Eduardo Inda, remembered for his work as coach Ron McAnally’s chief assistant during his glory years with racehorse great John Henry in the 1980s, died on December 22, according to his family. He was 78 years old.
Born on January 3, 1943, in Santiago, Chile, Inda was also successful for a while training her own public stables. According to Equibase stats, he won 154 races from 1,153 races starting from 1992-2012, with his horses making $10,154,380. His best years came from 1996-2002.
During that time, he trained the Brazilian import of Aaron and Marie Jones Riboletta , who in 2000 won the Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap (G1), Milady Breeders’ Cup Handicap (G1), Vanity Handicap (G1), Ruffian Handicap (G1) and Beldame Stakes (G1) awards, among races is different. Not even a seventh in the 2000 Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) could stop her from winning the championship title as an older female.
“She was special,” Inda told The Blood-Horse after Riboletta went to victory in the Ruffian. “We did some different things with her. People who had her in Brazil called me after I got her and said she had to be trained a little differently than she did. used to. We’ve taken it slow with her.” “
Inda, who lives in Southern California, is survived by his wife Monica, daughters Monica Cowell and Lisa Isagirre, and four grandchildren.
