Richard Bevan
Born May 28th 1968 Place Wrekin Cottage Hospital Primary School Hodnet County Primary School 1974 to 1979 Secondary School Thomas Adams School Wem 1979 to 1984 School Qualifications Horse Racing Qualifications
Born May 28th 1968 Place Wrekin Cottage Hospital Primary School Hodnet County Primary School 1974 to 1979 Secondary School Thomas Adams School Wem 1979 to 1984 School Qualifications Horse Racing Qualifications
Richard Bevan began work in racing at racehorse trainer David Nicholson’s Cotswold House yard in Condicote near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire straight from school as a 16 years old. As a stable lad Richard Bevan looked after several good horses, including Charter Party, Viking Flagship and Silver Wisp Richard Bevan Quick Stats As a jockey Richard Bevan…
For one season, I trained a couple of point-to-pointers (two places but no winners) I later held a National Hunt Permit for a year. Once again, no winners but I did have a 66-1 second at Towcester in a handicap hurdle with a horse I’d bought for £1,000 at Malvern Sales. The same horse later…
Richard Bevan National Hunt Rides 1999/2000 2 rides… Average Starting Price Odds 62.5 to 1 Completed 1 = 50% 0 rides in the first 4 places = 0% 0x 1st 0% winners 0x 2nd 0% placed second 0x 3rd 0% placed third 0x 4th 0% placed fourth fell 0 = 0% / ur 0 =…
Richard Bevan Point to Point Rides I rode point to pointing on and off between 1986 and 2000. I had limited success in Point to Points but did manage to win the North West Point to Point Area Novice Riders Title in 1987 and the following year won a point to point at Aintree Racecourse…
I started working full-time for racehorse trainer David “The Duke” Nicholson (as Nicholson was known) on September 10, 1984. I remember well the very first horse I rode out for him “my 1st lot” was horse called Broadheath (round the roads), who two years later won the Hennessy Gold Cup for David Barons. Horses I…
Horses I Led Up at the Races 1995/1996 National Hunt Season 20/12/1995 Tanners Champagne Handicap Chase Ludlow Racecourse Nicklup Result Finished 1st / 7 ran 11/1/1996 Corscombe Novices Handicap Hurdle Wincanton Racecourse Eastern River Result Fell / 17 ran 17/1/1996 Aspley Conditional Jockeys Novices Handicap Hurdle Nottingham Racecourse Eastern River Result Finished 8th / 20…
This was my favourite horse I looked after in racing… It’s Master Hope There is about six/seven months between the first photo and the rest of them The first one is on Jackdaws Castle Open Day 1994 and my horse was wondering what was going on… there was a lot of people about and he…
Charter Party (from 1985 to 1987) who won the Ritz Club Handicap Chase and the Golden Miller Chase … I also led him up in the 1987 Cheltenham Gold Cup when he fell … the horse had numerous problems 1986/87 such as, following his victory in the Golden Miller he’d had his legs blistered, been…
Viking Flagship 1995 Racing Plates, which he wore in 3 different races The Game Spirit Chase at Newbury when he fell, the Emblem Chase at Kempton finished 2nd and the Queen Mother Champion Chase which he won. There was only a fortnight between each race. He also trained in them between the Game Spirit and…