Eddie Maple

Horseracing personalities infobox


name = Eddie Maple
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occupation = Jockey
birthplace = Carrollton, Ohio, United States
birth date = November 8, 1948
death date =
career wins = 4,398
race = Delaware Handicap
Florida Derby (1971)
Lawrence Realization Stakes (1971)
Saratoga Special Stakes
(1971, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1993)
Arlington Classic (1972)
Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (1972)
Remsen Stakes (1972, 1977, 1981, 1989)
Saranac Handicap
(1972, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1992)
Carter Handicap (1973, 1977, 1981, 1986)
Fall Highweight Handicap (1973)
Ladies Handicap (1974, 1991)
Metropolitan Handicap (1974, 1978, 1982)
Hempstead Handicap
(1975, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1992)
Lane's End Breeders' Futurity (1975, 1983, 1987)
Manhattan Handicap (1975, 1980, 1995)
Alabama Stakes (1976, 1981)
Cowdin Stakes (1976, 1982, 1983, 1995)
Dwyer Stakes (1976, 1982, 1987, 1989)
Futurity Stakes (1976, 1983, 1987)
Matron Stakes (1976, 1992)
Suburban Handicap (1976, 1977)
Tremont Stakes (1977, 1984)
Travers Stakes (1977, 1980, 1981)
Kentucky Oaks (1978)
Oaklawn Handicap (1978, 1981)
Wood Memorial Stakes (1978, 1983)
Gazelle Handicap (1979, 1984)
Belmont Stakes (1980, 1985)
Jockey Club Gold Cup (1980)
Super Derby (1980, 1985, 1986)
Travers Stakes (1980, 1981)
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (1981)
Damon Runyon Stakes (1981)
Hollywood Derby (1981)
Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes (1982, 1983)
Firenze Handicap (1982)
Champagne Stakes (1983, 1987)
Frizette Stakes (1983)
Laurel Futurity (1983)
Man O' War Stakes (1983)
Monmouth Oaks (1983)
Acorn Stakes (1984)
American Derby (1985)
Jerome Handicap (1985)
Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (1985)
Stymie Handicap (1986)
Withers Stakes (1987)
Toboggan Handicap (1990)
Arlington Million (1995)

International races wins:
Canadian International Stakes (1973, 1982)
Premio Regina Elena (1991)
awards = George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award (1995)
Mike Venezia Memorial Award (1998)
honours =
horses = Droll Role, Riva Ridge, Secretariat, Majesty's Prince
Devil's Bag, Temperence Hill, Creme Fraiche
Swale, Forty Niner, Alydar, Foolish Pleasure
Slew o'Gold, Sky Beauty, Conquistador Cielo
updated = April 1, 2007

Edward Retz "Eddie" Maple (born November 8, 1948 in Carrollton, Ohio) is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding horses at age 12 and won his first race as a professional at 17. He went on to be one of the top jockeys in the United States and a National Hall of Fame nominee.

Maple was the jockey for Hall of Famer Riva Ridge in the 1973 Marlboro Cup, getting the ride when regular jockey Ron Turcotte rode Secretariat to victory in the same race. His strong 2nd place performance earned him the opportunity of a lifetime later that year when Turcotte was suspended from riding for five days. Eddie Maple rode Secretariat to victory in his last race, the Canadian International Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack. In 1982 he scored his second win in the Canadian International with Majesty's Prince.

In 1980, Eddie Maple won the Belmont Stakes aboard Temperence Hill and again in 1985 on Creme Fraiche. He competed in nine Kentucky Derbys, his best finish a second in 1982 behind winner Gato Del Sol. Among his other major victories, Eddie Maple won the Travers Stakes three times, the Kentucky Oaks, the Arlington Million, and the 1991 Italian 1,000 Guineas (Premio Regina Elena) in Rome, Italy.

In 1995, Eddie Maple was voted the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award and in 1998, the Mike Venezia Memorial Award. He retired in 1998 with 4,398 wins. He and his wife ran a retail home and garden store on Long Island, New York until 2005 when they sold the business and took on the position of General Manager at the Rose Hill Plantation Equestrian Boarding And Teaching Center in Bluffton, South Carolina.