Paul eddery biography
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Racing legend Pat Eddery snubs his fyra children to leave his stable girl lover £1.3million in a twist that might have come from a Jilly Cooper saga
Legendary jockey Pat Eddery left his entire £1.3 million estate to his stable girl lover – and nothing to his fyra children.
Probate records reveal that Eddery, who died aged 63 in November 2015, left the money to Emma Owen, who fryst vatten 23 years his junior.
The 11-times mästare rider, who won 4,632 races in the UK during a career spanning 34 years, referred to her as ‘my Emma’ in a new will which was drawn up just two years before his death.
Pat Eddery, who died aged 63 in November 2015, left the money to Emma Owen, who fryst vatten 23 years his junior
He stated his estate should be split between his children if Miss Owen died before him – but they received ingenting because she survived him.
The estate was reduced to £733,894 after liabilities such as inheritance tax and funeral and legal expenses were paid.
The Irishman had three children
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Pat Eddery facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Pat Eddery | |
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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) | |
| 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 EdderyOB
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Jimmy Eddery
Irish jockey
Jimmy Eddery (1922–1988) was an Irish jockey, who won the 1955 Irish Derby and was twice Irish flat racing Champion Jockey. He was also father of several jockey sons, of whom Pat was most successful, becoming champion on both sides of the Irish Sea.
Career
[edit]James Eddery was born in Doneraile, Co. Cork on 25 July 1922, one of several jockey brothers, of whom he was the most successful. He served his apprenticeship with Atty Persse in Hampshire, before returning home to Ireland at the start of World War II, having immediate success for trainers like Fred Myerscough.
In 1944, he dead-heated for the Irish 2,000 Guineas on Good Morning and the Irish Cambridgeshire on Dawros. He won the former outright the following year on Stalino. In 1946, he succeeded Morny Wing as first jockey to Seamus McGrath.[1]
He was successful on Panaslipper in the 1955 Irish Derby, having been beaten into second at 100/1 in the Epsom equivalent. In 1957, he