Eddie Macken

Eddie Macken is an Irish equestrian show jumper, who was a member of the Irish team along with Paul Darragh, Capt. Con Power, and James Kernan that won the Aga Khan Cup three years in a row . Other notable career highlights include a record four consecutive Hickstead Derby wins , two individual silver medals at the Show Jumping World Championships, 1974 with Pele and 1978 on Boomerang, and an individual silver medal at the 1977 European Championships with Pele. Macken has many major Grand Prix victories worldwide. Many of Mackens achievements were gained in partnership with his Irish bred gelding, Boomerang. From Mackens first rides with Boomerang as a fouryearold in 1970, the pair blazed a trail of wins that lasted a decade.

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