RACING MOURNS PAT EDDERY: The world of racing woke up to the sad news that 11-times champion jockey Pat Eddery has passed away.
Racing has lost one of it’s true heroes with the passing of Pat Eddery, aged 63.
Born in Newbridge, County Kildare, Eddery was champion flat jockey 11 times and the winner of 14 British Classics in a career which saw him win 4,600 races. Only Sir Gordon Richards has ridden more winners than him in Britain. His Classic wins included Derby wins on Grundy (1975), Golden Fleece (1982) and Quest For Fame (1990).
Confirming the news this morning, Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to Prince Khalid Abdullah, in whose silks Eddery had some of his most memorable winners said: “It is extremely sad news. Everyone at Juddmonte is very shocked and saddened by it.”
Eddery also won four Prix de l’Arc de Triomphes including, perhaps, the ride he will be most remembered for. It was in 1986 onboard the great Dancing Brave where he made his move late, wide and fast in one of the classiest fields ever assembled for the great race.
Eddery retired from riding in 2003 and began his training career which saw him enjoy a Group 1 victory with Hearts Of Fire in Italy’s Gran Criterium in 2009.
In 2005 he was awarded an OBE.
In 1985 Eddery won the Breeders’ Cup Turf onboard Pebbles trained by Clive Brittain who said: “It’s a sorry day. He was a great friend and an integral part of my success at Carlburg. He was at the top of the tree for so long, but he was a green kid when I first started using him. You always got 100% from Pat, be it in a Classic or a Brighton seller. He made so few mistakes, like Ryan Moore today, and that’s what sets the best apart from the others….”
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