RIP PAT EDDERY

gazza1

Awful news to hear of the passing of PAT EDDERY a true great.

eamonnq

I remember he rode my 4th winner in a Lucky 15, only time I got the 4!!

Pizza Connection

Harry Palmr

Incredible tally of winners and at all levels.

Kristopherus

A Sporting Legend has left us. Only 63. RIP.

kfallon

Some jockey in his prime!

gazza1

GRUNDY V BUSTINO will always be high on my list of fav races and jockey performances

chipsdave

Worked around The Betting Shops London when Eddery was in His prime , Punters would follow Him religiously ,the Daily punters putting his mounts in their Yankees , Lucky 15's etc , manys the time there would be big amounts running on to his mounts at the Evening Meetings RIP.

convert

Very sad news. I remember watching all his races as a kid. RIP

efb

I remember he was outrageous on the flat in 2002

Should have been in the library was in John Mulholland's

RIP Pat Eddery

efb

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/irish-jockey-pat-eddery-has-died-aged-63-1.2424001

Pinesky

Going through the list of his big race winners was like having my life laid out before me

Itziger

Sad news. Loved the Golden Fleece and Dancing Brave races. Have to mention El Gran Señor in the Derby though

Harry Angstrom

Worth watching these again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVYrkBgXwfk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy1U6zBlmK0

RIP Pat

tryfix

The ultimate professional, if your horse lost with Pat on board it was very very unlikely that it was Pat's fault. Pretty flawless as a jockey, not flashy like Piggot but probably more reliable. It's a pity his training career never hit the heights.

Fort Stranger

gazza1 wrote: »

Awful news to hear of the passing of PAT EDDERY a true great.

He has got to be one of the most underrated sport stars to come out of Ireland, a real star who never really got the adulation in Ireland that the likes of McCoy and Ruby Walsh got, how come

sdoc13

efb wrote: »

I remember he was outrageous on the flat in 2002

Should have been in the library was in John Mulholland's

RIP Pat Eddery

Jesus I must have been beside you. Possibly PC sports.

On a more serious note loved Eddery as a jockey. When i was starting out punting I always paid attention to his mounts. Very sad to here the news. RIP.

moon madness

Pinesky wrote: »

Going through the list of his big race winners was like having my life laid out before me

100% +1 What a great jockey.

efb

sdoc13 wrote: »

Jesus I must have been beside you. Possibly PC sports.

On a more serious note loved Eddery as a jockey. When i was starting out punting I always paid attention to his mounts. Very sad to here the news. RIP.

Unless it was the one beside the Village Inn

UrbanFret

I had always hoped pat would break gordon richards record. I believe that Richards rode a lot of those in pretty uncompetive races whereas pat rode against generations of great jockeys from piggott, mercer, hide,lewis through carson,cauthen,reid,cochrane up to the present day dettoris,murtaghs, kinanes. Sure there was a few that got away but there were quite a few that no one else would have won on. Farewell pat and thanks for the memories.

I said

The last of the modern greats from a great era for jockeys when the champion jockey meant a lot more than it does now.

Pinesky

i'll always remember him on Orange Bay v Lester on Bruni in the Hardwicke .
He tricked Lester into thinking Orange Bay was beaten before getting back up within 20 yards of the line leaving Lester with no time to respond.

kfallon

Very sad to read this:
natasha.edderyFilled with grief this morning that my dad Pat Eddery is no longer here. It's been five years since I last saw, we stayed In touch and spoke on the phone, I never missed a birthday etc and not a day went by when I didn't think about him. The last time I saw him face to face was when I brought him home from rehab and he drank straight away. I turned to him and said "dad if you choose to drink over health and family, I can't be part of that life for you." Sadly his addiction was too strong and he couldn't overcome it. My sibling and his close friends did all we could to help him battle his illness, but we lost in the end. It has been so sad to witness his decline and my siblings and I knew that we would loose him to his demon drink. But that said, I loved him so much and I had probably the best childhood anyone could ask for. I was so proud and still am so proud to be his daughter, he was an amazing jockey, father and husband, but in the end he was taken over by a terrible disease. I don't think of that man, the alcoholic, he wasn't my dad. My dad was kind, sweet, emotional and, while he never said much, I know he loved us all very much.

Pinesky

that's so sad . i hope he finds peace in heaven.

aidan24326

kfallon wrote: »

Very sad to read this:
natasha.edderyFilled with grief this morning that my dad Pat Eddery is no longer here. It's been five years since I last saw, we stayed In touch and spoke on the phone, I never missed a birthday etc and not a day went by when I didn't think about him. The last time I saw him face to face was when I brought him home from rehab and he drank straight away. I turned to him and said "dad if you choose to drink over health and family, I can't be part of that life for you." Sadly his addiction was too strong and he couldn't overcome it. My sibling and his close friends did all we could to help him battle his illness, but we lost in the end. It has been so sad to witness his decline and my siblings and I knew that we would loose him to his demon drink. But that said, I loved him so much and I had probably the best childhood anyone could ask for. I was so proud and still am so proud to be his daughter, he was an amazing jockey, father and husband, but in the end he was taken over by a terrible disease. I don't think of that man, the alcoholic, he wasn't my dad. My dad was kind, sweet, emotional and, while he never said much, I know he loved us all very much.

Sad indeed. But what did he actually die of in the end?

A lot of jockeys seem to struggle with addictions and especially drinking. Maybe no surprise since it's a tough life and bar the elite few the financial rewards are nowhere near what they would be in many other professional sports.

diomed

Rest In Peace.

My brother met him a few times in Blackrock, Co Dublin when he and Eddery were about 11 or 12. Even then he said he was going to be a jockey.

I was at Doncaster in 1997 when he won the St Leger on Silver Patriarch. I think that was his 4000th winner and his last English classic. From what I remember he rode with a very bad back, and it might have been his last ride of that season.

If the horse was good enough to win, Pat Eddery won on it.

fryup

was it common knowledge that he had a drink problem?? or is it only coming out now?

BumperD

It was news to me.

dvcireland

BBC Radio tribute to 11 time flat racing champion jockey Pat Eddery, who died recently

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p037t038