Eric Eldin (31 July 1932 – 2 July 2021) was a British

jockey A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing. The word "jockey" originated from England and was used to describe the individual ...

and

horse trainer A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines. Some of the responsibilities trainers have are caring for the animals' physical needs, as well as teaching them submissive behaviors and/or coaching them for e ...

who competed in

flat racing Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic p ...

. Eric Eldin was born in Newland, Yorkshire, and began his horse racing career as an apprentice jockey at the stables of Ryan Jarvis. Eldin's first winner came at

Leicester Racecourse Leicester Racecourse is a horse racing course in Oadby, Leicestershire, about three miles south of the city centre. History of horse racing in Leicester The earliest evidence suggests that racing took place at Abbey Meadow, Leicester on 23 Mar ...

in May 1950 and he rode the winners of 879 races in a career lasting until 1979. His biggest race win was in 1968 when Front Row won the

Irish 1,000 Guineas The Irish 1,000 Guineas is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to ...

. After retiring as a jockey he took up training racehorses at Newmarket and trained 155 winners between 1980 and 1991.

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1932 births 2021 deaths British jockeys People from Selby District British racehorse trainers {{UK-horseracing-bio-stub