Pat Eddery

Pat Eddery can only be described as one of the finest jockeys to have graced modern racing history. Eleven times champion jockey, riding a century of winners in one season an amazing twenty seven times. With over 4000 career victories there are very few jockeys, both past and present, which can compete with the awesome achievements Pat Eddery has amassed.

As the apprentice under Frenchie Nicholson, Pat Eddery rode his first winner Alvaro at Epsom in 1968. In 1971 he became the UK's Champion Apprentice and within three years had clinched his first full title, whilst riding for Peter Walwyn. Eddery rode for Walwyn until 1980 (partnering over 800 winners in the process), later switching to Vincent O'Brien, K.Abdullah and later freelance.

Eddery has ridden a winner in every Classic after partnering Bosra Sham to victory in the 1996 1000 Guineas. Success has not been limited to the English Classics however, and in 1999 he broke Lester Piggott's record of 465 Group winners. His skills in the saddle have been illustrated over and over again, perhaps none more so than in the 1986 Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe. Aboard the legendary Dancing Brave, Eddery emerged victorious against a field containing no less than another seven Group one winning horses.