Horses I Led Up – NH 1986/87

Horses I Led Up – NH 1986/87

Horses I Led Up at the Races 1986/1987 National Hunt Season 1/11/1986 Corinth Novices Hurdle (Division II) Chepstow Racecourse Annie Ra Finished 5th / 22 ran 5/11/1986 E.B.F. Novices Hurdle Qualifier (4, 5 and 6-y-o) Newbury Racecourse Condicote Boy Finished 9th / 21 ran 13/11/1986 Silver Buck Chase (Limited Handicap) Wincanton Racecourse Charter Party Finished…

Horses I Led Up – NH 1984/85

Horses I Led Up – NH 1984/85

Explore the fascinating account of Richard Bevan’s experiences during the 1984/85 National Hunt Racing Season, leading up horses for racehorse trainer David Nicholson from Cotswold House Racing Stables, Condicote near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. 20/10/1984 Fenns Bank Novices Hurdle (Div II) Bangor-on-Dee Racecourse The Shiner Fenns Bank Novices Hurdle (Div II) Finished 4th / 11 ran 9/11/1984…

Lawnswood Miss

Lawnswood Miss

Lawnswood Miss I led her up 5 times 4x unplaced and 1x pulled up 2x Cheltenham UNPL 2x Newbury UNPL and PU 1x Liverpool UNPL The only season I looked after her she was riddled with a virus as were most of The Duke’s horses… besides, Lawnswood Miss was not well handicapped. The photo is…

Monday September 10th 1984 was the day I started working for David Nicholson

Monday September 10th 1984 was the day I started working for David Nicholson

Monday September 10th 1984 was the day I started working for David Nicholson “The Duke” at Cotswold House Racing Stables, Condicote… my mum and dad got me down there for 6.30am and the horse I rode out first lot was Broadheath (moved to David Barons later in the season) and we did roadwork around a…

The Duke

How I started in Horse Racing

How I started in Horse Racing In March 1983, aged fourteen and still at school, my parents took me to Ian Balding’s Open Day The main attraction for me was to see John Francome and Peter Scudamore school Ian Balding’s hunter-chasers (Francome on Ross Poldark … Scu’ on Paintbox) over the trainer’s steeplechase fences. After…