Eddie Macken

Eddie Macken
Personal information
Full name	Eddie Macken
Nationality	Ireland
Discipline	Show jumping
Born	(1949-10-20) 20 October 1949 (age 74) Granard, Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	174 lb (79 kg; 12 st 6 lb)
Medal record Representing  Ireland Equestrian World Championships 1974 Hickstead Individual jumping 1978 Aachen Individual jumping European Championships 1977 Vienna Individual jumping 1979 Rotterdam Team jumping

Eddie Macken (born 20 October 1949 in Granard, Longford, Ireland)^[1] is an Irish equestrian show jumper, who was a member of the Irish team - along with Paul Darragh, Capt. 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 individual silver medals at the Show Jumping World Championships, 1974 with Pele and 1978 on Boomerang, and an individual silver medal at the 1977 European Championships with Pele. Macken has many major Grand Prix victories worldwide. 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.^[2]