Tommy Stack

{{Short description|Irish jockey and trainer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

Tommy Stack (born 15 November 1945 in Moyvane, County Kerry, Ireland){{cite web|url=http://www.moyvane.com/t_stack.shtml |title=Tommy Stack |publisher=moyvane.com |accessdate=2008-04-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421073341/http://www.moyvane.com/t_stack.shtml |archivedate=2008-04-21 }} is a former National Hunt racing jockey and trainer. As a jockey, he is probably best known for piloting Red Rum to a third Grand National victory.{{cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19981228/ai_n14188572 |title=Racing: Tommy Stack in critical condition |publisher=The London Independent |date=1998-12-28 |accessdate=2008-04-24}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}} Stack was National Hunt Champion Jockey for the 1974–75 and 1976-77 seasons. He got his first trainer's licence in 1986. In 1994 he trained Las Meninas to win the 1000 Guineas. His other major winners include Tarascon (Irish 1000 Guineas) and Kostroma (Beverly D. Stakes). Stack survived a life-threatening viral infection in December 1998.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/racing-tommy-stack-in-critical-condition-1194669.html |title=Tommy Stack in critical condition |publisher=The Independent |date=1998-12-28 |accessdate=2012-08-10}} Following his recovery, he had further international success with Myboycharlie (Prix Morny) and Alexander Tango (Garden City Stakes). He trained at Golden, County Tipperary{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/trainer/1029/t-stack |title=Trainer T Stack - Golden, Co Tipperary |publisher=Racing Post |date=2011-06-02 |accessdate=2012-08-10}} and retired as a trainer at the end of the 2016 flat racing season, handing over the licence to his son, James "Fozzy" Stack.{{cite web|title=Stack passes baton to Fozzy|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/horse-racing/stack-passes-baton-to-fozzy-35078423.html|website=Irish Independent|accessdate=12 April 2017}}