Jimmy Eddery

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 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.