Pat Deddery

[KGR]

Great jockey, dies young.

I wonder if the industry will consider whether all those years of denying his body the food it graved had any bearing on his young life ending at just 63.

[Borracho]

Pat Deddery

Hadn't heard his name in years before today.

As regards jockeys' eating habits, there's the old story of someone offering Tony McCoy a few crisps. McCoy took one out of the packet, licked it, then threw it in the bin.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Pat Deddery

Might have been a Walkers' "Builder's Breakfast" one.

[Borracho]

Pat Deddery

Turns out it was not food that did for Pat Eddery, but drink.

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/daughter-speaks-of-her-father-pat-eddery-s-battle-with-alcoholism-1.2426090#.VkOqy2KcyuU.twitter

[Jon]

Pat Deddery

Am I alone in thinking that, up to yesterday, his name was Pat Eddery?

Edit - Doh! Talk about getting the joke last. I will, however, leave this post undeleted for you all to laugh at my idiocy.

[Jah Womble]

Pat Deddery

Rogin the Armchair Fan wrote: Might have been a Walkers' "Builder's Breakfast" one.

No, it was definitely McCoy's.

RIP, Pat Eddery.