Stephen Carson is a flat racing

Flat racing

Flat racing is a form of Thoroughbred horse racing which is run over a level track at a predetermined distance. It differs from steeplechase racing which is run over hurdles...

 jockey

Jockey

A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...

 currently riding in England. Stephen started his career as apprentice to Michael Grassick on the Curragh

Curragh

The Curragh is a flat open plain of almost 5,000 acres of common land in County Kildare, Ireland, between Newbridge and Kildare. This area is well-known for Irish horse breeding and training. The Irish National Stud is located on the edge of Kildare town, beside the famous Japanese Gardens. Also...

 in County Kildare, Ireland after graduating from RACE (the Race Apprentice Centre of Education).

Tartan Lane supplied Stephen with his first winner when taking the County Wexford Publicans Apprentice Maiden at Wexford on July 26, 1996.

Stephen joined Eric Wheeler's yard near Reading in England in the summer of 1997 and was successful on his first ride for the yard when scoring on Dark Menace at Brighton

Brighton Racecourse

Brighton Racecourse is a horse racing course at Brighton, East Sussex in England, for flat races of up to about one and a half miles. The course is one of three courses in Britain which is not a circuit and forms a figure like three sides of a square, sloping, with wide left-hand turns and an...

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He quickly struck up a successful partnership with stable star Dancing Mystery and partnered the gelding to 21 successes.

Stephen is currently stable jockey to Eve Johnson Houghton and partnered his biggest winner to date when riding Tout Seul to victory in the Group 1

Conditions races

Conditions races are horse races where the weights carried by the runners are laid down by the conditions attached to the race. Weights are allocated according to; the sex of the runners, with female runners carrying less weight than males; the age of the runners, with younger horses receiving...

 Dewhurst Stakes

Dewhurst Stakes

The Dewhurst Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to two-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 7 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in October.The event was established in 1875, and it...

for the trainer's father Fulke in October 2002.