Eric Patrick Joseph Foley was born on March 17, 1907.
My records indicate the Eric Foley first rode in public on Monday 28 November, 1927. Aboard Trinco for owner Mr V. T. Thompson, he finished unplaced in a mile and a half hurdle race at Birmingham.
Between 1940 and 1946, he served in the R.A.F.
During these years he managed to slip in 15 rides.
He lived at Sandfield, Prestbury Road, Cheltenham.
His last ride, like his first, came at Birmingham. He rode Bambino in the Shakespeare Handicap Hurdle.
He died on May 28, 1984, aged 77.