Eddery on 1982 Epsom Derby winner Golden Fleece at Leopardstown
Occupation
Jockey
Born
(1952-03-18)18 March 1952 Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland
Died
10 November 2015(2015-11-10) (aged 63) Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
Major racing wins
British Classic Race wins as jockey: 2000 Guineas (3) 1000 Guineas (1) Epsom Derby (3) Epsom Oaks (3) St Leger Stakes (4)[1]
Racing awards
British flat racing Champion Jockey 11 times (1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996)
Honours
OBE Pat Eddery Stakes at Ascot Racecourse British Champions Series Hall of Fame (2021)
Significant horses
Polygamy, Grundy, Scintillate, Detroit, Storm Bird, Kings Lake, Golden Fleece, Assert, Lomond, El Gran Senor, Rainbow Quest, Dancing Brave, Moon Madness, Warning, Zafonic, Quest for Fame, Toulon, Moonax, Bosra Sham, Lady Carla, Silver Patriarch
Patrick James John EdderyOBE (18 March 1952 – 10 November 2015) was an Irish flat racing jockey and trainer. He rode three winners of the Derby and was Champion Jockey on eleven occasions. He rode the winners of 4,632 British flat races, a figure exceeded only by Sir Gordon Richards.[2]
^Morris, Tony; Randall, John (1990). Horse Racing: Records, Facts, Champions (Third ed.). Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-902-1.
^"Jockey Duffield retires aged 58". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 March 2005. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
Stillorgan. Since early childhood, PatEddery's most frequent dreams were to be the champion jockey and winning the Derby. Eddery began his career as an apprentice...
The PatEddery Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old horses. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408...
Saint-Cloud twice consecutively. In 1982, four-year-old Glint of Gold ridden by PatEddery placed first with a time of 2:41.4. Again in 1983, the Saint-Cloud Racecourse...
Mark Du Plessis Martin Dwyer Shane Dye Penny Ann Early Masayoshi Ebina PatEddery Stewart Elliott Victor Espinoza Kieren Fallon Mick Fitzgerald Brian Fletcher...
of York's three-day Dante Festival meeting. Leading jockey (6 wins): PatEddery – Beldale Flutter (1981), Hot Touch (1983), Damister (1985), Red Glow...
Sharp Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil Sheikh Mohammed 3:07.13 1986 Moon Madness PatEddery John Dunlop Duchess of Norfolk 3:05.03 1987 Reference Point Steve Cauthen...
Fluorocarbon 3 Lester Piggott Henry Cecil James McAllister 1983 Valiyar 4 PatEddery Henry Cecil Garo Vanian 1984 Trojan Fen 3 Lester Piggott Henry Cecil Stavros...
Tony Ward 2:08.83 1983 Solford 3 PatEddery Vincent O'Brien Robert Sangster 2:06.36 1984 Sadler's Wells 3 PatEddery Vincent O'Brien Robert Sangster 2:04...
4 Geoff Lewis Arthur Budgett Mrs G. Benskin 4:41.39 1972 Erimo Hawk 4 PatEddery Geoffrey Barling Y. Yamamoto 4:28.69 1973 Lassalle 4 Jimmy Lindley Richard...
Maktoum 2:29.40 1984 El Gran Senor PatEddery Vincent O'Brien Robert Sangster 2:31.50 1985 Law Society PatEddery Vincent O'Brien Stavros Niarchos 2:29...
Brian Taylor Peter Nelson Sharon Phillips 02 2 155.04 2:35.04 1975 Grundy PatEddery Peter Walwyn Carlo Vittadini 03 3 155.35 2:35.35 1976 Empery Lester Piggott...
Boutin Gerry Oldham 1:37.13 1983 Lomond PatEddery Vincent O'Brien Robert Sangster 1:43.87 1984 El Gran Senor PatEddery Vincent O'Brien Robert Sangster 1:37...
Flutter 3 PatEddery Michael Jarvis Tony Kelly 2:13.28 1982 Assert 3 PatEddery David O'Brien Robert Sangster 2:09.09 1983 Caerleon 3 PatEddery Vincent...
the Middle Park Stakes or the Dewhurst Stakes. Leading jockey (5 wins): PatEddery – Habat (1973), Red Cross (1974), Formidable (1977), Lord Seymour (1979)...
Lemaire, Johnny Murtagh, Seamus Heffernan, Jim Crowley, Frankie Dettori, PatEddery, Richard Hughes, Stéphane Pasquier, Martin Dwyer, Colm O'Donoghue, Joseph...
Brittain Bill Gredley 2:33.70 1993 Wemyss Bight PatEddery André Fabre Khalid Abdullah 2:35.80 1994 Bolas PatEddery Barry Hills Khalid Abdullah 2:37.60 1995...
Mysterious Geoff Lewis Noel Murless George Pope Jr. 2:36.31 1974 Polygamy PatEddery Peter Walwyn Louis Freedman 2:39.39 1975 Juliette Marny Lester Piggott...
Barnett 2:40.60 1985 Rainbow Quest 4 PatEddery Jeremy Tree Khalid Abdullah 2:39.51 1986 Saint Estephe 4 PatEddery André Fabre Yan Houyvet 2:34.87 1987...
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