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Richard Bevan Amateur Jockey Race Rides 1986/87 National Hunt Season

Richard Bevan Amateur Jockey Race Rides 1986/87 National Hunt Season

Richard Bevan National Hunt Rides 1986/87 Racing Season
12 rides… Average Starting Price Odds 24.25 to 1
Owners Prize Money £1847
Completed 10 = 83.3%
2 rides in the first four 16.6%
1x 1st place 8.3%
1x 4th place 8.3%
fell 0 = 0% / ur 0 = 0% / bd 0 = 0% / co 0 = 0% / ro 0 = 0% / pu 2 = 16.7% / su 0 = 0%

1986/1987 National Hunt Season

23/8/1986

Border Amateur Riders Handicap Hurdle

Hereford Racecourse
Saucy Mop
Finished 9th / 17 ran
23/8 Hereford Border Amateur Riders Handicap Hurdle Saucy Mop 9th/17

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4/9/1986

Grunwick Stakes National Hunt Flat Race (4, 5 & 6-y-o)

Worcester Racecourse
Members Revenge
Finished 7th / 26 ran
4/9 Worcester Members Revenge Grunwick Stakes National Hunt Flat Race (4, 5 & 6-y-o) 7th/26



3/10/1986

Grunwick Stakes National Hunt Flat Race
(4, 5 & 6-y-o)

Hereford Racecourse
Right Formula
Finished 4th / 7 ran
3/10 Hereford Grunwick Stakes National Hunt Flat Race (4, 5 & 6-y-o) Right Formula 4th/7

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9/10/1986

Grunwick Stakes National Hunt Flat Race (4, 5 & 6-y-o)

Cheltenham Racecourse
Right Formula
Finished 9th / 11 ran
Grunwick Stakes National Hunt Flat Race

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13/12/1986

Hampton Court Handicap Hurdle
(Amateur Riders)

Ascot Racecourse
Annie Ra
Finished 13th / 22 ran
13/12 Ascot Hampton Court Handicap Hurdle (Amateur Riders) Annie Ra 13th/22
13/12 Ascot Hampton Court Handicap Hurdle (Amateur Riders)

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7/2/1987

Credit Call Cup Hunters Chase

Stratford-on-Avon Racecourse
Rimfire
PU / 16 ran
7/2 Stratford Credit Call Cup Hunters Chase Rimfire PU/16

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14/3/1987

Flyers National Hunt Flat Race (4, 5 & 6-y-o) (Div I)

Sandown Park Racecourse
Dealers Dream
Finished 14th / 21 ran

A ride on Dealers Dream
The owner was getting the mare fit at home then brought it to Nicholson’s one Sunday morning to give it a gallop with one of The Duke’s with the idea of leaving at the yard if it went well enough… this was late Jan early Feb 1987.
I was working that Sunday morning, we’d been mucking out then leading a few out around The Pound in Condicote after which some were going to be ridden.
Nicholson said to me “Richard, you ride the mare that’s just arrived in a gallop with Selborne Record ridden by Dan (Jones)”… the lady owner was with The Guv’nor when he said this.
They had taken it off the horsebox and put it in one of the stables, after all the owner was intending to leave it in the yard.
I got my tack and went to saddle up… after a minute or two The Duke (now alone) had followed me up the yard and he said “Richard make sure this mare doesn’t work very well, I don’t want the f?cker in the yard” and added “you will be working up the all weather, make sure you lose a few lengths in the dip before the bend” … this was the all weather gallop at Condicote, the one that ran uphill for about 4 furlongs following the outside of the fields/edge of the woods before running into a dip before a right handed bend to continue slightly downhill along the edge of the fields/woods to the finish
It was in the dip I had to lose some ground
I thought blimey but just answered “Ok”
Anyhow, Selborne Record couldn’t have gone quick enough because even though I lost some ground the mare made it up and finished upsides her galloping partner
The Duke and the owner were at the end of the gallop and us two lads took a turn back to the trainer and he said “How was that?”
I just said “She’s done nothing wrong”
They drove off in the Daihatsu and Dan and myself walked back to the yard
There was no getting out of it, the mare was stopping in the yard… Nicholson didn’t say anything to me about the gallop but what he did say was “When that mare runs, you ride!”… while he said those words he was pointing his finger into my chest
That’s how I got the leg up on Dealers Dream and as a result got to ride in the purple colours normally carried by the decent chaser Contradeal
Flyers National Hunt Flat Race



4/4/1987

Chivas Regal Amateur Handicap Hurdle

Aintree Racecourse
Annie Ra
Finished 11th / 17 ran
4/4 Aintree Chivas Regal Amateur Handicap Hurdle Annie Ra 11th/17



21/4/1987

Sir Geoffrey Congreve Cup Hunters Chase

Uttoxeter Racecourse
Dynadee
PU / 7 ran
Sir Geoffrey Congreve Cup Hunters Chase Dynadee



2/5/1987

Tom Beckett Amateur Riders Challenge Trophy Handicap Chase

Uttoxeter Racecourse
Crowecopper
Finished 1st / 9 ran

Crowecopper was my first winner under National Hunt Rules and he was also my friend Roy “RF” Davies final winner

I won three races out of ten on Crowecopper, at Uttoxeter, Windsor and Bangor-on-Dee
10 rides in total on Crowecopper all over fences
3x 1st
2x 2nd
1x 3rd
1x 4th
1x 5th
1x SU
1x UR
Tom Beckett Amateur Riders Challenge Trophy Handicap Chase
Tom Beckett Amateur Riders Challenge Trophy Handicap Chase
Tom Beckett Amateur Riders Challenge Trophy Handicap Chase
Tom Beckett Amateur Riders Challenge Trophy Handicap Chase
Video – Crowecopper winning at Uttoxeter

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Tom Beckett

Tom Beckett Amateur Rider
Tom Beckett Amateur Rider
Tom Beckett Amateur Rider
Tom Beckett Amateur Rider



16/5/1987

Lees Brewery Point-to-Point Championship Hunters Chase

Bangor-on-Dee Racecourse
Rimfire
Finished 5th / 10 ran
Lees Brewery Point-to-Point Championship Hunters Chase

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23/5/1987

Willoughby De Broke Challenge Trophy Novices Hunters Chase

Warwick Racecourse
Rimfire
Finished 7th / 11 ran
Willoughby De Broke Challenge Trophy Novices Hunters Chase
Willoughby De Broke Challenge Trophy Novices Hunters ChaseWilloughby De Broke Challenge Trophy Novices Hunters Chase



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
Corinth Novices Hurdle (Division II)



5/11/1986

E.B.F. Novices Hurdle Qualifier (4, 5 and 6-y-o)

Newbury Racecourse
Condicote Boy
Finished 9th / 21 ran
E.B.F. Novices Hurdle Qualifier (4, 5 and 6-y-o)



13/11/1986

Silver Buck Chase (Limited Handicap)

Wincanton Racecourse
Charter Party
Finished 4th / 7 ran
Silver Buck Chase (Limited Handicap)



22/11/1986

Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup (Handicap Chase)

Newbury Racecourse
Charter Party
PU / 15 ran
Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup (Handicap Chase) (Listed)
Charter Party 1986 Hennessy Gold Cup



27/11/1986

Askett Novices Hurdle (Division I)

Warwick Racecourse
Annie Ra
Finished 3rd / 16 ran
Warwick
Askett Novices Hurdle



27/11/1986

Askett Novices Hurdle (Division II)

Warwick Racecourse
Members Revenge
Finished 8th / 17 ran
Warwick
Askett Novices Hurdle (Division II)



2/12/1986

Damsells Novices Hurdle (F&M) (Division II)

Hereford Racecourse
Annie Ra
FELL / 16 ran
Hereford
Damsells Novices Hurdle (F&M) (Division II)



22/12/1986

Christmas Pudding Novices Hurdle (Division I)

Towcester Racecourse
Condicote Boy
Finished 4th / 17 ran
Towcester
Christmas Pudding Novices Hurdle (Division I)



26/12/1986

Netherton Four-Year-Old Handicap Hurdle

Wolverhampton Racecourse
Annie Ra
FELL / 19 ran
Wolverhampton
Netherton Four-Year-Old Handicap Hurdle



3/1/1987

Bradstone Mandarin Handicap Chase

Newbury Racecourse
Charter Party
Finished 3rd / 6 ran
Bradstone Mandarin Handicap Chase



4/2/1987

E.B.F. Oats & Celtic Cone Novices Hurdle (Mares)

Hereford Racecourse
Annie Ra
Finished 6th / 17 ran
Hereford
E.B.F. Oats & Celtic Cone Novices Hurdle (Mares)



11/2/1987

Datchet Novices Hurdle

Ascot Racecourse
Condicote Boy
Finished 6th / 18 ran
Hereford
E.B.F. Oats & Celtic Cone Novices Hurdle (Mares)



11/2/1987

Reynoldstown Novices Chase

Ascot Racecourse
Against The Grain
Finished 2nd / 5 ran
Reynoldstown Novices Chase (Grade II)



21/2/1987

Mapperley Handicap Chase

Nottingham Racecourse
Charter Party
Finished 3rd / 4 ran
Mapperley Handicap Chase



12/3/1987

Alveston Handicap Hurdle

Stratford-on-Avon Racecourse
Annie Ra
Finished 4th / 7 ran
Alveston Handicap Hurdle



19/3/1987

Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase

Cheltenham Racecourse
Charter Party
FELL / 12 ran
Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase

Charter Party was just making up the numbers in the 1987 Gold Cup

He’d been kept stabled the previous Summer (’86)during which he was blistered and hobdayed (got a bit of a leg after winning the Golden Miller at Cheltenham, also had a breathing problem) and was then put straight into training when the other horses came back from their holidays… he had no break

Throughout the 1986/87 season Charter Party had no appetite and often left his food… something I told of and actually showed to the “old man” and also to the head lad… I would fill a black bucket up with the food he’d left and take it into the office first thing in the morning for them to see… he ran all season 20-25 kilos lighter than he had the previous one

Then to make matters worse, in the early part of 1987 Charter Party developed a fairly large lump on his rump (which he ran in the 87 Gold Cup with)… in the end, to put it right the lump was drained which was done when he was taken out of training… what caused the lump will never be known but I do remember him having a couple of “vitamin” injections into his backside (I told the Guv’nor this)

I think if you look at the photo I’ve attached to this post of him going down to the start you can see how light Charter Party looks in his condition (his neck, the breast girth hanging loose… wasn’t even wearing a breast girth or breastplate 12 months earlier in the Ritz) and if you look even more carefully you will see the lump near the top of his quarter, it was quite large

Charter Party was always a Gold Cup horse but at no point was 1987 going to be his year

… at least I can say I led Charter Party up in the Snowstorm Gold Cup!

Charter Party

Charter Party