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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

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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

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3/10/1986

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

Hereford Racecourse
Right Formula
Finished 4th / 7 ran

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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

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13/12/1986

Hampton Court Handicap Hurdle
(Amateur Riders)

Ascot Racecourse
Annie Ra
Finished 13th / 22 ran

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7/2/1987

Credit Call Cup Hunters Chase

Stratford-on-Avon Racecourse
Rimfire
PU / 16 ran

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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

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4/4/1987

Chivas Regal Amateur Handicap Hurdle

Aintree Racecourse
Annie Ra
Finished 11th / 17 ran

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21/4/1987

Sir Geoffrey Congreve Cup Hunters Chase

Uttoxeter Racecourse
Dynadee
PU / 7 ran

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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




Video – Crowecopper winning at Uttoxeter

Tom Beckett

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16/5/1987

Lees Brewery Point-to-Point Championship Hunters Chase

Bangor-on-Dee Racecourse
Rimfire
Finished 5th / 10 ran

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23/5/1987

Willoughby De Broke Challenge Trophy Novices Hunters Chase

Warwick Racecourse
Rimfire
Finished 7th / 11 ran

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