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Eddie Macken (b. October 20, 1949 in Granard, County Longford) is a legendary Irish equestrian show jumper, who was a member of the famed Irish team - along with Paul Darragh, Con Power, and James Kernan - that won the Aga Khan Cup three years in a row (1977 to 79). Other notable career highlights include a record four consecutive Hickstead Derby wins (1976 to 79), two silver medals in the Show Jumping World Championships (1974 with Pele and 1978 on Boomerang), and a silver medal in the European Championship (1977 with Pele). Macken has many major Grand Prix victories worldwide, and held the listing as the world's number one show jumper from 1976 to 1978. October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ...
1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...
Granard (Gránard in Irish) is a town in the north of County Longford, Ireland and has a traceable histroy going back to 236AD. It is situated between three rivers, the Shannon, the Erne, and the Inny. ...
County Longford (Irish: Longphort) is a county situated in the Irish Midlands, in northwest Leinster. ...
A junior horse riding event at the Melbourne Show Equestrianism relates to the riding of horses. ...
Show jumping is a form of competition in which horses are jumped over a course of fences, low walls, and other obstacles (e. ...
Paul Darragh (April 28, 1953 - January 4, 2005) was an Irish showjumper. ...
The Show Jumping World Championships, or the show jumping competition at the World Equestrian Games, was started in 1953, with individual competition. ...
Boomerang was a horse ridden by Eddie Macken. ...
The Grand Prix is the highest level of show jumping. ...
Many of Macken's achievements were gained in partnership with his Irish bred gelding, Boomerang. From Macken's first rides with Boomerang as a four-year-old in 1970, the pair blazed a trail of wins that lasted a decade. A gelding is a castrated animal—specifically, a castrated male horse. ...
Olympic Involvement Macken represented Ireland at the Olympic Games in 1992 (Barcelona, on Welfrenkone finishing 75th Individually) and in 1996 (Atlanta, on Schalkaar finishing 26th Individually), and as team trainer in 2004 (Athens). For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ...
Controversy swirled around the Irish team during the 2004 Olympics. Originally selected as team trainer, Macken was sacked in June of 2004 after a power struggle with Chef D'Equipe Tommy Wade, an event that came to be known as the "Macken Sackin' Affair". A group of senior Irish riders complained, and in July Macken was reinstated as team trainer and Wade was removed as Chef. Top team rider Cian O'Connor chose to stay out of the controversy and continue to support Wade, which raised the ire of some fellow riders. All seemed well as O'Connor went on to win the individual gold medal, and the team overall finished 7th. However the gold medal was later stripped when O'Connor's horse - Waterford Crystal - tested positive for a banned substance. The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, commonly known as the 2004 Summer Olympics were the 28th Summer Olympic Games. ...
Cian OConnor (b. ...
The world-famous Waterford Crystal Ball is lowered in Times Square, New York City, on New Years Eve Waterford Crystal is a trademark brand of crystal glassware produced in Waterford, Ireland, by the company Waterford Wedgwood plc. ...
Current Status Macken has been working out of New Kells Farm, east of Vancouver in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. He continues to ride, compete, train, and hold clinics throughout Canada and the United States.
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