Eamon Tierney
The career of 7lb claimer Eamon Tierney was a brief one but he succeeded in riding a Cheltenham Festival winner. He rode for Paul James, who trained a small string of horses at Kyre, near Tenbury Wells.
The career of 7lb claimer Eamon Tierney was a brief one but he succeeded in riding a Cheltenham Festival winner. He rode for Paul James, who trained a small string of horses at Kyre, near Tenbury Wells.
Eamon’s big moment came when winning the 1990 Mildmay of Flete Chase on James’s 66-1 outsider New Halen. New Halen was running for the 14th time that season and had not had the ideal preparation for a festival winner, having raced four times the previous August, but he certainly was game and after leading to the sixth fence he regained the lead at the tenth and was clear jumping the last. He ran on courageously up the hill to win by eight lengths.
Eamon’s big moment came when winning the 1990 Mildmay of Flete Chase on James’s 66-1 outsider New Halen. New Halen was running for the 14th time that season and had not had the ideal preparation for a festival winner, having raced four times the previous August, but he certainly was game and after leading to the sixth fence he regained the lead at the tenth and was clear jumping the last. He ran on courageously up the hill to win by eight lengths.
New Halen ran 90 times over jumps, including in two Grand Nationals, and won 12 chases. He provided by far the biggest moment in the respective careers of Paul James and Eamon Tierney, who subsequently returned to his native Ireland and soon faded from the scene.
New Halen ran 90 times over jumps, including in two Grand Nationals, and won 12 chases. He provided by far the biggest moment in the respective careers of Paul James and Eamon Tierney, who subsequently returned to his native Ireland and soon faded from the scene.