twiston-Davies and a retired Welsh professional National Hunt jockey. Llewellyn won the Grand National on two occasions along with the Welsh Grand National and Scottish Grand National as a jockey. He has also won the Whitbread / Bet365 Gold Cup both as a jockey and as a trainer and many grade races.
Llewellyn began his riding career with his father Eryl, a farmer, riding in point to points and moved on to ride under National Hunt rules, where he rode as an amateur with Stan Mellor and Jim Old. His first winner came on 14 March 1986 with Stargestic at Wolverhampton Racecourse, who was trained by Roy Robinson.
His first big race victory was the Mildmay of Flete Challenge Cup at the 1988 Cheltenham Festival meeting on Smart Tar trained by Mark (Jumbo) Wilkinson. On 12 March 1992 Llewellyn again had a winner at the Cheltenham Festival on Tipping Tim in the Ritz Club National Hunt Handicap Chase and later going on to win the 1992 Grand National on Party Politics and on 14 November 1992, during the Open Meeting, he won the Mackeson Gold Cup Handicap Chase again on Tipping Tim.
He was the main jockey for Nigel Twiston-Davies throughout his career. In 1997 he won the Grade 1 Christmas Hurdle on Kerawi at the King George VI Chase meeting at Kempton Park. Llewellyn rode Beau to success at the 2000 Whitbread Gold Cup held at Sandown Park. Llewellyn won the race by the biggest winning margin in the history of the race. In 2003 he rode Bindaree to win the Welsh Grand National. His last ride as jockey came on 29 April 2009 at Punchestown Racecourse where he came in 4th position on Roll Along in the Punchestown Gold Cup.
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