Winner for Eddery as Valleys is thrown out

More than 30 years after his first Group One success, Pat Eddery today gained his final big-race victory as a jockey as Balmont was promoted to first place in the Shadwell Stud Middle Park Stakes on the disqualification of Three Valleys.

Thu, 08 Jan, 2004 - 16:26

More than 30 years after his first Group One success, Pat Eddery today gained his final big-race victory as a jockey as Balmont was promoted to first place in the Shadwell Stud Middle Park Stakes on the disqualification of Three Valleys.

The latter lost the race at a Jockey Club disciplinary panel hearing after failing a drugs test.

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