Emmet Stack
Dual-purpose jockey Emmett Stack was born in Longwood, County Meath on July 13, 1977. He registered his first important success while still a 7lb claimer, winning the Waterford Crystal Handicap Hurdle at Killarney aboard the Francis Flood-trained Wonder Will He (below) on July 15, 1999, two days after his 22nd birthday. On March 9, 2000, he rode Tom Hogan’s Native Sound to victory in the Silvermines Hurdle at Thurles.
Dual-purpose jockey Emmett Stack was born in Longwood, County Meath on July 13, 1977. He registered his first important success while still a 7lb claimer, winning the Waterford Crystal Handicap Hurdle at Killarney aboard the Francis Flood-trained Wonder Will He (below) on July 15, 1999, two days after his 22nd birthday. On March 9, 2000, he rode Tom Hogan’s Native Sound to victory in the Silvermines Hurdle at Thurles.
Emmett rode nine winners during the 2000/01 Irish National Hunt season and six the next, most notably the Corrib Handicap Hurdle on October 24, 2001, on Shared Account. He also plied his trade on the Flat, scoring his most important success in that sphere on Ask The Judge, trained by Frank Ennis, in a sponsored one-mile handicap at Gowran Park on May 5, 2002.
Emmett rode nine winners during the 2000/01 Irish National Hunt season and six the next, most notably the Corrib Handicap Hurdle on October 24, 2001, on Shared Account. He also plied his trade on the Flat, scoring his most important success in that sphere on Ask The Judge, trained by Frank Ennis, in a sponsored one-mile handicap at Gowran Park on May 5, 2002.
While continuing to ride over jumps in Ireland, Emmett left his homeland to ply his trade on the Flat in Britain in 2005 and rode three winners. He also had the distinction that year of riding Pat Eddery’s first runner as a trainer, Perez, at Wolverhampton on December 10, finishing second. He increased his score to five in 2006, which included a Wolverhampton seller on Perez for Eddery, thus making amends for his defeat there six months earlier.
While continuing to ride over jumps in Ireland, Emmett left his homeland to ply his trade on the Flat in Britain in 2005 and rode three winners. He also had the distinction that year of riding Pat Eddery’s first runner as a trainer, Perez, at Wolverhampton on December 10, finishing second. He increased his score to five in 2006, which included a Wolverhampton seller on Perez for Eddery, thus making amends for his defeat there six months earlier.
Emmett notched six winners over jumps in Ireland during the 2005/06 season and three the next. He had more than 100 rides on the Flat in Britain during 2007 – mostly for trainers Karl Burke, Michael Mullineaux, Jonathan Portman, Geoff Huffer and Tom Keddy – but recorded just one success, that being on Ace Club, trained by Burke, in an all-weather class 6 handicap at Southwell on February 11.
Emmett notched six winners over jumps in Ireland during the 2005/06 season and three the next. He had more than 100 rides on the Flat in Britain during 2007 – mostly for trainers Karl Burke, Michael Mullineaux, Jonathan Portman, Geoff Huffer and Tom Keddy – but recorded just one success, that being on Ace Club, trained by Burke, in an all-weather class 6 handicap at Southwell on February 11.
Having ridden out his claim by his combined total of Flat and jumps winners, he had only 12 winnerless rides in Britain in 2008. He rode in four races towards the end of 2009, his last two mounts coming at Wolverhampton on November 28 for Jersey-based trainer Joan Le Brocq, namely Flighty Fellow, who finished fifth in the seller, and Carr Hall, who came eighth in the claimer.
Having ridden out his claim by his combined total of Flat and jumps winners, he had only 12 winnerless rides in Britain in 2008. He rode in four races towards the end of 2009, his last two mounts coming at Wolverhampton on November 28 for Jersey-based trainer Joan Le Brocq, namely Flighty Fellow, who finished fifth in the seller, and Carr Hall, who came eighth in the claimer.
He subsequently left to make a new life in New Zealand, where he continued his riding career. Among the best horses he has ridden there is Hype, on whom he finished third in a decent race at Rotorua in May 2012. He now lives in Matamata.
He subsequently left to make a new life in New Zealand, where he continued his riding career. Among the best horses he has ridden there is Hype, on whom he finished third in a decent race at Rotorua in May 2012. He now lives in Matamata.