Career
In 1948, Eldon Nelson married Betty Rose Coffman (1930–2005) with whom he had two children. During a career that spanned four decades, Nelson rode for some of the leading stables in the country including Henry and Jane Lunger"s Christiana Stables, Isabel Dodge Sloane"s Brookmeade Stable, as well as the renowned Calumet Farm. Eldon Nelson had two mounts in the Belmont Stakes with his best result in 1957 when he rode Inside Tract to a second-place finish behind Gallant Manitoba
In his fourth mount in the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the United States. Triple Crown series, on a sloppy Pimlico Race Course he rode the William South. Farish III colt Bee Bee Bee to victory.
Eldon Nelson retired in 1973. In 2009, Nelson was inducted into the Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
