1988/89 – Richard Bevan Horse Racing

National Hunt Race Rides 1988/89

2 June 198910 October 2024

National Hunt Rides 1988/89
96 rides… Average Starting Price Odds 25.25 to 1
Owners Prize Money £16568
Completed 75 = 78.125%
31 rides in the first 4 places = 32.3%
3x 1st 3.1% winners
11x 2nd 11.5% placed second
7x 3rd 7.3% placed third
10x 4th 10.4% placed fourth
fell 6 = 6.25% / ur 3 = 3.125% / bd 0 = 0% / co 0 = 0% / ro 0 = 0% / pu 11 = 11.5% / su 1 = 1%

1988/1989 National Hunt Season

6/8/1988

Walsall Three Yrs Old Novices Hurdle

Worcester Racecourse
Bloxwich Princess
Result
Finished 9th / 12 ran

13/8/1988

Stable Managers Novices Selling Hurdle

Bangor-on-Dee Racecourse
Sunset Express
Result
Finished 7th / 10 ran

26/8/1988

BBC Radio Wales Novices Hurdle

Bangor-on-Dee Racecourse
Walmer Sands
Result
Fnished 5th / 9 ran

30/8/1988

Taw Amateur Riders Handicap Hurdle

Newton Abbot Racecourse
Fingest
Result
Finished 5th / 5 ran

1/9/1988

Hartlebury Selling Handicap Hurdle

Worcester Racecourse
Walmer Sands
Result
Finished 5th / 10 ran

2/9/1988

Orcop Selling Hurdle

Hereford Racecourse
Sunset Express
Result
PU / 17 ran

5/9/1988

BBC Radio Newcastle Novices Chase

Hexham Racecourse
Annie Ra
Result
SU / 13 ran

5/9/1988

Rising Sun Novices Hurdle

Hexham Racecourse
Shanghai Bowler
Result
PU / 13 ran

12/9/1988

Farnsfield Handicap Chase

Southwell Racecourse
Rimfire
Result
Finished 2nd / 5 ran

17/9/1988

Stretton Leisure Novices Chase

Bangor on Dee Racecourse
Annie Ra
Result
Finished 4th / 7 ran

23/9/1988

Wilson Fitting Out Novices Chase

Worcester Racecourse
Rimfire
Result
Finished 4th / 16 ran

28/9/1988

Hopton Novices Chase

Ludlow
Annie Ra
Result
Finished 4th / 9 ran

28/9/1988

Bridgnorth Novices Selling Hurdle

Ludlow Racecourse
Walmer Sands
Result
Finished 4th / 10 ran

3/10/1988

Newark International Antique Fair Handicap Chase

Southwell Racecourse
Rimfire
Result
Finished 2nd / 5 ran

8/10/1988

Paymasters Selling Handicap Hurdle

Uttoxeter Racecourse
Walmer Sands
Result
Finished 11th / 14 ran

8/10/1988

Staffordshire Yeomanry Challenge Cup Handicap Chase

Uttoxeter Racecourse
Rimfire
Result
Finished 4th / 12 ran

15/10/1988

Cock Bank Novices Hurdle

Bangor on Dee Racecourse
Self Raising
Result
PU / 18 ran

15/10/1988

Sotheby’s Chester Handicap Chase

Bangor on Dee Racecourse
Baluchi
Result
Finished 2nd / 3 ran

15/10/1988

Willis Wrightson North Handicap Chase

Bangor on Dee Racecourse
Crowecopper
Result
Finished 1st / 6 ran

15/10/1988

Fenns Bank Novices Hurdle

Bangor on Dee Racecourse
Arenisco
Result
Finished 10th / 16 ran

15/10/1988

Marston Border Breweries Novices Chase

Bangor on Dee Racecourse
Walmer Sands
Result
Finished 5th / 7 ran

20/10/1988

Burton Rubber Company Handicap Chase

Uttoxeter Racecourse
Rambling Wild
Result
Finished 4th / 6 ran

20/10/1988

EBF Foston Intermediate Chase

Uttoxeter Racecourse
Rimfire
Result
Finished 1st / 6 ran

Rimfire was getting on a bit when I rode him, when we won this Uttoxeter together he was 13 years old… Rimfire was a good jumper and stayed 3 miles+ well… my dad bought Rimfire off Lord Shrewsbury for £400… I wish I’d had more horses like Rimfire to ride!

10 Rides on Rimfire all over fences
1x 1st
3x 2nd
3x 3rd
2x 4th
1x 6th

Video – Rimfire winning at Uttoxeter Racecourse

EBF Foston Intermediate Chase
1 Rimfire R Bevan
2 Oakgrove B Dowling
3 Rath Wonder S J O’Neill
PU Half A Buck M Sharratt
PU Homepath H Davies
PU Some Do J Bryan

22/10/1988

Ratley Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle

Stratford-on-Avon Racecourse
Snooker Table
Result
Finished 14th / 19 ran

27/10/1988

Newark Storage Novices Chase

Southwell Racecourse
Rimfire
Result
Finished 6th / 13 ran

3/11/1988

Hawkes Bay Trophy Conditional Jockeys Handicap Chase

Stratford-on-Avon Racecourse
Crowecopper
Result
UR / 8 ran

3/11/1988

Warrnambool Trophy Handicap Chase

Stratford-on-Avon Racecourse
Rambling Wild
Result
UR / 7 ran

18/11/1988

Stour Novices Chase

Nottingham Racecourse
Stormguard
Result
Finished 2nd / 3 ran

18/11/1988

Radio Trent Handicap Chase

Nottingham Racecourse
Ardent Spy
Result
Finished 3rd / 5 ran

26/11/1988

Market Rasen Novices Hurdle

Market Rasen Racecourse
Chico Valdez
Result
Finished 12th / 20 ran

28/11/1988

Bulwell Handicap Chase

Nottingham Racecourse
Aldro
Result
Finished 5th / 6 ran

28/11/1988

Woodborough Novices Chase

Nottingham Racecourse
Stormguard
Result
Finished 5th / 6 ran

29/11/1988

Houghton Selling Hurdle

Huntingdon Racecourse
Your Office
Result
PU / 18 ran

2/12/1988

Partridge Novices Handicap Chase

Southwell Racecourse
Annie Ra
Result
Finished 4th / 15 ran

2/12/1988

Curlew Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle

Southwell Racecourse
Royal Cracker
Result
Finished 14 / 20 ran

3/12/1988

Stan Mellor Handicap Chase

Nottingham Racecourse
Covent Garden
Result
Finished 4th / 5 ran

5/12/1988

Long Haul Handicap Chase

Worcester Racecourse
Ardent Spy
Result
Finished 4th / 9 ran

A mid-race incident with P Scu in this 3 miles 5 furlongs Long Haul Handicap Chase at Worcester
Scu was riding the favourite Ardesee and I was on Ardent Spy
The race was a staying chase, 3 times up the home straight, Scu was out in front but his mount Ardesee kept jumping right handed (each time Scu would track back over to the rails), I was a couple of lengths behind, on the rail (2nd/3rd) and I was thinking “If he keeps jumping right-handed I’m going to jump up Scudamore’s inside” it was just deciding when
Going down the back, approaching the water jump I thought “This is it” and Ardent Spy jumped it like a stag and true to form Ardesee went right handed… for a short time we were in front which must of pissed Scudamore off a bit because he scrubbed Ardesee along, got him back in front and over his left shoulder he shouted back at me “You F?cking Crazy C?nt Richard”
Neither of us won, he was 3rd, I was 4th… nothing was said in the weighing room
At the end of the day Champion Jockey’s don’t pay your wages!

8/12/1988

Norbury Chase

Uttoxeter Racecourse
Spartan Native
Result
Finished 5th / 13 ran

10/12/1988

Sheila’s Cottage Handicap Chase

Doncaster Racecourse
Covent Garden
Result
FELL / 4 ran

12/12/1988

Youngsters Conditional Jockeys Novices Selling Hurdle

Warwick Racecourse
Golfers Sunrise
Result
Finished 5th / 20 ran

14/12/1988

Holly And Ivy Conditional Jockeys Handicap Chase

Worcester Racecourse
Modern Music
Result
PU / 11 ran

14/12/1988

Tattersalls Mares Only Novices Chase Qualifier

Worcester Racecourse
Annie Ra
Result
Finished 5th / 15 ran

15/12/1988

Christmas Tree Handicap Chase

Southwell Racecourse
Aldro
Result
FELL/13

I broke my collar bone in this fall and was also concussed

5/1/1989

Highland Spring/ROA Handicap Chase

Nottingham Racecourse
Covent Garden
Result
Finished 5th / 9 ran

7/1/1989

Horncastle Novices Chase

Market Rasen Racecourse
Annie Ra
Result
Finished 1st / 10 ran

Annie Ra… I’m glad I won on her because I don’t think she was the easiest to ride… she could start slowly, would always carry her head very high and also pulled quite hard… but at least she jumped

Apart from her being a tricky ride a certain trainers son once said to me that his father thought Annie Ra would be best with me not riding her and that he was looking forward to another jockey riding her in races (a jockey who interestingly enough, also had the Christian name Richard)… It’s something which still sticks in my side but at least I had the satisfaction of this win!

16 rides on Annie Ra over hurdles and fences
1x 1st
1x 3rd
5x 4th
4x 5th
1x 6th
1x 7th
1x 8th
1x SU
1x UR

Annie Ra winning at Market Rasen Racecourse

Horncastle Novices Chase
1 Annie Ra R Bevan
2 Barn Brae Mr J Barton
3 Ringmore Derek Byrne
4 Oxford Place M Pepper
5 Super Sue P A Farrell
6 Boreham Down G ‘Old’ Martin
F Ballyshannon Run J Bryan
PU Vagabundo J McLaughlin
PU Sagart Aroon M Brennan
PU Picadilly Prince S Turner

9/1/1989

Bridgnorth Novices Hurdle (Div I)

Wolverhampton Racecourse
Golfers Sunrise
Result
Finished 8th / 16 ran

9/1/1989

Cement City Challenge Cup Handicap Chase

Wolverhampton Racecourse
Ardent Spy
Result
Finished 2nd / 7 ran

Ardent Spy finishing 2nd at Wolverhampton Racecourse

Cement City Challenge Cup Handicap Chase
1 Travel Over R J Beggan
2 Ardent Spy R Bevan
3 Crowecopper Peter Scudamore
4 Scale Model J Bryan
5 Way Under M Perrett
6 Foxbury Gee Armytage
7 Funchen View J D Doyle

12/1/1989

South Muskham Novices Hurdle

Southwell Racecourse
Prince Celtic
Result
Finished 3rd / 14 ran

17/1/1989

Bransford Novices Hurdle (Div II)

Worcester Racecourse
The Berwick
Result
PU / 24 ran

17/1/1989

Sale Green Novices Handicap Chase

Worcester Racecourse
Annie Ra
Result
Finished 5th / 16 ran

Katabatic (1991 Queen Mother Champion Chase winner) won this race

18/1/1989

Church Stretton Conditional Jockeys Selling Hurdle

Ludlow Racecourse
Resha
Result
Finished 17th / 19 ran

20/1/1989

Dinsdale Conditional Jockeys Selling Handicap Chase

Catterick Racecourse
Aldro
Result
Finished 7th / 7 ran

20/1/1989

Stokesley Handicap Chase

Catterick Racecourse
Covent Garden
Result
Finished 5th / 6 ran

30/1/1989

Rauceby Handicap Chase

Southwell Racecourse
Spartan Native
Result
PU / 6 ran

1/2/1989

Ledbury Selling Handicap Hurdle

Hereford Racecourse
Golfers Sunrise
Result
Finished 8th / 22 ran

3/2/1989

Trial Run Novices Chase

Bangor on Dee Racecourse
The Berwick
Result
FELL / 14 ran

I was concussed in this fall

6/2/1989

Burnhill Handicap Chase

Wolverhampton Racecourse
Covent Garden
Result
Finished 6th / 7 ran

8/2/1989

Bull Ring Novices Hurdle

Ludlow Racecourse
Secret Arch
Result
Finished 13th / 18 ran

8/2/1989

Neenton Selling Handicap Hurdle

Ludlow Racecourse
Golfers Sunrise
Result
Finished 11th / 15 ran

21/3/1989

EBF Novices Hurdle Qualifier

Nottingham Racecourse
Hixon Girl 100/1
Result
FELL / 10 ran

27/3/1989

Chesterfield Selling Handicap Chase

Uttoxeter Racecourse
Spartan Native
Result
PU / 10 ran

27/3/1989

Charles Lewis Cup Handicap Chase

Uttoxeter Racecourse
Ardent Spy
Result
PU / 8 ran

27/3/1989

Hanbury Novices Chase

Uttoxeter Racecourse
Roy Prince
Result
Finished 2nd / 4 ran

28/3/1989

Levy Board National Hunt Flat

Uttoxeter Racecourse
Amdaja
Result
Finished 9th / 12 ran

A spare ride for Herefordshire trainer Paul James. The owner was Jerry Wright who later owned a horse called Now Your Talkin who David Nicholson trained to win a few races. The interesting runner in this race was Miinnehoma trained by Owen Brennan and owned by comedian Freddie Starr. Miinnehoma was having its first race but won quite easily at 25/1. Miinnehoma went on to win the `Sun Alliance’ Chase at the 1992 Cheltenham Festival and also the 1994 Martell Grand National Chase at Aintree.

Freddie Starr was at the races and I remember seeing him before the race having a joke with some racegoers

Starr had got a Hawaiian type shirt on that was unbuttoned well down from the collar (and his chest hair was showing) and over the top of that he’d got a leather jacket with a zip

The joke was he pretended he was so cold he’d got to do his jacket up and then to play the fool he made out he’d caught his chest hair in the zip which was making several people laugh

A typical Freddie Starr trick and something I saw before getting legged up to ride Amdaja in the race

29/3/1989

Newland Handicap Chase

Worcester Racecourse
Aldro 20/1
Result
Finished 5th / 5 ran

Aldro… by the time I get on him he was an old timer who’s engine had gone

I wouldn’t have minded riding him 7 years earlier but I would have needed time off school to do that!

1/4/1989

Cross Lanes Conditional Jockeys Selling Handicap Hurdle

Bangor on Dee Racecourse
Resha
Result
Finished 3rd / 6 ran

Not much of a race and Resha was not much of a racehorse.

As I remember he was a decent sized horse… he was also tubed…

Tubing involves the insertion of a metal tube in the trachea below the larynx to allow air to bypass a breathing obstruction and can be recognised by a hole at the front of a horse’s lower neck (Free Library).

This was the second time I rode Resha and he ran quite well to finish 3rd… the closest he ever finished to the front 7½ lengths behind the winner

He was a good ride and jumped ok

He only ran once more (at Warwick and finished well beaten 6th/14) when I couldn’t ride because I was riding at Hereford