Tony Carroll...some trainer on the all-weather

I’d imagine the stable staff tried a few forecasts and tricasts in that race. They will be going home with a few quid in their pockets tonight.

whenever he has a horse around the 7.8.or 9 to one mark, watch out, they always run well and often win

Stable in tremendous form at the moment.

I'd like to see what he can do with a decent horse or two....improves plenty of cast offs from others

Very good trainer imo, what's his background.

Another nice winner at Lingfield.  Stable very much on the up again.
https://www.horsetrainerprofiles.co.uk/2018/08/tony-carroll-shrewd-dude.html

And 4.05 Newbury

Close up third there at Lingfield, Winnetka, arguably a shade unlucky having to go five/six wide around the bend.
Big price on here to be 4th.
His horses are racing.

The problem I have with this stable is when they seem to me to be 'not racing'. There's surely a reason they can win off specific handicap marks?

exactly stu, Carroll is very good at knowing a horse's 'winning' mark and acts accordingly.

Surely every non-classic/ non-group.predominantly lower rated and thus lower aspiration stable operates that way.  How else could they survive?
I get the impression that his stable has been underperforming and that consequently his horses are on good marks anyway.
His one years stats are below his five year and with 5 winners in the last week looks to be on the up and well worth staying with.

I  take it " Second Collection's" 4-39 Southwell mark was to high then hence the drift and the run .

You of course are "free" to take any view you wish.

17 runners today.   2 in the last .......can he get even one winner today

A blinkered first time and reject from Appleby...... Anyone lay all 17

He operates a scatter gun approach but is successful in the amount of winners,especially on the A/W

Freddiewilliams great advice yesterday and I wish I had followed it .All 17 beaten and I think only 3 placed .Biggest sp industry price 28/1

I was at Hereford races on the same day as the Grand National, around the mid nineties, I think.

In the first race of the day a horse trained by Tony Carroll wore what I can only describe as a pair of sheepskin paint rollers on its face. I'd never seen the like before. Apparently they originated in France.

The rest is history.