Nicky Mackay | Horse Racing Free Tips https://horseracingfreetips.com Horse Race Ratings and Tips - Sports News Mon, 05 Jul 2021 20:21:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://horseracingfreetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-horse-racing-free-tips-1-32x32.jpg Nicky Mackay | Horse Racing Free Tips https://horseracingfreetips.com 32 32 Eric Eldin, 89, Passes Away https://horseracingfreetips.com/eric-eldin-89-passes-away/ Mon, 05 Jul 2021 20:21:55 +0000 https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/?p=288986 Classic-winning jockey Eric Eldin passed away at 89 on Sunday, Racing Post reported. Apprenticed to Ryan Jarvis, Eldin rode his first winner, Penfair (GB) (Fair Trial {GB}), in 1950, and his greatest win as a reinsman was aboard Front Row (Ire) (Epaulette {GB}), in the Irish 1000 Guineas. The Yorkshireman was also in the saddle

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Eldrin had two daughters, Michelle and Lorraine. The latter married jockey Allan Mackay and the couple have two sons who also became jockeys-Jamie and Nicky.

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