Career Profile Eddie Ahern was born on December 6, 1977 and served his apprenticeship with Michael Grassick at the Curragh, riding his first winner, Ardlea House at Dundalk in 1994. It didn't take him long to rise to the top and in 1997 he was crowned Irish Champion Apprentice and Derrinstown Stud Champion Apprentice. A winter stint in Australia followed before Ahern arrived in the Emirates where he rode for two seasons for champion UAE trainer Kiaran McLaughlin at Red Stables. The association proved a successful one with feature wins including the Jebel Ali Stakes with Keltoi. Ahern has enjoyed great success with Michael Grassick in Ireland, the pair combining for a number of feature races, among them the £100,000 Goffs Challenge and a Royal Ascot success aboard San Sebastian, and he has since been linked with Gerald Butler in England, Ahern has been in Dubai for the Dubai International Racing Carnival and rode Jack Sullivan into second in the UAE 2,000 Guineas.